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How to unblock sites without using VPN

How to unblock sites without using VPN (Virtual Private Network) - editing "hosts" file

People find themselves not being able to access different blocked websites (like Facebook, Instagram, etc.). This is because of the restrictions their local network administrator has configured. Usually, corporate or public institutions reinforce this type of network restrictions in order to eliminate any distractions for their employees.

There is, however, a possibility to learn how to unblock sites without using VPN (Virtual Private Network). Let us begin.


How to install LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) web server

Install LAMP (Linux Apache, MySQL, PHP) web server

We sometimes find ourserlves in the position where we need to install a LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) web server.


How to find files and folders on Linux

How to find files and folders on Linux

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Finding a directory or a file

In order to successfully find a directory/folder or a file in Ubuntu, you can easily use the find command.


How to copy files between different Linux hosts

Command syntax:
scp -pr /your-folder-or-file-location/ destinationuser@IP-or-host:/destination-location/
Real example:
scp -pr /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/Vista-32/ root@192.168.2.224:/vmfs/volumes/ds-sata/


How to download all VIBs from VMWare depot

  1. Install PowerShell.
  2. Paste the code below into a new file.
  3. Save the script as your-file.ps1 (don’t forget to put the .ps1 extensidon; otherwise, the script will not execute).
  4. Run the script by running PowerShell and executing the following command: