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Localhost is essential for hosting web apps locally, as well as testing applications. Learn what localhost is and why it is synonymous to the IP address 127.0.0.1.

Wine is an application that lets you run Windows programs on a Linux system. Wine is similar to an emulator, but with a different technology that improves performance. In this tutorial learn how to install and use Wine on Ubuntu 18.04.

In this tutorial, you will learn how to set up a fake REST API JSON server and send a DELETE request using curl.

Access to Domain Name System (DNS) records of a website is important for troubleshooting network related problems. This tutorial will introduce nslookup, a cross-platform command for querying servers and obtaining domain records.

The mysql_secure_installation script allows you to significantly improve MySQL server security. Follow this guide to learn more about the script and the options it accepts.

The LAMP stack is a set of open source software used for web application development. For a web application to work smoothly, it has to include an operating system, a web server, a database, and a programming language. The name LAMP is an acronym of the following software: Linux, Apache, MySQL, & PHP.

FTP offers an efficient method of transferring files within a secure network. Learn how to use the ftp command in this tutorial.

The free command in Linux is a utility that helps monitor RAM usage on a system. This guide shows how to use the free command and determine if there are enough resources for running new apps.

SFTP allows users to securely transfer files using SSH. This tutorial offers an overview of SFTP commands and options, explains how they work, and provides examples.

SFTP is a network protocol that uses SSH to transfer files over the Internet securely. Learn more about it in this tutorial.