John the Ripper: Penetration Testing Tool Review

Passwords are a weak link in enterprise security. As users struggle with requirements for complex passwords and password managers, bad habits multiply: post-it notes on screens, Word docs with passwords listed, retaining default passwords, reused passwords, and other workarounds. That’s why cybercriminals go after passwords so often. Once a hacker steals credentials, they can enter sensitive systems or […]

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How to Repair File System Errors in Debian

The Debian Linux distribution laid down the foundation for the creation of other popular Linux operating system platforms like Ubuntu, Linux Mint, and Kali Linux. The community-supported development of this GNU/Linux distribution attributes it as free and open-source software. Unfortunately, the prominence of the Linux operating system and its related distributions like Debian does not spare it […]

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How To Install Visual Studio Code on Fedora 35 Workstation

Visual Studio Code is a source-code editor made by Microsoft for Windows, Linux, and macOS. It is a streamlined code editor with support for development operations like debugging, task running, and version control. It aims to provide just the tools a developer needs for a quick code-build-debug cycle and leaves more complex workflows to fuller […]

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KDE Gear 21.08.3 Released as the Last in the Series, KDE Gear 21.12 Arrives December 9th

KDE Gear 21.08.3 is here about a month after KDE Gear 21.08.2 and it brings one last batch of bug fixes and improvements for those of you using the KDE Gear 21.08 software suite. A total of 74 changes are included in this last KDE Gear 21.08 point release across several KDE apps and core […]

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Jenkins Pipeline Builder Now Available

The pipeline builder scans your public GitHub repository and attempts to build a custom Jenkins Pipeline that you can then copy and paste into a Jenkins Pipeline project.
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HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) Drivers Now Support Ubuntu 21.10 and Debian 11

HPLIP 3.21.10 is here almost two months after HPLIP 3.21.8 and adds support for the Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri), Debian GNU/Linux 11 “Bullseye”, Zorin OS 15, and Zorin OS 16 distributions. This means that you can now use your HP printer/scanner with an…

Sysstat – All-in-One System Performance and Usage Activity Monitoring Tool For Linux

Sysstat is really a handy tool that comes with a number of utilities to monitor system resources, their performance, and usage activities. A number of utilities that we all use on a daily basis come with sysstat package. It also provides tools that can…

How to Install Fedora 35 with GNOME 41: Step by Step with Screenshots

Fedora 35 stable version has finally arrived! The most notable of the improvements is the inclusion of the recently-released GNOME 41. You can get Fedora Workstation 35 now from the official website, or upgrade your existing install using GNOME Software or through the terminal with dnf system-upgrade. This article describes how to install Fedora 35 Workstation […]

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Three Methods on How to Install GIMP on Ubuntu 20.04

In the following tutorial, you will learn to install the GIMP application on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Focal Fossa using three alternative methods that you can choose from.
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Blender Community Releases Sprite Fright Animated Movie

The Blender Project has unveiled a new animated short, ”Sprite Fright,” a Halloween-themed ’80s horror-comedy movie. The project was led by Matthew Luhn, known for his work at Pixar Studios
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10 Interesting & Fun Facts about Linux

Today, the Linux operating system powers supercomputers, bullet trains, Hollywood films, submarines, International Space Station, the New York Stock Exchange, and so on. However, the birth and journey of Linux have many thought-provoking and amazing fa…

Xfce’s Apps Update for October 2021: New Releases of Ristretto, Xfce Terminal, Whisker Menu, Xfdashboard

The month of October 2021 brought some great application releases for users of the lightweight Xfce desktop environment, starting with the powerful Ristretto image viewer, which has been updated to version 0.12.0, a release that introduces the ability to choose the default scale, support for entering full-screen mode by double-clicking on the image, and the […]

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‘Trojan Source’ Is a Threat to All Source Code, Languages

eSecurityPlanet’s Jeff Bart reports that researchers have outlined a method that could be used by bad actors to push vulnerabilities into source code that are invisible to human code reviewers. In a paper released this week, two researchers at the University of Cambridge in the UK wrote that the method – which they dub “Trojan Source” – […]

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Easily Install and Manage Custom Wine Builds For Steam, Lutris With ProtonUp-Qt GUI

ProtonUp-Qt is a graphical tool that makes it easy to install and manage compatibility tools like Proton-GE and Luxtorpeda for Steam, and Wine-GE, Kron4ek Vanilla and Lutris-Wine builds for Lutris. Recently, the tool has also added support for Heroic G…

Firefox 94 Brings Colors and Gains Security

The latest stable version of the Firefox web browser, version 94, is now rolling out. There’s quite a bit going on with a couple of new features, some add-ons updates, and a whole lot of performance fixes and improvements.
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Enters Beta with Exciting New Features and Many Improvements

Powered by the Linux 5.14 kernel series, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Beta is here to give the community a preview of the next major release of the award-winning and acclaimed Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system for desktop, server and cloud computing. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Beta introduces enhanced web console performance metrics […]

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Flatpak Apps Look Out of Place? Here’s How to Apply GTK Themes on Flatpak Applications

Flatpak applications often do not match with the system themes and look out of place in your setup. Here’s a workaround to apply GTK themes to Flatpak apps.
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Systemd-Free antiX 21 Linux Distro Released, Based on Debian GNU/Linux 11 “Bullseye”

antiX 21 arrives more than five months after antiX 19.4 and brings a fresh new base from the repositories of the latest and greatest Debian GNU/Linux 11 “Bullseye” operating system series. Of course, in the tradition of the antiX and MX Linux distributions, the new release doesn’t ship with the systemd init system, nor the […]

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How to Setup and Configure UFW Firewall on Ubuntu 20.04

In the following tutorial, you will learn to install and set up UFW Firewall on either Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Focal Fossa Desktop or Server using the command terminal.
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How to Install sysPass Password Manager on Debian 11

sysPass is a web-based password management application written in PHP. It is secure, reliable, and runs in a multiuser environment for business and personal use. In this tutorial, I will show you how to install sysPass password manager on Debian 11.
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