Thunderbird 91 Promises New Account Setup Wizard with CalDAV Support, Encryption, and More

After Thunderbird 78 comes Thunderbird 91, probable due for release next week as part of the Mozilla Firefox 91 web browser and promising lots of enhancements, new features, and improvements to everyone’s favorite email client. The biggest change, however, is a brand new account setup wizard, and I want you to be the first to […]

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Learn the Basics of YUM with these 15 Useful Commands

YUM stands for Yellowdog Updater Modified, which is an RPM (RedHat Package Manager) based package management tool for Linux Systems. Yum was introduced in RHEL version 5.10 onward and its deprecated up2date command. The yum command helps all Users and System Administrators to search for information about packages and then install, update, and remove all rpm-related […]

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How to Enable Minimize, Maximize Window Buttons in elementary OS

Many people (mostly new users to elementary OS) asks these questions in various forums: How do I enable minimize buttons in elementary OS? How to I enable restore, minimize, maximize? Is it possible to bring back the minimize and maximize buttons? And they are completely valid questions, and it’s okay to ask questions. Right? This […]

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Razer Peripherals Config App For Linux Polychromatic Sees First Major Stable Release In Three Years

Polychromatic, an open source GUI tool to configure RGB (Razer only for now) peripherals on Linux, has seen its first new stable release in 3 years. The latest 0.7.0 version comes with an overhauled user interface which includes an effects editor, and …

22 Linux Networking Commands for Sysadmins

A system administrator’s routine tasks include configuring, maintaining, troubleshooting, and managing servers and networks within data centers. There are numerous tools and utilities designed for network management in Linux. Learn these 20 networking …

Scan a Debian Server for Rootkits with Rkhunter

Rkhunter stands for “Rootkit Hunter” is a free and open-source vulnerability scanner for Linux operating systems. In this tutorial, we will explain, how to install and use Rkhunter on Debian 10 server.
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Linux Runlevels Explained

In this tutorial, we will learn about the various runlevels that exist within a Linux system. There are times when a Linux system boots either into a Graphical User Interface (GUI) or a command line. A Linux system may also boot as a single-user system, which means that it is available only to a single […]

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16 Useful Bandwidth Monitoring Tools to Analyze Network Usage in Linux

Are you having problems monitoring your Linux network bandwidth usage? Do you need help? It’s important that you are able to visualize what is happening in your network in order to understand and resolve whatever is causing network slowness, or simply …

Introduction to curl in Linux with Examples

The curl command is one of the most powerful and useful tools that are used by web developers as well as by PHP programmers and System Administrators. Most commonly, it is used to transfer data between remote and local systems. Through this command, we can access or download content from a website without a browser. […]

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Krita 4.4.7 Comes Strictly to Fix 7 Bugs; Krita 5 is Coming Soon

Krita is a free and open-source painting software that can be used by both professional and amateur artists. It offers an alternative to the most expensive software of its kind. With the release of Krita 4.4.7, all eyes are now focused on the forthcoming Krita 5 release, which is expected to be released in the […]

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SFTP Command, How to Use it Practically for Secure File Transfer

SFTP is a popular method for securely transferring files over remote systems. In almost all cases, SFTP is preferable to FTP because of its underlying security features. In this tutorial, we’re going to show you practical examples of how to use the SFT…

9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: August 8th, 2021

This week has been pretty awesome, and we saw the release of the Mesa 21.2 graphics stack, which is great news for gamers, we were able to test drive Ubuntu’s new Desktop Installer written in Google’s Flutter SDK, we played The Silence & The Fury DLC for Total War: WARHAMMER II, and we installed Nitrux […]

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Linux for Starters: Your Guide to Linux – Manipulating Files – Part 13

In this Linux guide article, we take you through the basics of manipulating files from the shell. Some of these file manipulations are more conveniently done using a graphical file manager. But manipulating files from the shell offers both flexibility …

What the GitOps Model Is and Why It’s Taking Off

Here’s why many DevOps teams are now considering GitOps as an essential part of their Kubernetes deployment strategy.
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Forcing Linux system password changes with the chage command

Users are generally slow to change passwords. Here’s how to nudge them into compliance with chage. And no, that’s not a typo.
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Ripgrep – The Fastest Command Line Search Tool for Linux

As the Linux operating system grows on you, you start being labeled the nerd you always wanted to be. Your behavior in this operating system environment changes completely. You develop a superiority complex that transforms you from a GUI-oriented user to a terminal-based user. You want to achieve a lot of things without switching between […]

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Time for Ubuntu to Opt for a Hybrid Rolling Release Model

There are three short-term releases in between two LTS release. Ubuntu should replace them with a rolling release model for the benefit of all.
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zypper command to manage packages on suse Linux

In this guide, we’ll show you how to manage packages using the zypper command in the SUSE and openSUSE systems.
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Latte Dock 0.10 Released with Support for Multiple Docks, Floating Docks, and Panels

It’s been more than a year and half since the first development release of Latte Dock 0.10 hit the streets, and now, after a lot of hard work, the final version is here and it’s already landing in the stable software repositories of some of the most popular rolling-release GNU/Linux distributions (e.g. Arch Linux and […]

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Best Games for Linux

Linux can be used for gaming too! In this article, you’ll find out about the best video games you can play on your Linux distro, along with all other info you need to know. We’ll only feature games that can directly be played on Linux, without the need for an emulator or additional software like […]

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