How to Install lsb_release on Ubuntu and CentOS

The lsb_release command provides certain LSB (Linux Standard Base) and distribution-specific information.  The command has flags to display some or all of the information. [user@centos-server ~]$ lsb_release –help FSG lsb_release v2.0 prints certain LSB (Linux Standard Base) and Distribution information. Usage: lsb_release [OPTION]… With no OPTION specified defaults to -v. Options: -v, –version Display the […]

Installing htop on Ubuntu 16.04 and 18.04

Htop is a free (GPL) ncurses-based process viewer for Linux. It is similar to top, but allows you to scroll vertically and horizon\u2010 tally, so you can see all the processes running on the system, along with their full command lines, as well as viewing them as a process tree, selecting multiple processes and acting […]

Five Ways to Display Ethernet Traffic on Linux

There are many packages available to display Ethernet network traffic on Linux.  Here we’ll cover five of our favorites.  Based on our assessment and decades of networking experience, these are the most useful, powerful and stable packages.    In these examples, we use Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.  However, we have verified these packages to work equally well […]

Installing GNOME Desktop on Ubuntu

Introduction In many cases a minimum server or desktop installation on Ubuntu does not include a graphical desktop.  Installing the packages needed for the GNOME desktop environment is simple. Installation Installation of the gnome desktop packages will take a fair amount of time since there are many files to install.   Therefore, the faster your Internet […]