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Applications are increasingly privileged and we find ourselves running programs that could represent a security vulnerability to our systems and, more importantly, to our information. In this post, we will use a very simple sandboxing method using Firejail and AppArmor on Linux.

Stealth tactics game Desperados III has been confirmed to be launching for Linux later this Summer.

The 96Boards-compatible “Qualcomm Robotics RB5 Platform” runs Linux and ROS 2 on a Qualcomm QRB5165 based on the 15-TOPS Snapdragon 865 with optional 5G and cameras including RealSense and ToF. Qualcomm and Thundercomm have followed up on last year’s Qualcomm Robotics RB3 Platform with a similarly 96Boards form-factor Qualcomm Robotics RB5 Platform that supports 5G […]

If you'd prefer to manage all your tasks directly from the terminal, Taskbook allows you to do that using simple commands.

Python is a wonderful general-purpose programming language, often taught as a first programming language. Twenty years in, multiple books written, and it remains my language of choice. While the language is often said to be straight-forward, configuring Python for development has not been described as such (as documented by xkcd). read more

Need to know which packages to install? Learn how to search for packages in the Terminal for both Ubuntu and Debian-based systems with apt and apt-get.

Icinga 2 is a free and open source monitoring tool that can be used to monitor multiple servers or whole data centers from a single monitor system. In this tutorial, I show you how to install and configure the Icinga 2 monitoring tool using an Ubuntu 20.04 LTS server.

Linux, in a way, is a series of static and dynamic libraries that depend on each other. For new users of Linux-based systems, the whole handling of libraries can be a mystery. But with experience, the massive amount of shared code built into the operating system can be an advantage when writing new applications. read more

A new version of Raspberry Pi-based Little Backup Box is here, featuring improvements and new functionality.

For this week’s Raspberry Pi 4 blog, Luke puts a desktop search tool under the microscope.

NetworkManager is the network configuration daemon used on Fedora and many other distributions. It provides a consistent way to configure network interfaces and other network-related aspects on a Linux machine. Among many other features, it provides a Internet connection sharing functionality that can be very useful in different situations. For example, suppose you are in […]

Canonical has launched the Ubuntu Appliance initiative which aims to transform Raspberry Pi devices or personal computers into secure, self-updating solutions.

A discussion of storage space measurement units and reserved space.

Experienced developers, much like skilled artisans, rely on a set of tools to help them get their job done effectively and efficiently. However, trying to select the right tools can be intimidating, especially when you have many options to choose from. read more

In this article, we will describe two ways for Debian users to configure their laptop’s touchpad in a way that it is automatically disabled whenever they plug in an external mouse.

The who command is another handy command from the GNU Core Utilities package. Learn what it is, how to use it, and all about it's options and switches.

The CrossTalk vulnerability allows attacker-controlled code executing on one CPU core to leak sensitive data from other software running on a different core. In this article, we will show you how to mitigate this Intel CPU vulnerability without a server reboot.

This brief guide explains how to list the contents of a package in Linux.

The HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) drivers have been updated to version 3.20.6, a release that adds support for several new HP printers and some of the latest GNU/Linux distributions.

It’s very difficult to give instruction or administrate when students are seated in a computer lab. To overcome this problem and get attention from everyone, you need to use the right lab management applications to suit your needs. This quick article shows you how to manage or monitor the Linux computer lab using the epoptes tool.