This site is a collection of tips, examples and small chunks of code I’ve used over the years as I’ve worked with Linux. Mostly the items found here are for my own use but I’ve made the site public in the chance that it will help other people. If you find something useful please let me know. Also if you think something I’ve mentioned could be done better I would welcome the feedback.
In Unix and its derivatives such as Linux, everything is considered as a file. If something is not a file, then it must be running as a process on the system. Learn more about file types in Linux here.
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During your continued usage of an Ubuntu or Debian-based operating system environment, you’ll probably encounter terminal-bound errors like “permission denied” or something like “user is not in the sudoers file”. Learn how to add users to sudoers…
During your continued usage of an Ubuntu or Debian-based operating system environment, you’ll probably encounter terminal-bound errors like “permission denied” or something like “user is not in the sudoers file”. Learn how to add users to sudoers…
Two of the largest government security agencies are laying out the key cyberthreats to Kubernetes, the popular platform for orchestrating and managing containers, and ways to harden the open-source tool against attacks. In a 52-page report released this week, the National Security Agency (NSA) and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) noted the advantages to enterprises […]
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Mesa 21.2 has been in development for the past three months and brings a plethora of new features to the RADV (Radeon Vulkan) driver, in the form of several Vulkan extensions to improve support for Vulkan apps/games, as well as OpenGL ES 3.1 support on GT21x hardware and the Panfrost driver, wideLines support on lavapipe, […]
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WebVirtCloud is a web-based management tool for KVM virtualization. It allows administrators and users to create, manage and delete Virtual Machines running on KVM hypervisor from a web interface.
In the following tutorial, you will learn how to install Swift on Ubuntu 20.04 and 21.04. Swift, often referred to as “Objective-C, without the C,” is an open-source programming language developed and maintained by Apple. Swift is a general-purpose programming language built using a modern approach to safety, performance, and software design patterns. The Swift project aims to create the best available language for uses ranging from systems programming to […]
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Solus OS is a fresh take on Linux with a message: less is more. No hassling with settings. Everything is taken care of for you ahead of time. Learn more about this simple Linux distribution here.
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Latest versions of Google Chrome for Linux fix several of the browser’s CSD issues. In this post we compare the builds side-by-side to spot the changes.
This post, Hurrah, Chrome for Linux FINALLY Supports CSD Properly is from OMG! Ubuntu!. Do not repr…
Pantacor team announced the release of Pantabox and community website Pantavisor.io. Inspired by other open-source projects like Busybox, Pantabox is a self-contained frontend for managing Pantavisor Linux directly on IoT devices. In addition to this, …
In early March, I took a first look at Ubuntu’s new Desktop Installer. Canonical provided web-based designs of the new installer ahead of its initial release, as part of the Ubuntu installation images, but now the installer written in Flutter is finally available for public testing in the latest daily build images of Ubuntu 21.10. […]
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Nitrux has just released a new update to their 1.5 series of distributions, bringing us up to version 1.5.1. Here is what’s new.
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Valve and AMD are working together to develop a better CPU performance scaling driver for Linux, targeting the Steam Deck gaming console. The new driver will allow the processor in the Steam Deck to quickly ramp up to a higher performance state when ne…
When the Open Compute Project was founded (about 10 years ago), it began redefining the term “open source.” Before then, the term had primarily been applied to software, although it had, to a lesser degree, been applied to hardware as well. At OCP, the term open applies to specifications regarding all aspects of a data center — from […]
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UFW or Uncomplicated Firewall is an application to manage an iptables-based firewall on Ubuntu. UFW is the default firewall configuration tool for Ubuntu Linux and provides a user-friendly way to configure the firewall, the UFW command is just like Eng…
Gerbera is a free UPnP media server which allows you to stream your digital media through your home network and consume it on a variety of UPnP compatible devices. It’s based on MediaTomb and works with any UPnP compliant client.
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Want to know the tricks of replacing a variable in a file using the SED command?
This article will give you an overview of replacing a variable value in a file usin…
Franking machines are a century-old innovation that still proves to be beneficial in today’s world. Large national businesses and various government departments benefit greatly from this premium stamping device. After spending 20 years in the making an…