Search results for: “Linux”

Tutorials · 7 min read

Migration Guide: CentOS to AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux and Other Alternatives

CentOS 8 Reached End-of-Life on December 31, 2021 With Red Hat officially ending support for CentOS 8, users are forced to migrate to a different operating system. While…

Petr · January 14, 2022 →

Tutorials · 4 min read

Installation of a graphical user interface for Linux

All Linux-Server operating systems are installed by default without a graphical user interface (GUI). A GUI on a dedicated server can only be accessed if a KVM is…

Philipp · August 8, 2019 →

Tutorials · 6 min read

How to manage your RAID controller in Linux

Please note: This tutorial focusses on Linux OS. Should you be a Windows user instead, please confer our respective tutorial on how to manage your RAID controller in…

Gianni-Donato · March 7, 2018 →

Tutorials · 4 min read

Analysing log files in Windows and Linux

Everyone knows the scenario, you want to analyze an issue of your server or local computer but where to find all those log files? In the following tutorial…

Dirk · July 19, 2017 →

Company News · 2 min read

Being spoilt for choice – Windows or Linux?

The operating system is the centrepiece of a server. You can imagine how important it is to choose a fitting operating system. For servers, two operating systems have…

Florian · March 31, 2017 →

Company News · 1 min read

NEW operating system available at Contabo: Arch Linux

Great news: From now on we offer you a completely new operating system, namely Arch Linux! It is available for all your VPS and Dedicated Servers! What's even…

Markus · December 13, 2016 →

Tutorials · 3 min read

Comparison of the different Linux distributions available at Contabo

As a valued customer of Contabo you have access to a variety of different Linux distributions, for use on all of our servers. These can be easily and…

Philipp · September 8, 2016 →

Tutorials · 5 min read

How to check the health of your hard drive with smartmontools (in Linux)

A) Installation If you’re not sure about your admin rights, always enter the command sudo -i at the beginning of every session: sudo -i This command will grant…

Philipp · August 5, 2015 →

Tutorials · 3 min read

Mounting of additional hard disks in Linux

In this tutorial, we are going to mount an additional hard disk in Linux. If you’re not sure about your admin rights, always enter the command sudo -i…

Florian · June 26, 2015 →

Tutorials · 4 min read

Linux (Debian/Ubuntu): Backup

In this post I want to show you how to create a basic full backup of your file system and how to restore it. A Linux system with…

Tino · January 12, 2015 →

Tutorials · 3 min read

Windows vs. Linux – Whats Better?

Have you ever asked yourself whats better: Windows or Linux? In this article we will discuss the advantages of both!

Katharina · April 13, 2012 →

Company News · 1 min read

NEW at Giga-Hosting: Giga Linux Cluster

The cluster system for your individual requirements. High performance, high stability and low price. Regardless which hardware component might fail or how the number of web site visitors…

Ralf · May 13, 2011 →

Tutorials · 9 min read

How to Self-Host Piper TTS for Offline Voice Generation

Piper TTS is a free neural text-to-speech engine that runs on CPU alone. Learn how to install it on a VPS, download a voice, serve audio over HTTP,…

Christopher Carter · November 3, 2026 →

Company News · 10 min read

The Big Bug Backlog: How AI is digging up decades of overlooked security flaws

AI now finds serious security flaws faster and more cheaply than ever. We explain what that means, how we handled PwnEscape and php2shell in October 2026, and what…

Christopher Carter · October 28, 2026 →

Company News · 6 min read

What’s New in cPanel Meridian: A Practical Guide for VPS Customers

cPanel Meridian is the redesigned cPanel theme introduced in cPanel & WHM version 138. This guest guide from the cPanel team covers the task hubs, Guided Setup, the…

Julia Mink · October 23, 2026 →