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How to use lftp to accelerate ftp/https download speed on Linux/UNIX

Posted: 02 Feb 2018 05:42 PM PST


LFTP is a sophisticated file transfer program supporting a number of network protocols (ftp, http, sftp, fish, torrent). Like BASH, it has job control and uses the readline library for input. Let us see how to use lftp to download files in parallel to increase download speed.

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How To Recover Linux Grub Boot Loader Password

Posted: 02 Feb 2018 05:40 PM PST


GNU GRUB (short for GNU GRand Unified Bootloader) is a boot loader package from the GNU Project. If you have, a password protected grub boot loader, and you forgot both root and grub password, then you can recover grub-boot loader password using the following method/procedure.

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OpenBSD install or add binary software package using pkg_add

Posted: 02 Feb 2018 05:38 PM PST


Just like FreeBSD, OpenBSD comes with pkg_add command. It is used to install a binary or upgrade packages from HTTP or FTP mirror over the internet. The pkg_add command used to update existing packages too.

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How to use yum-cron to automatically update RHEL/CentOS Linux

Posted: 02 Feb 2018 05:36 PM PST


The yum command line tool is used to install and update software packages under RHEL / CentOS Linux server. I know how to apply updates using yum update command line, but I would like to use cron to update packages where appropriate manually. How do I configure yum to install software patches/updates automatically with cron?

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Download Tux Paint Program For Young Children (Linux/macOS/Windows)

Posted: 02 Feb 2018 05:34 PM PST


Tux Paint is a simple graphics educational painting programs for young children. It is free, Open Source software, distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License.

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Suse Linux Change Hostname (computer name) without yast

Posted: 02 Feb 2018 09:14 AM PST

I am a new Suse Enterprise Linux user. I setup my computer name to 'linux-mig6' during installation but now I would like to change the computer name to something else. How can I remove old name and set it to 'suse-linux-server' on SLES version 12 SP 3? Can you tell me how do I change the Suse computer name? How do I assign a static hostname to server running SuSe Linux?

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