| by Scott Kilroy

Monitor your system using kernel auditing and auditctl

Use the kernel auditing system to set watches on critical files and system calls and log the activity for later anaylsis.

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Real-time communication with Python

A beginner-friendly guide to building a chat client-server with sockets and multithreading.

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| by Scott Kilroy

Troubleshooting with strace

The strace command-line utility helps you diagnose complex problems by revealing details about the interaction between applications and the Linux kernel.

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Seven stable kernels for Thursday

Greg Kroah-Hartman has announced the release of the 6.16.4, 6.12.44, 6.6.103, 6.1.149, 5.15.190, 5.10.241, and 5.4.297 stable Linux kernels. Each one contains important fixes.
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The de facto Linux sound-mixing system

PipeWire lets you transparently handle ALSA, JACK, and PulseAudio applications, making it useful for both general and professional audio users.

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| by Scott Kilroy

A rolling release for Debian

From its considered basics to its flavor varieties, SparkyLinux is an interesting Debian-based OS.

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| by Scott Kilroy

Building reproducible development environments

Nix flakes modernize the Nix package manager’s promise of reproducible builds with structured project definitions and built-in dependency locking, making Nix code more shareable across projects.

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| by Scott Kilroy

Monitoring Linux system calls with Falco

Create your own rules to detect threats by monitoring system calls.

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| by Scott Kilroy

Fifty years of USENIX ATC

While USENIX continues with its many conferences, its Annual Technical Conference will be missed.

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| by Scott Kilroy

Improve email readability with t-prot

T-prot trims – or removes – long quotes and signatures to neatly simplify emails.

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Useful tricks for processing CSV files

With a few tools, you can harness the data available in even the most troublesome CSV files.

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| by Scott Kilroy

Selecting the right command to move and rename files

Linux offers three main commands for moving and renaming. Which you choose depends on your purpose and knowledge.

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Typepad is closing down, move fast to save your content!

Out of the blue, Typepad has announced that it is closing down. The stalwart blogging service says it was a “difficult decision to discontinue” operations,…
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Richard Stallman (RMS) Talk in Ethereum Cypherpunk Congress Will be Remote

This past week RMS received lots of accolades online
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MathGPT.AI, the ‘cheat-proof’ tutor and teaching assistant, expands to over 50 institutions

MathGPT AI, a tutor and teaching assistant that helps students learn, expands to over 50 institutions
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Connecting to Time Capsule provided via Samba (on ZFS)

I use Mac laptops. Have for years. I make use of their Time Machine backups. I configured Time Capsule instance using Samba, FreeBSD, and ZFS…
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Your Android phone will soon be able to auto-open apps when installation completes

When you install an app, the chances are that you’re going to want to fire up straight away. To help with this, Google is in…
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Why the wireless mic I recommend to content creators is made by a drone company

DJI doesn’t just make great cameras and drones – its microphones are also stellar.

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This Vizio soundbar has impressive surround sound, and it’s on sale

The Vizio 5.1 Soundbar SE is an excellent home entertainment sound system, and you can currently snag it for $30 off.

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The Alienware Aurora 16 is a powerhouse gaming laptop, and it’s under $1,000 at Dell

The Alienware Aurora 16 is built with an RTX 5050 graphics card, and Intel Core 7 Ultra 240H CPU, and right now at Dell you can snag one for just $900 ahead of Labor Day.

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