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Legend has it a dev once said: "I've been using vim for 2 years now, mostly because I cannot figure out how to exit it!" In this article we walk through the ways how to search certain words, or strings ... [Read More]

Installing an NFS file server on linux mainly consists of three short steps: install the NFS package, then configure (or in another words export) the NFS shares and lastly set the built-in firewall to allow incoming NFS queries ... [Read More]

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Time to time we can face the problem that our storage is running out of space on our Linux box. Now what options do we have? We can attach a new storage to the system and mount it in the ... [Read More]

Text Mode Many times it is preferable to run the CentOS linux installer in text mode, avoiding the GUI. For instance when using an older machine with less resources or when deploying a VM when console access might be limited, ... [Read More]