Today, I'll show you how to install Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Desktop on a PC or laptop using either a DVD or USB bootable drive. It's pretty straight forward and suitable for noobs but please remember, this is a clean installation of Ubuntu (not a dual boot) so any data on the target computer will be irreversibly lost. Requirements A PC or laptop to install Ubuntu (the target computer) A USB flash drive (minimum 4GB size) or blank DVD Ubuntu … [Read more...] about How to install Ubuntu 20.04 Desktop
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Connect OpenVPN on Ubuntu 20.04 with Network Manager
Ubuntu 20.04 comes with OpenVPN Network Manager GUI built-in, so now it's easy to connect a VPN on Ubuntu (see my other guide to setup using command line). For earlier versions of Ubuntu (18.04 and 16.04) see preliminary step below to install network-manager-openvpn package before starting step 1. Preliminary step for Ubuntu 16.04 and 18.04 Skip this step if you're running Ubuntu 20.04. We need to install the OpenVPN Network Manager GUI … [Read more...] about Connect OpenVPN on Ubuntu 20.04 with Network Manager
Set custom DNS servers on Ubuntu 18.04 or 20.04
Introduction & Notes Please note* this guide is for Ubuntu 18.04 or 20.04. If you need to set custom DNS servers on Ubuntu 16.04 or earlier, see my previous guide. I'll show you three methods to set custom DNS servers on Ubuntu including instructions to reset your connection back to defaults if you need to. Below each guide is a video version for further explanation. Set custom DNS using Network Manager GUI (recommended) Set … [Read more...] about Set custom DNS servers on Ubuntu 18.04 or 20.04
Build a Raspberry Pi RAID NAS Server – [UPDATED 2020]
2020-05-26: This guide is now updated to reflect some bug fixes and changes in mdadm and Samba. Introduction Today I'll show you how to build a Raspberry Pi 3/4 RAID NAS server using USB flash drives and the Linux native RAID application mdadm, along with SAMBA so the drive will show up as a normal network folder on Windows PC's. It's an intermediate tutorial and shows you how to create a Linux RAID array which is a good skill to … [Read more...] about Build a Raspberry Pi RAID NAS Server – [UPDATED 2020]
Install HTTP/2 LAMP Stack on Ubuntu 18.04 Server (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP)
This tutorial shows you how to install a super-fast HTTP/2 LAMP stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS server (Bionic Beaver) with your own domain name, and secure it with Ubuntu’s built-in firewall UFW (Uncomplicated Firewall), Fail2ban, and a free SSL certificate from Let’s Encrypt. We'll be using PHP-FPM processor running on PHP7.2, MySQL using the MariaDB engine, and phpMyAdmin for database management. HTTP/2 is the … [Read more...] about Install HTTP/2 LAMP Stack on Ubuntu 18.04 Server (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP)
Ricmedia.com Launch
After the success of Ricmedia PC Help, I have decided to migrate over to the root domain Ricmedia.com and publish tutorials on four core subjects: Linux, Windows, Raspberry Pi and Networking. I will migrate over some of the more popular guides on PC Help to this domain and rewrite them so they're easier to read, but most of the older guides will be left and eventually retired. I've also started a WhatsApp group and a Telegram channel that you … [Read more...] about Ricmedia.com Launch