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MX Linux is a Debian-based distro that topped Distrowatch's popularity list for the last six months. Why is MX Linux so popular? Let's find out.

2DayGeek: Learn, how to install only security updates on Debian based systems.

Remember the mail merge script I started writing a while back? Yeah, that was quite some time ago. I got sidetracked with the Linux Journal Anniversary special issue (see my article "Back in the Day: UNIX, Minix and Linux"), and then I spun off on a completely different tangent for my last article. Finally, I'm going to finish the mail merge script, just in time for Replicant Day.

In which case, you're out of luck because it's not supported. Microsoft has brought a bunch of enhancements with version 1.36 of Visual Studio Code, its popular open-source editor.…

Initially, this article was simply a review of the book, but as I got into it, I realised that I wanted to talk about how the approach it describes is applicable to a couple of different groups (security folks and open source projects), and so I’ve gone with it. read more

Tomb file encryption tool allows the users to create encrypted storage to protect the personal and/or secret files in GNU/Linux.

Those wanting to get rid of this behavior of automatically installing updates on Ubuntu or Debian 9+ with Gnome, have 2 options: remove the unattended-upgrades or configure it so it does not install updates automatically.

Traditionally, there are many closed-source proprietary password managers, and there are those which are open source. In today’s article, we’ll see 9 open source password managers that you can use to secure yourself.

In this article, we will explain how you can disable/enable WiFi Connectivity Checking on your Ubuntu both through the UI and the command line.

The case of the incorrect identifica???? and two other mysteries of character corruption.

Michael Tremer announced the release of IPFire 2.23 Core Update 134, a new maintenance update to the open-source, hardened, and versatile Linux-based firewall that adds the latest security fixes and component updates.

Fork is an easy to use open-source CMS using Symfony Components. In this tutorial, we will go through the Fork CMS installation and setup on Debian 9 system by using Nginx as a web server, MariaDB as the database engine, and optionally you can secure the transport layer by using Acme.sh client and Let's Encrypt certificate authority to add SSL support.

On Linux and Unix operating systems, all new files are created with a default set of permissions. The umask utility allows you to view or to set the file mode creation mask, which determines the permissions bits for newly created files or directories.

PHP is a widely used server scripting language. It's vast capabilities and lightweight nature makes it ideal for web frontend developing, and while it is possible to create advanced structures in it, it's basic usage also easy to learn, which makes it a good starting point for beginners also. In this tutorial we will build a simple webpage to record and display user data. We will use a PostgreSQL RDBMS as backend, and develop our application in PHP that will run on an Apache Webserver.

If you need to quickly do some math, you don't have to use a calculator app. Learn how you can use the Linux terminal as a calculator.

This post focuses on installing the latest version of Grafana v6.x on a Ubuntu 18.04 machine. Grafana is by far one of the most popular open source dashboard monitoring tools of 2019. Used by SpaceX, Bloomberg and Booking.com, Grafana is definitely a must-have for engineers wanting a robust and scalable dashboard monitoring solution.

Less is a command line utility that displays the contents of a file or a command output, one page at a time. It is similar to more, but has more advanced features and allows you to navigate both forward and backward through the file.

Eternal Terminal (ET) is a remote shell that automatically reconnects without interrupting the session. Unlike the normal SSH session, ET session will survive even after the network outages or IP changes.

The news that TUXEDO Computers is looking for a coreboot developer has been welcomed into the IT world. In a short interview, CEO Herbert Feiler explains why the hardware manufacturer from Königsbrunn (Germany) is taking this step.