NixOS 21.05 Released with GNOME 40 and Linux Kernel 5.10 LTS

NixOS 21.05 is dubbed Okapi (a.k.a. the forest giraffe) and comes with major component updates. Learn about the new release here.

Easily Set Charging Thresholds for ASUS Laptops on Linux Using bat

bat is a simple command line tool for easily setting and checking the ASUS battery charging stop threshold, in order to help extend battery life. Learn more here.

Linux Release Roundup: OBS Studio, Edge, and Pop!_OS 21.04 Beta

Are you an budding open-source music producer, a standout content streamer, or a fanatical follower of System76? If you are then this week’s Linux Release Roundup is sure to be of interest. As always, the […]
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Distribution Release: NixOS 21.05

NixOS is an independently developed GNU/Linux distribution that aims to improve the state of the art in system configuration management. In NixOS, the entire operating system, including the kernel, applications, system packages and configuration files…

What To Do If Implementing An Antivirus Software Is Too Much To Handle?

Protecting yourself digitally is just as important as protecting yourself physically in a digital age such as ours. With hacks being more and more apparent, it’s only right that you take the right steps to secure yourself digitally, whether for a busin…

Distribution Release: openSUSE 15.3

The openSUSE team have announced the release of a minor update to the project’s 15.x branch. openSUSE 15.3 is assembled using the same binary packages as SUSE Linux Enterprise (SLE) which facilitates testing and migration across both platforms. “The n…

Install Multiple Drupal Instances with Nginx on Ubuntu 20.04

Drupal is a free, scalable, and open platform used to create and manage website content. In this guide, we will show you how to deploy multiple Drupal instances with Nginx on Ubuntu 20.04.

Linux Mint 20.2 Adds Bulk Rename Tool, Improves File Search in Nemo

Linux Mint 20.2 is making it easier to bulk rename files, and to find files using the Nemo file manager. These improvements will ship in the next release.
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Live Patching Requires Reproducible Builds – and Containers Are the Answer

by Joao Correia

We know that live patching has real benefits because it significantly reduces the downtime associated with frequent patching. But live patching is relatively difficult …

How to Do Security Auditing of Linux System Using Lynis Tool

The post How to Do Security Auditing of Linux System Using Lynis Tool first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .Lynis is an open-source and much powerful auditing tool for Unix/Linux-like operating systems. It scans the system for se…

Clonezilla Live 2.7.2 Disk Cloning Tool Released with Many New Features and Improvements

Based on the Debian Sid (Unstable) repository as of May 30th, 2021, the Clonezilla Live 2.7.2-38 release comes four months after Clonezilla Live 2.7.1. Learn more here.

Firefox Plans for Long-Awaited Native Translation Feature

No more installing additional extensions. You can now get the Firefox Translation feature, natively in the browser window. Here’s how.

How to Install AlmaLinux 8.4 Step by Step

As CentOS 8 moves to the end of its life on December 31st, 2021, many are searching for alternatives like AlmaLinux 8.4. Learn how to install it here.

Best Privacy-Focused Alternatives to Google Search

There’s more to search than Google, including some pretty decent alternatives that value your privacy.

Next Linux Mint 20.2 “Uma” Announced with New Apps and Features

The next installment of the Linux Mint 20.2 is codenamed “Uma”. There are some new apps and tweaks that are promised by the team. A quick rundown of the announcement in this post.

Distribution Release: Kali Linux 2021.2

Kali Linux is a Debian-based distribution with a collection of security and forensics tools. The distribution’s team have released Kali Linux 2021.2 which includes two new significant tools: Kaboxer and Kali-Tweaks. Kaboxer allows the developers to pa…

How to Work with Ansible Provisioner in Vagrant

We will create a playbook and use the playbook to run Ansible play against the Vagrant guest machine.

NeoChat 1.2 Released with Bubbles, Inline Replies, Account Switcher, and Much More

Coming about three months after NeoChat 1.1, the new NeoChat release introduces numerous new features and improvements. Learn more about NeoChat 1.2 here.

AMD Ryzen Ubuntu User? Check Out This New App from Slimbook

Rocking an AMD Ryzen mobile CPU? If so, check out a new AMD Controller app from Spanish Linux computer company Slimbook. “The Slimbook AMD Controller app is capable of setting several TDP power levels for […]
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LFCA Part 21: Learn the Basic Concepts of DevOps

As a beginner, it can be challenging wrapping your head around the concept of DevOps.