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How To Set Up R on Ubuntu 14.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Set Up R on Ubuntu 14.04

R is a popular open source programming language that specializes in statistical computing and graphics. It is widely used by statisticians for developing statistical software and performing data analysis. One of R’s strengths is that it is highly and easily extensible by allowing users to author and submit their own packages. In this guide, we will learn how to set up R on a cloud servers running Ubuntu 14.04.

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How To Set Up SSH Keys on Ubuntu 12.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Set Up SSH Keys on Ubuntu 12.04

SSH keys provide a more secure method of logging into a server than using a password. With SSH keys, users can log into a server without a password. This tutorial explains how to generate, upload, and use an SSH key pair, and optionally how to disable password-based SSH authentication.

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How to Set Up SSH Keys on Rocky Linux 9 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up SSH Keys on Rocky Linux 9

SSH, or secure shell, is an encrypted protocol used to administer and communicate with servers. When working with a Rocky Linux server, chances are you will spend most of your time in a terminal session connected to your server through SSH. In this guide, we’ll focus on getting a reliable SSH configuration set up.

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How To Set Up SSL Certificates With PhpMyAdmin On An Ubuntu 12.04 VPS — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Set Up SSL Certificates With PhpMyAdmin On An Ubuntu 12.04 VPS

PhpMyAdmin is a web-based front end used to configure MySQL databases in a graphical interface. While this software is very useful and can make managing databases easy, without SSL and the proper precautions, you could be exposing sensitive data to the internet. This guide shows you how to better secure your PhpMyAdmin installation.

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How To Set Up Time Synchronization on Ubuntu 12.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Set Up Time Synchronization on Ubuntu 12.04

This tutorial covers how to set up time synchronization and ensure that servers are synced using the NTP protocol so that all servers are displaying the same time. When a server’s time is mismatched, emails sent out from the misconfigured server may arrive 3 minutes in the past on another, or users granted access only at certain times of the day may find themselves blocked.

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How To Set Up vsftpd on Ubuntu 12.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Set Up vsftpd on Ubuntu 12.04

Vsftpd is a fast and secure FTP server. Installing an FTP server can assist you with uploading files to your droplet. This tutorial describes how to install and set up vsftpd on Ubuntu 12.04.

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