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Git is a distributed version control software that basically allows multiple people to work in parallel and it saves a history of all changes made. Git 2.33 improves things for avid scripters and puts new merge backend which is over 9,000 times faster.

Computer users tend to amass a lot of data over the years, whether it's important personal projects, digital photos, videos, music, or code repositories. While hard drives tend to be pretty big these days, sometimes you have to step back and take stock of what you're actually storing on your drives. The classic Linux commands df and du are quick ways to gain insight about what's on your drive, and they provide a reliable report that's easy to parse and process. That's great for scripting and processing, but the human brain doesn't always respond well to hundreds of lines of raw data. In recognition of this, the ncdu command aims to provide an interactive report about the space you're using on your hard drive.

This tutorial explains how to use Python sort and sorted methods to sort different types of data structures.

The Document Foundation announced today the release and general availability of the LibreOffice 7.2 open-source, free, and cross-platform office suite for GNU/Linux, macOS, and Windows systems.

2DayGeeK: This guide shows you how to migrate from CentOS 8 to Almalinux using the “almalinux-deploy” script.

For those who cannot afford the hustles of developing websites from scratch, there are now several content management systems (CMSs) such as WordPress that you can take advantage of to set up blogs as well as complete websites with a few clicks.

The developer of the Debian-based SparkyLinux distribution announced today the general availability of SparkyLinux 6.0, a major stable update derived from the Debian GNU/Linux 11 “Bullseye” operating system series.

This guide explains how to install latest MongoDB 5 community edition using Vagrant in Linux.

Being one of the best KDE focused Linux distros, KaOS has launched the new version KaOS 2021.08 with an updated package base and appearance changes.

The presence of Web Cockpit Console is a nice way to manage KVM guest's deployment via clicking the button "Remote Virt-viewer" built into Cockpit Web Console. Bridge attached to external network interface was also created pretty smoothly utilizing network management section inside Web Console. However, it doesn't look to me as a reason to deprecate virt-manager .

When Red Hat, CentOS's Linux parent company, announced it was "shifting focus from CentOS Linux, the rebuild of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), to CentOS Stream, which tracks just ahead of a current RHEL release," the move annoyed many CentOS users. So, commercial CentOS distributor CloudLinux announced it would create a new CentOS clone, Lenix. Now, under a new name, AlmaLinux OS, this new business Linux is available in more markets than ever.

Adding your existing username and adding anyone else that needs access to privilege commands is a straightforward process with a few commands.

In the following tutorial, you will learn to add a user to the sudoers group on any Debian system.

First notice that we intend set up Ubuntu DDE on Ryzen 7 3700 box with board MSI X570 A-PRO in UEFI mode with "kvm" enabled. Enable SVM in the BIOS Setup due to it is disabled by default. This step might be the hardest to complete in the whole installation procedure.

Few days ago, I came across a Centos 7 32-bit distro and I felt the desire to test it on an old 32-bit machine. After booting I realized that it had a bug and it was loosing the network connection, which I had to turn it “up” manually every time after boot.

KDE is a well-known desktop environment for Unix-like systems designed for users who wants to have a nice desktop environment for their machines, It is one of the most used desktop interfaces out there.

UrBackup is an open-source and client/server backup system for Linux operating systems. It supports both file and image backups in a live system without interrupting current processes. In this tutorial, I will show you how to install the UrBackup server and Client on Ubuntu 20.04.

Essential reading for developers in search of performance and efficiency. The forthcoming .NET 6 will be significantly faster than its predecessors, according to a monster post by Microsoft Partner Software Engineer Stephen Toub.…

The Krita Foundation announced today the general availability for public testing of the first beta release of the upcoming Krita 5.0 open-source, free, and cross-platform digital painting software.

This tutorial will show you how to take your first steps with Checkmk, a comprehensive IT monitoring system that identifies issues across your entire IT infrastructure. Checkmk monitors servers, applications, networks, cloud environments and many other systems.

Grafana is a widely used open-source system monitoring solution for Linux servers. Grafana is a good choice for all engineers who want to use a scalable and robust monitoring dashboard on CentOS.