If you're intent on building your own cloud platform, you can also download Ubuntu Cloud Server. Canonical claims that over 55% of OpenStack clouds already run on Ubuntu.

Over the years I have not really paid much attention to verifying downloads for the GNU/Linux installation discs when I download them. I used to just download the ISO files, burn them, and ...

Download and install—It is easy to download Ubuntu and quickly get it running on a physical or virtual server, and we downloaded Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS desktop, which is supported by x86-64 and Arm ...

Your Linux server is powerful, but are you taking advantage of all it has to offer? Linux expert Jack Wallen developed the "From start to finish series" to help you make the most of the OS.

Most of the space utilized by a Linux system is used by the packages installed. The desktop install ISO is fairly large and has a number of optional install packages not found on the server install ...

The only thing more staggering than the number of Linux servers there are in the wild, is how many distributions you have to choose from. The distros that are available for download are countless, and ...

Download, unpack, install The first thing you must do is download the official Dropbox client. To do this, go to the terminal window and issue the command (from your user’s home directory): ...

The next big thing you’ll have to worry about is what programs to run on the server. There is a huge amount of free and open-source software you can host yourself, but finding it can be tricky.