On Linux and UNIX operating systems, a Windows share can be mounted on a particular mount point in the local directory tree using the cifs option of the mount command. The Common Internet File System (CIFS) is a network file-sharing…
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Introduction to DNF History and How to Rollback Updates
In this article we will discuss the DNF (or YUM) history command. This command allows you view a timeline of DNF transactions. This high view of package manager transactions makes it easy to correct issues and see exactly what has…
North Carolina aims to bring more women into computer science
Mary Hemphill and Aria Chernik describe an open source approach to improving gender equity in technology in their All Things Open 2019 Lightning Talk. It’s well-known that women are under-represented in computer science and technology. A new initiative led by…
Microsoft Is Bringing Gmail, Google Drive And Calendar to Outlook…And Other Small Business Tech News
Here are five things in technology that happened this past week and how they affect your business. Did you miss them? 1 — Microsoft is bringing Gmail, Google Drive, and Calendar to Outlook. Microsoft has started testing their integration…
How to Install Go on CentOS 8
Go, often referred to as golang is a modern open-source programming language created by Google that allows you to build reliable and efficient applications. Many popular applications, such as Kubernetes, Docker, Prometheus, and Terraform, are written in Go. This tutorial…
How to Generate a SSL/TLS Certificate Signing Request (CSR) on Debian 10
For any live website, SSL Certificates have become a key requirement. A Certificate Authority (CA) verifies and issue SSL certificates. There are two categories of these certificates: Self-Signed certificates: As the name implies, these are the certificates that are signed…
How to get Airtel Nigeria internet settings
Airtel Nigeria is one of the best Telecoms internet services service providers. Usually, Internet settings are sent automatically to most devices as soon as a sim card is slid into the gadget. For the sake of this tutorial, we go…
See Globacom APN and Settings
Globacom is perhaps the biggest Internet provider in Nigeria at the moment. The Telecoms company brought about per second billing in the country and also a revolution in internet services too. Here are simple steps on setting up Glo APN…
Switching from Python 2 to Python 3: What you need to know
Python 2 will reach its end of life in mere weeks. Here’s what to know before you migrate to Python 3. Python 2.7 will officially become unsupported beginning January 1, 2020. There is one final bugfix planned after this date, but then…
How to install Java on Linux
Embrace Java applications on your desktop, and run them on all of your desktops. No matter what operating system you’re running, there are usually several ways to install an application. Sometimes you might find an application in an app store,…