Wednesday, May 31, 2017

How to eject CD/DVD ROM from command line

How to eject CD/DVD ROM from command line

If you have an old laptop or an old PC, you probably have a CD or DVD rom drive, this is what people use back in the old days. But did you know that you can eject the CD/DVD drive from command line? i'm going to show you this cool trick.

How to start and stop service on Lubuntu

How to start and stop service on Lubuntu

A single computer may have a lot of service running in the background, for example on my lubuntu i have apache web server, mysql database server, and php fpm running in the background, these are services. So how do i start and stop these services?

Thursday, May 25, 2017

How to install and use Ngrok on Lubuntu 16.04

How to install and use Ngrok on Lubuntu 16.04

Ngrok is tunneling tool that can make your localhost accessible on the internet, it's a good way to test your local web app. If you are web developer you probably want to try ngrok, it can make your life easier. In this article i will show you how to install and use ngrok on lubuntu 16.04.

Tuesday, May 23, 2017

How to install npm on Lubuntu 16.04

How to install npm on Lubuntu 16.04

Npm is package dependency manager for nodejs application and javascript in general, similar to composer for php and gem for ruby. If you are a javascript developer you are going to need npm installed on your system. In this article i will show you how to install npm on lubuntu 16.04.

Saturday, May 20, 2017

How to install Sass on Lubuntu 16.04

How to install Sass on Lubuntu 16.04

Sass is powerful but elegant CSS compiler that makes CSS fun again, sass is the most mature, stable, and powerful professional grade CSS extension language in the world. In this article i will show you how to install sass on lubuntu 16.04.

How to install Ruby on Lubuntu 16.04

How to install Ruby on Lubuntu 16.04

Ruby is an object oriented programming language for general purpose, in this article i will show you how to install ruby on lubuntu 16.04. If you want to learn about ruby language you might want to read this.

Saturday, May 13, 2017

How to install Wordpress on Lubuntu 16.04

How to install Wordpress on Lubuntu 16.04

Wordpress is the most popular blog platform in the universe, in this article i'm going to show you how to install wordpress on local computer running lubuntu 16.04 operating system.

How to run Nginx alongside Apache

How to run Nginx along side Apache web server

Technically you can run both nginx and apache web server on your lubuntu, but they can't be on the same port number. This article i'm going to show you how to run both web server on lubuntu 16.04. 

How to install Nginx on Lubuntu 16.04

How to install Nginx on Lubuntu 16.04

Nginx (engine x) is a high performance web server and a reverse proxy server, the difference with apache web server is that nginx is more focus on performance (speed). In this article i will show you how to install nginx web server on lubuntu 16.04.

Wednesday, May 10, 2017

5 best image viewer for Lubuntu

5 best image viewer for Lubuntu

The standard image viewer that comes with lubuntu 16.04 is fine, but it is not great, i feel like it is slow sometimes and simply can't show metadata information. After trying all kind of image viewer on lubuntu, i came out with this top 5 best image viewer for lubuntu.

Wednesday, May 3, 2017

How to install Slim 3 Framework on Lubuntu

Slim Framework on Lubuntu

Laravel is a great framework for developing php-based website and application, but for just creating an APIs, laravel can be overkill, to many features that you are not going to use, we need something simple.

How to install composer on Lubuntu 16.04

install composer

Composer is dependency tool for php, there are many php framework and libraries that can be install using composer, so i think composer is a must have for php developer. In this short tutorial i will show you how to install composer on lubuntu 16.04.