Checking and changing system time in Ubuntu
Most of the time a freshly installed server will automatically set its timezone to be locally orientated, this can be easily changed for user preference. Finding your Ubuntu systems time…
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Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 smashed by Ryzen 3950x VPS
Putting a dedicated server with an Intel Xeon E3-145 v5 4 cores, 8 threads at 3.9GHz with 32GB ram against a VPS with a Ryzen 3950x 6 processors at 3.49GHz…
How to install and run Geekbench on Ubuntu
Geekbench is a well-established multi-platform benchmarking tool that is designed to be easily comparable from processor to process, test to test. Geekbench mostly tests CPU power, speed and capabilities however…
Create automatic updates for Ubuntu
Here is a method to set up automatic updates on your Ubuntu server, avoiding the need to manually check and apply important security updates and patches. Start by updating your…
Installing FFmpeg on Ubuntu
How to install the popular media processing library FFmpeg on an Ubuntu server. The steps are straight forward and minimal. First start by updating your package list with: sudo apt…
Manage, add and delete users on Ubuntu
An important part in Linux server management, creating and deleting users. Despite being simple these commands form the basis of administration alongside permissions. Add a user Creating new users can…
Understanding CPU server load
Server CPU load is the amount of CPU tasks waiting to be processed and running, The outcome is relative to the amount of CPU available. A load of 1 when…
Get time taken to execute task in Ubuntu
To check and get a detailed response on how long a task took on your Ubuntu server you can use the time utility. Note that this is not the inbuilt…
How to do a ping test on Ubuntu
Thankfully pinging from an Ubuntu server is very similar to how its done on Windows systems. To ping a website or ip address 4 times use ping -c 4 hostname…
Creating SSH key access to your Linux VPS
Typical SSH connection is with username and a password, without adding extra security that leaves the server open to brute force or access from anyone who can read your printed…