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2DayGeek: Four ways to check user login history in Linux.

Git is one of those rare applications that has managed to encapsulate so much of modern computing into one program that it ends up serving as the computational engine for many other applications. While it's best-known for tracking source code changes in software development, it has many other uses that can make your life easier and more organized. In this series leading up to Git's 14th anniversary on April 7, we'll share seven little-known ways to use Git. Today, we'll look at GIC, a Git-based chat application read more

Learn to assign multiple IP addresses to a single NIC (Network Interface Card). This process of assigning multiple addresses to a single network interface is called IP...

Monitoring network activity can be a tedious job, but there are good reasons to do it. For one, it allows you to find and investigate suspicious logins on workstations, devices connected to networks, and servers while identifying sources of administrator abuse. You can also trace software installations and data transfers to identify potential issues in real time rather than after the damage is done. read more

This tutorial will show how to backup the data on a server, denominated as the main server, to another host, here named backup server, with the free software backup program Borg.

eWEEK: The open-source Apache Web Server project has patched six flaws in the new 2.4.39 update, including a critical issue that could potentially put cloud and shared web hosting providers at risk.

With Spotify, you can play your favorite songs and albums free on Linux. In this article, we will describe two ways to install/uninstall Spotify on your Ubuntu. You can make a choice based on the source you want to install it from and also if you want to use the UI or the command line.

A fun a lighthearted look at the Linux yes command. A little something different to break the monotony, of all the hardcore Linux that has gotten to be, a little bit out of control it's cool to enhance. But what about a piece that soothes and moves jubilance.

Silverblue is an operating system for your desktop built on Fedora. It’s excellent for daily use, development, and container-based workflows. It offers numerous advantages such as being able to roll back in case of any problems. If you want to test Fedora 30 on your Silverblue system, this article tells you how. It not only […]

This is the latest in our series of articles highlighting essential system tools. These are small, indispensable utilities, useful for system administrators as well as regular users of Linux based systems. The series examines both graphical and text based open source utilities.

News briefs for April 3, 2019.

Up until now in this ongoing C programming tutorial series, we have briefly discussed the basics of pointers. There are, however, several more pointers related concepts that need to be discussed. So in this tutorial, we will be discussing the concept of pointers and arrays.

One of the things that can be "death by a thousand cuts" for any IT team's sanity and patience is constantly being asked to reset passwords. The best way we've found to handle this is to ditch your hashing algorithms and store your passwords in plaintext so that your users can retrieve them at any time. Ha! I am, of course, kidding. That's a terrible idea. When your users forget their passwords, you'll still need to reset them. But is there a way to break free from the monotonous, repetitive task of doing it manually? read more

Pip is a package manager for Python and lets you easily install packages from the Python Package Index. Learn how you can install Pip in Ubuntu.

Today the KDE Project released the fourth of five maintenance updates to its latest and greatest KDE Plasma 5.15 desktop environment series, version 5.15.4.

Shopware Community Edition is a free and open-source e-commerce application. As an alternative to another e-commerce application, like Magento, Shopware is a complete e-commerce solution – it is a very powerful and flexible application. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Shopware CE on a VPS running Ubuntu 18.04.

The Fedora Project is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Fedora 30 Beta, the next big step on our journey to the exciting Fedora 30 release. Download the prerelease from our Get Fedora site.

The Fedora Project announced today the immediate availability of the beta release of the upcoming Fedora 30 Linux operating system, which comes with major enhancements and new features.

In this article, we will describe two ways for you to find the saved passwords for your wireless connections, through Ubuntu Settings Utility (UI) and through the Terminal application (command line).

We feel in the mood to celebrate. Free 25th Anniversary Issue of Linux Journal for everyone! Follow the link to get yours:.