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How to add CNAME Record through domain control panel

Posted on June 21, 2018 by Tom

The first thing you’ll need to do to add a CNAME Record is to make sure that you are using HostOnNet.com’s default nameservers (ns1.hostonnet.com, ns2.hostonnet.com, ns3.hostonnet.com and ns4.hostonnet.com). If you don’t know how to do this, refer the tutorial here

10 Tips for Choosing the Best Domain Name

Posted on June 16, 2018 by Tom

Domain name selection is one of the most important part of any website. A lot of visitors can be fetched just by choosing the right domain name. How to choose a good domain name is always a challenge for most

How to add A Record through domain control panel

Posted on May 25, 2018 by Tom

The first thing you’ll need to do to add an A Record is to make sure that you are using HostOnNet.com’s default nameservers (ns1.hostonnet.com, ns2.hostonnet.com, ns3.hostonnet.com and ns4.hostonnet.com). Once you are on our nameservers, follow the steps below: 1) Login

How to change Name Servers of a Domain Name

Posted on May 23, 2018 by Tom

To change the Name Servers for your domain, do the following: 1. Login to your Domain control panel and search for the domain name and proceed to the order information view. 2) Click the ‘Name Servers‘ link. 3) Enter your

Analyze Hard Disk space usage in Linux using Agedu

Posted on July 11, 2013 by Tom

Agedu is a command line utility that enables you to not only hunt down large files that are taking up valuable space on your hard drive but those that have not been accessed in a while. Installation On Ubuntu (or

How to Check Broken Links of a Website using LinkChecker on Ubuntu

Posted on July 8, 2013 by Tom

LinkChecker is a free, GPL licensed website validator and it checks links in web documents or full websites directly from your desktop. It works in Windows, Mac and Linux. To install LinkChecker on Ubuntu download the following 2 files from

How to Automatically Take Screenshots in Ubuntu at Regular Interval

Posted on July 6, 2013 by Tom

It is easy to take screenshots in Ubuntu by using the “Print Screen” button on your keyboard. If you want the system to take a screenshot automatically at a regular interval, here is a quick way. Installing scrot The tool

How to Recover / Re-Install Ubuntu GRUB using Boot-Repair

Posted on July 5, 2013 by Tom

Boot Repair is the simple graphical tool used to repair, restore or reinstall the grub bootloader on Ubuntu. When you install Windows after Ubuntu your Ubuntu will not boot anymore and its grub may be wiped out. To restore it

Bypass Start Screen and Boot into Desktop in Windows 8.1 ?

Posted on July 5, 2013 by Tom

In Windows 8 Microsoft didn’t provide any built-in option to bypass or disable Start Screen. But Windows 8.1 comes with an option to bypass Start Screen and direct boot to Desktop. If the user enables this new option, he’ll go

How to View CPU Info in Ubuntu (CPU-Z Alternative For Linux)

Posted on June 7, 2013 by Tom

In Windows, there is the popular CPU-Z application that allows you to view information about your CPU and hardware. But what if you are using Linux? CPU-Z doesn’t work in Linux, so how can you obtain the same CPU info