Optimize images is one of the Google PageSpeed rule. JPEG and PNG files are most commonly used image format around the web. Compressed JPEG or PNG files has lower size than the original without loosing quality and helps speeding up your site. There are plenty different way to optimize and compress JPEG and PNG files for web. Some of the CMS has plugin to do the job. But, plugins takes time to compress all your files and slows down your site if you are using more plugins. There is an easy way to do this if you are using a Linux VPS or dedicated server and have a lot of images to optimize and compress. Follow the tutorial to know now and bookmark for future reference.
How to completely remove Nginx and re-activate Apache2?
I was having some problem with one of my VPS recently running Ubuntu 14.04 to host BitcoinDark block chain explorer. Every time server restarts it starts using Nginx server instead of the Apache2. When I wanted to uninstall it using sudo apt-get remove nginx nothing happened as the terminal is replying that this package is not installed. However, I’m able to stop the service and restart Apache2. Once it restarts it goes back again. Today I started looking into it and found that somehow I’ve got nginx-core package installed, that is the reason earlier nginx removing command didn’t work. In this article I will explain the steps I have taken to completely remove Nginx from my system and re-activate Apache2 server on Ubuntu 14.04 server. This is a little note to myself as well, if I mess it up again in the future. [Read more…]
How to install LXDE + VNC GUI on Ubuntu/Debian Server
In this tutorial I’ll share how I installed very minimalistic LXDE and Tightvncserver to use graphical desktop in one of my VPS running Ubuntu 14.04. LXDE is a very lightweight graphical user interface (GUI) for Ubuntu or Debian based operating systems. VNC server manages the back-end and lets you connect to your VPS remotely with any VNC client and lets you use your server with GUI. These software requires minimum system requirements and will run on almost all low-end VPS.
