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A new important Linux kernel security update has been released on February 26th for the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and CentOS Linux 7 operating system series to address critical vulnerabilities.

The Python range type generates a sequence of integers by defining a start and the end point of the range. It is generally used with the for loop to iterate over a sequence of numbers.

Learn how to use Nmap and some of it's scripts to run a security audit on your system. Easily gain valuable information on the security posture of your system.

Latte Dock 0.9.9 dock-like app launcher for GNU/Linux distributions has been released today as a maintenance update that promises to dramatically improve the Latte Dock experience for new users.

MongoDB is a free and open-source document database. It belongs to a family of databases called NoSQL, which is different from the traditional table-based SQL databases like MySQL and PostgreSQL. This tutorial explains how to install and configure MongoDB Community Edition on a CentOS 8 server.

Sapphire unveiled NP-FP5 and BP-FP5 SBCs with Ryzen V1000 and R1000 SoCs plus a G-series board, and Simply NUC revealed Red Oak (NP-FP5) and Post Oak (BP-FP5) mini-PCs based on the Ryzen SBCs. The NP-FP5 and Red Oak support AMD’s new 8-10W R1305G. At Embedded World, Sapphire Technology announced a pair of 4 x 4-inch […]

Believe it or not, Microsoft is readying its Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection for Linux servers. Yes, you read that right: Linux servers.

Being a command-line ninja is a valuable skill for every IT professional. A well-crafted bash command or script can save hours of manual labor. This tutorial shows you exactly how easy it is to become a command-line ninja and automate those tedious tasks. Lift your skills with these 10 tips, tricks, and a bit of effort

Wait is a shell command that waits for a given process to complete, then returns its exit status. Wait command is used to wait either particular process ID and job ID and return their termination status.

Open source projects can use a variety of different models for deciding when to put out a release. Some projects release on a set schedule. Others decide on what the next release should contain and release whenever that is ready. Some just wake up one day and decide it’s time to release. And other projects […]

There are plenty of applications that you can use to create a playlist on Linux, but Clementine is a longstanding favourite media player that plenty of Linux users already rely on to play their music libraries.

I usually read eBooks on my phone or with my Kobo eReader. I've never been comfortable reading books on larger screens. However, many people regularly read books on their laptops or desktops. If you are one of them (or think you might be), I'd like to introduce you to three eBook readers for the Linux desktop. read more

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Raspbian's repositories now ship version 68.5.0 ESR of Firefox. This version was released in February 2020. As it's the latest Extended Support Release, I've revisited Firefox to see if it's a viable alternative to Chromium or Vivaldi on the RPI4.

The logzero library makes logging as easy as a print statement, which is quite a feat of simplicity. I'm not sure whether logzero took its name to fit in with the series of "zero boilerplate" libraries like pygame-zero, GPIO Zero, and guizero, but it's certainly in that category. It's a Python library that makes logging straightforward. You can just use its basic logging to stdout the same way you might use print for information and debugging purposes, and it has a smooth learning curve towards more advanced logging, like logging to a file. read more

One of the most popular software enabling computers to be controlled remotely is TeamViewer, but there are many other options that are available as well, which have just as many features (desktop sharing, online conferences, and data transfers). Since TeamViewer dominates the major online users, it has long ranked number one by many users.

ddgr is a command line client for DuckDuckGo search engine. This guide explains how to search DuckDuckGo from commandline using ddgr in Linux.

Here are 11 Linux commands that one sysadmin cannot live without.

Unlike some programming languages, AWK is flexible and tolerant. You can write AWK commands in several different ways and not worry too much about spaces, indentation and line breaks.

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