BREAKING – Log4Shell Exploitation Grows as Cybersecurity Firms Scramble to Contain Threat

Cybercriminals are quickly ramping up efforts to exploit the critical flaw found in the widely used Log4j open-source logging tool, targeting everything from cryptomining to data theft to botnets that target Linux systems. The cybersecurity community is responding with tools for detecting exploitation of the vulnerability, a remote code execution (RCE) flaw dubbed Log4Shell and tracked as CVE-2021-44228. Efforts include a Log4j emergency […]

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Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo) Will Reach End of Life on January 20th, 2022

Ubuntu 21.04 will reach end of life on January 20th, 2022. At that time, Canonical will stop offering updates for the Hirsute Hippo release. Powered by Linux kernel 5.11 and built around the GNOME 3.38 desktop environment series (with support for GNOME 40 apps), Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo) also introduced PipeWire support, nftables as the […]

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How to Install Discord on Rocky Linux 8

In the following tutorial, you will learn how to install Discord client on Rocky Linux 8 using three different methods.
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How to create a DynamoDB Table in AWS

Amazon DynamoDB is a key-value and document database. In this article, we will create a simple DynamoDB Table with On-Demand mode and create a few items and perform a search on it.

How to Install and Configure WildFly (JBoss) on Debian 11

Wildfly (formerly JBoss) is a JAVA application server developed by RedHat. It is a simple, lightweight, and powerful server with a CLI and an admin console. In this tutorial, I will show you how to install Wildfly with Nginx as a reverse proxy on Debia…

How to Setup Samba Server in RHEL, Rocky Linux and AlmaLinux

The post How to Setup Samba Server in RHEL, Rocky Linux and AlmaLinux first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .
Sharing files is an essential part of server administration. It allows sharing of resources across the network which are…

DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 947

This week in DistroWatch Weekly: Review: JuNestNews: Fedora to adopt Wayland as default display server for NVIDIA cards, Zorin OS releases Lite edition, Haiku improves filesystem driversQuestions and answers: When is the year of the Linux desktop?Rele…

Linux Mint 20.3 Beta is Available to Download

Grab your testing pants ‘cos the Linux Mint 20.3 beta is available to download. Mint hasn’t formally announced the beta yet but the omg! tip box has been hammered with links to the Linux Mint 20.3 beta .iso from readers — it’s appreci…

How to Check and Repair EXT4 Filesystem in Linux

The fsck (stands for File System Consistency Check) is used to check and repair one or more Linux filesystems. This check will run automatically at boot time when a filesystem …

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GNOME 41.2 Is Here to Improve Software, Boxes, Orca, Calendar, and Other Apps

GNOME 41.2 is here five weeks after GNOME 41.1 to update the Orca screen reader accessibility tool with improved behavior when the focused back/forward button is pressed, improved presentation of subscript and superscript elements, the ability to identify and present custom-element images, improved speech generator for browser alerts, support for handling name/description change floods in […]

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Understanding the PHP Values in the php.ini Configuration File

The PHP ini configuration file is a special file for PHP applications used to control PHP settings what users can or can not do with the website.
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How to Solve Error “rpmdb damaged header” in Fedora, RHEL

This guide explains how to solve error rpmdb damaged header by rebuilding the RPM database in Fedora, RHEL, CentOS, AlmaLinux and Rocky Linux.
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Kubernetes Features Explained In Detail

In this article, we are going to learn about important features of Kubernetes which will help you to understand the functional concepts of Kubernetes on a deeper level.
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How to Disable Package Updates Using YUM/DNF in RHEL Linux

The DNF (Dandified Yum) is the next-generation version of the YUM (Yellowdog Updater, Modified), is an open-source default package manager for Red Hat-based Linux distributions, that is used for getting, installing, upgrading, removing, and querying pa…

Kali Linux 2021.4 Released: Wider Samba Compatibility, Social-Engineer Toolkit, New Tools, and More!

Offensive Security released Kali Linux 2021.4, which comes with a number of improvements: wider Samba compatibility, switching package manager mirrors, enhanced Apple M1 support, Kaboxer theming, Updates to Xfce, GNOME and KDE, Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W + …

How to Customise the GNOME Shell Clock

We look at various ways to customise the GNOME Shell clock. From showing the date through to creating a ‘stacked’ layout split across two lines.
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Working with gnome-boxes

On my PC I’ve worked with VirtualBox for years. Then VirtualBox, for some reason, was removed from the Debian repository. As I wasn’t using those VMs for something critical, I’ve just didn’t bother to find out why, or to search some alternate repo. A few months ago I need some virtual machines on my PC, […]

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How to Install Cockpit on AlmaLinux 8

Linux Cockpit is a browser-based user interface for Linux systems. Linux Cockpit can be used as an alternative to a command-line or GUI tools like top, free, htop, lsof, iotop, and lots of others to monitor resource usage such as CPU/Memory/Disk I/O an…

Best Tools to Install on Fresh Linux Mint Installation

So you’ve just installed a fresh copy of Linux Mint 20 and are ready to make the most of your new system. How do you move forward? In this guide, we will highlight some of the useful tools to consider installing which will enhance your user exper…

The 32 Best IDEs/Text Editors for C++

Not everyone has the same tastes and when it comes to developing in C++ . The form and environment can vary from person to person. Many are not satisfied with the development environment they use or plan to test others to see if things run better. Based on that I decided to build the biggest […]

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