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This tutorial explains what is Soft link and Hard link in Linux and Unix operating systems with some practical examples.

The Linux command rsync is used to do a backup operation and fast copy file into the local system or remote system in UNIX/Linux.

Emoji are those fanciful pictograms that snuck into the Unicode character space. They're all the rage online, and people use them for all kinds of surprising things, from signifying reactions on social media to serving as visual labels for important file names. There are many ways to enter Unicode characters on Linux, but the GNOME desktop makes it easy to find and type an emoji. read more

Out today: Experimental ZFS on root, diminished compatibility with 32-bit applications Canonical has released Ubuntu 19.10, codenamed Eoan Ermine for some reason.…

It's time to refine your understanding of building regular expressions with grep and sed.

Xubuntu 19.10 has been released today as part of the Ubuntu 19.10 (Eoan Ermine) operating system, a major release that brings new features and improvements.

In this article, we will explain three ways through which you can customize your overall Terminal experience: change the Terminal Font, change the Wallpaper and configure the Terminal Bell.

Ubuntu 19.10 debuts “strict confinement” support for MicroK8s — Canonical’s snap-deployed, single-node Kubernetes environment — enabling easier deployment of k8s containers on edge gateways. MicroK8s can even run on the newly supported RPi 4. Canonical’s Ubuntu project released Ubuntu 19.10 “Eoan Ermine” with loads of new features for the desktop and cloud. Yet, it also […]

Mastodon is an open-source social networking platform very similar to Twitter. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Mastodon on Debian 10.

Adding a user is one of the most fundamental exercises on any computer system; this article focuses on how to do it on a Linux system. Before getting started, I want to mention three fundamentals to keep in mind. First, like with most operating systems, Linux users need an account to be able to log in. This article specifically covers local accounts, not network accounts such as LDAP. Second, accounts have both a name (called a username) and a number (called a user ID). Third, users are typically placed into a group. Groups also have a name and group ID. read more

Ubuntu 19.10 (Eoan Ermine) will be released today. Read on if you want to see what new features and improvements are included with this new Ubuntu release.

PC/OpenSystems announced the general availability of the Freespire 5.0 Linux-based computer operating system, a major release that brings updated components and various improvements.

InvoicePlane is a free and open-source invoicing application. Its source code can be found on this Github. This tutorial will show you how to install InvoicePlane on a fresh Debian 9 (stretch) system.

This article is specially designed for Ubuntu administrators, the remote ones, in particular, so that they can make customizations to some UI related functions through the Terminal.

Aaeon’s M.2 and mini-PCIe “AI Edge Computing Modules” are based on Kneron’s energy-efficient, dual Cortex-M4-enabled KL520 AI SoC, which offers 0.3 TOP NPU performance on only half a Watt. Aaeon took an early interest in edge AI acceleration with Arm-based Nvidia Jetson TX2 based computers such as the Boxer-8170AI. More recently, it has been delivering […]

Purism announced today that it has partnered with Halo Privacy to bring the best-in-class security to its hardware devices, aiming for large enterprise customers in the defense, aerospace, and cryptocurrency sector.

Includes setting to turn ads off – stop hissing at the back, Google. Alternative search engine DuckDuckGo has announced improvements to its search options and an enhanced dark theme, but its tiny market share shows that most people are content to stick with Google, despite privacy issues.…

Gitlab CE or Community Edition is an open-source application used to host your Git repositories. In this tutorial, I will show you how to install Gitlab CE on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS using Docker and then configure it securely and add a first project.

Axiomtek’s fanless, rugged “UST100-504-FL” automotive PC runs Ubuntu 18.04 or Windows on 6th or 7th Gen Intel chips, and offers SATA, HDMI, 2x GbE, 4x USB 3.0, 3x mini-PCIe, a slide-rail design, and the new AMS/AXView for MaaS discovery. Axiomtek announced a rugged in-vehicle PC that runs Ubuntu 18.04, Windows 10, or Windows 7 on […]

As a system administrator, you are manipulating users and groups all the time. You may be required to create a new user account for a new member in your team for example. If your host grows, you may be also tempted to create groups in order to have a clearer understanding of the rights your assign to your system members.

As a consequence, having a perfect understanding of user administration is a very core skill for experienced administrators to master.