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Begin with: lsof /var/lib/dpkg/lock Then check if the process is running: ps cax | grep PID If the process is running, execute the following command (replacing PID with the output…

Using Google Apps to host your email and manage your organisation is great and works very well, except that $5 per user per month starts becoming a bit pricey when…

Microsoft has recently joined the Linux Foundation as a platinum member. Have a read here

Normally 500 errors in PHP are a result of not having enough memory allocated to PHP scripts. After upgrading to EasyApache4 we recommend you do a couple of things to…

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After upgrading to EasyApache4 and then running a Softaculous upgrade of WHMCS there are a couple of things you need to do to ensure WHMCS functions as expected. Step 1…

IntelliJ, created by JetBrains, is a Java integrated development environment or IDE available in a community and commercial version. both of these versions can be used for professional coding. Assuming…

To install the latest version of Adobe Flash in Ubuntu, you have to enable the following repository: Canonical Partners – Software packaged by Canonical for their partners After clicking on…

Step 1 – Add Oracle’s PPA: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java Step 2 – Update package repository sudo apt-get update Step 3 – Install Oracle JDK 8: sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer

DigitalOcean have posted a great article on securing a Linux server here.