A tutorial on how you can list files and directories in style in Linux systems using two programs exa and lsd.

SELinux can help you secure your server from malfunctioning processes or applications. Find out how you can use it for your own server.

PhpMyAdmin is a free and open-source tool written in PHP used for managing MySQL databases via browser. In this tutorial we are going to explain in step-by-step detail how to install and secure PhpMyAdmin on AlmaLinux.

One of my favorite stories about Unix is how it turned into a text processing system. Brian Kernighan tells the story in his book Unix: A History and a Memoir (chapter 3) but to summarize: The Unix team at Bell Labs ran the original Unix on a PDP-7 computer, but it was a tiny system and didn't have sufficient resources to support new work.

The Firefly Station M3 is a Mini PC built around the eight-core Rockchip RK3588S System on Chip (SoC) released this year. This fanless Mini PC comes in an aluminum case and it can support up to 16GB of RAM and 128GB of eMMC flash. The Rockchip RK3588S SoC combines four Cortex-A76 cores, four Cortex-A55 cores, […]

This post will go over what’s new in Linux Mint 21 “Vanessa.” Thousands of people have been waiting for this stable release of Linux Mint, and once it is available, it will be fascinating to see if it is worthwhile to upgrade to the latest version.

We explain various ways to fix the Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock Error in Ubuntu Linux and related distributions.

Just Perfection is one of the most popular GNOME extensions in recent years. With it, you can change the visibility of almost all components of GNOME Shell, make behavior tweaks and customize panels. The new version 21 of the Just Perfection extension allows even deeper than before customization of your GNOME desktop.

The firewall-cmd is the command-line client used to manage the runtime configurations. In this blog post, we are going to explain 10 useful firewall-cmd commands in Linux with real examples.

The past three years have redefined the practice and management of public health on a global scale. What will we need in order to support innovation over the next three years?

In the first article of this series, Get started with NetworkManager on Linux, I looked at what NetworkManager does and some of the tools it provides for viewing network connections and devices. I discussed using the nmcli command to view the status of network devices and connections on a host.

OBS Studio 28.0 is coming and promises to be a huge update to this powerful and popular screencasting and streaming software with lots of new features and a revamped interface.

Apple Calendar (previously known as iCal) is a personal calendar app supporting multiple accounts, colour code work, family and personal events, event support, as well as calendar invitations.

Now makes vague pledge to shove inactive repos into slow object storage. GitLab has reversed its decision to automatically delete projects that are inactive for more than a year and belong to its free-tier users.…

Global visionaries headline the premier open source event in Europe to share on OSS adoption in Europe, driving the circular economy, finding inspiration through the pandemic, supply chain security and more. SAN FRANCISCO, August 4, 2022 —  The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, today announced the keynote speakers for […]

Years after the company quit server virtualization, but may be handy for hybrid work. Citrix has added a development stream to its hypervisor that promises fast and frequent enhancements, plus a cloud service to deliver them to users.…

This step-by-step guide shows you how to easily upgrade your existing Rocky Linux 8 system to Rocky Linux 9. The procedure described in this guide has been tried and is workable; nevertheless, the official recommendation is that upgrading from Rocky Linux 8 to Rocky Linux 9 is not encouraged and that a clean install of Rocky Linux 9 is preferable.

Enabling Wake-On-LAN in Ubuntu is easy. This is our comprehensive guide to doing that and more. Let's get into it!

So far, ownCloud users have only had the opportunity to choose between simple local file storage based on a POSIX-compatible file system or EOS Open Storage (EOS). The latter causes massive complexity during setup. More recent versions of ownCloud feature a functionality called Decomposed FS. This file system is supposed to bring oCIS to arbitrary storage backends and even scalable ones.

After you merge a GitLab or GitHub pull request, you usually delete the topic branch in the remote repository to maintain repository hygiene. However, this action deletes the topic branch only in the remote repository. Your local Git repository also benefits from routine cleanup. To synchronize the information in your local repository with the remote repository, you can execute the git prune command to delete the local reference to a remote branch in your local repository.

I have bigger problems than where you put our code. On Call Be careful where you install stuff, and who is doing the installing. Welcome to an On Call in which normal service is interrupted by a military intervention.…

There are lists of applications that I can’t afford to miss after setting up newly installed distributions, and one of them is EasyEffects, which enhances the audio quality to the next level. Without it, I don’t get the real vibe from the music.

Two lightweight distros get updated after extended pauses. Slax, one of the lightest-weight Linux distros around, and Peppermint OS, a web-centric Debian remix, both put out new versions this week.…

The N10 is the latest Mini PC Nano from Weibu. The N10 accommodates the Coffee Lake-U or the Comet Lake-U processor from Intel. The company also plans to release a model with Intel’s 12th Gen processors by late September. The motherboard comes in a Nano ITX (123 x 134mm) form factor and integrates the following […]

The upgrade path from Linux Mint 20.3 “Una” to Linux Mint 21 “Vanessa” is now open to finally allow users to upgrade their installations to the latest and greatest release of the popular Ubuntu-based distribution.

Slax is a portable and fast Linux operating system with a modular architecture and beautiful design that can be operated from a USB stick. Now, nine years later, Slax is back to its origins based on Slackware 15, which was released half a year ago.

With chroot, you can create an isolated filesystem inside your primary filesystem. Learn how to use Chroot in Linux to fix a broken system.

In this tutorial, we are going to install Neos CMS on Ubuntu 22.04 OS. Neos CMS is an open-source Content Management System that allows developers and users to build their websites in a couple of steps quickly.

When writing about open source software, I prefer to show a few screenshots to help demonstrate what I'm talking about. As the old saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words. If you can show a thing, that's often better than merely trying to describe it. There are a few ways you can take screenshots in Linux. Here are three methods I use to capture screenshots on Linux.

Sustainability is an increasingly important problem when it comes to computing. Reduce, reuse, recycle is a popular motto for environmentally responsible consumption, but applying that to your computer hardware can be challenging.