How to Delete a Directory in Linux

It’s important to understand how to manage directories in your OS. If you’re new to Linux, this article shows how to delete a directory.
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Bash Scripting – Printf Command Explained With Examples

Bash offers two types of commands that can be used to print your output to the terminal. One is the echo command which is mostly used for this purpose. The second is the printf command. In this article, we will learn the basic usage of the printf comma…

Best Linux Distro for Programming

If you’re a programmer and you’re looking for a Linux distro, this will help you find the perfect fit. A detailed guide for the best Linux distro for programming, with a recommendation for each type of programmer, and dozens of distros to choose from. …

Say Hello to Ubuntu Frame

This new Ubuntu Linux Internet of Things distro is designed specifically for digital signs and user kiosks.
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Multiboot USB Creator Ventoy Adds a GUI Mode to Its Live ISO Image

If you haven’t heard of Ventoy before, let me tell that it’s a recently new bootable USB creation solution that works just by copying the image files of the operating systems you want to have a flash drive without formatting it over and over. There are many great tools out there to create multiboot USB […]

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OpenSilver 1.0 Released, an Open-Source Implementation of Silverlight

Published the first stable release of the project OpenSilver source, which offers an open implementation of the platform Silverlight, which allows you to create interactive web applications using C #, XAML and .NET technologies. The project code is written in C # and is distributed under the MIT license. Compiled Silverlight applications can run on […]

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How to Rsync Files Between Linux Servers Automatically

Setting up a backup server to take over a primary server’s operations when it becomes a victim of server downtime is a skill set that most Linux users and all Linux administrators need to master. It saves you from having to worry about the “what if” scenarios. Learn how to use the rsync utility to […]

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UPGADE NOW: Apache OpenOffice Users Should Upgrade to Newest Security Release

The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) has released Apache OpenOffice 4.1.11, which fixes a handful of security vulnerabilities, including CVE-2021-33035, a recently revealed RCE vulnerability that could be triggered via a specially crafted document.
The…

3 Best Linux Distros For Students: Options You Can Try Right Now!

With some regularity, I read Reddit (and other forum) threads that ask questions like “As a student, what’s the best laptop for me?” It’s all too common nowadays since there’s a big battle going on for the domination of the desktop/laptop operating system. We know about the 3 Big Brothers: Google, Apple, and Microsoft. There’s […]

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FFmpeg Command Tutorial For Beginners

This guide explains how to use FFmpeg multimedia framework to do various audio, video transcoding and conversion operations with examples.
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Wine 6.19 and Wine Staging 6.19 Release

An experimental branch of the open implementation of WinAPI – Wine 6.19 has been released. Since the release of version 6.18, 22 bug reports have been closed and 520 changes have been made.
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5 Best OpenSSH Server Best Security Practices

SSH (Secure Shell) is an open-source network protocol that is used to connect local or remote Linux servers to transfer files, make remote backups, remote command execution, and other network-related tasks via scp command or sftp command between two servers that connect on a secure channel over the network. In this article, I will show […]

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Three Methods for Installing Discord on Fedora 34 & 35

In the following tutorial, you will learn how to install Discord client on Fedora using three different methods.
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Asahi Linux is taking shape for Apple M1

The Asahi Linux project is working on porting the free operating system to the current M1 architecture from Apple. Progress is explained in a monthly status report. The primary focus of the latest development is the inclusion of important components in the Linux kernel. The declared goal of Asahi Linux is to publish all improvements […]

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Python Has Become the Most Popular Language, According to TIOBE

According to the latest ratings from the software company TIOBE, Python is now the most popular programming language in the world. The so-called TIOBE Index is based on the number of language searches performed online, which may also be a measure of a …

Does an Ethernet splitter slow down speed?

This post summarises detailed information about ethernet splitter, its speed, and different FAQ to help you choose the best hardware.
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Dockerize Node.js apps with Buildpacks

Docker has long been the go-to tool to create easily distributable and deployable artifacts. However, creating a Docker image from your custom application code requires a little expertise, especially if you regularly rebuild images as you make changes to your code. It is very easy to unnecessarily download thousands of packages each time an image […]

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Linux for Starters: Your Guide to Linux, Part 20 – Running VirtualBox

We will walk you through setting up a virtual machine running openSUSE. The words host and guest distinguish the software running on the machine from the software that runs on the virtual machine. For the purpose of this article, the host machine is ru…

Mozilla Thunderbird 91.2 Finally Allows OTA Upgrades from Thunderbird 78 or Earlier

Thunderbird 91 was launched two months ago, but it wasn’t offered as an OTA (Over-the-Air) upgrade from Thunderbird 78 and earlier releases. After three minor point releases, Thunderbird 91.2 is here and enables support for OTA upgrades from earlier Thunderbird versions. Thunderbird 91.2 is also a minor update, bringing only the ability to use a […]

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Kodi 19.2 Improves Xbox Support and Support for Devices Running Old Android Versions

Kodi 19.2 is here five months after Kodi 19.1, which introduced initial support of the Kodi 19 “Matrix” series for the Xbox gaming console, added better support for SMB shares, improved reliability for HTTP and NFS network filesystems, enabled file caching by default for network filesystems, and fixed playback of optical DVDs in Linux. The […]

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