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26/12/2020

Many Linux distributions bundle Vim as their default text editor. This appeals to many longtime Linux users, and those who don’t like it can change it promptly after install anyway. Vim is a funny editor, though, as it’s one of the few that opens to a mode that doesn’t permit text entry. That....

20/12/2020

Essentials for Linux command line beginners Here are some of the essential command line tips and tricks that a Linux beginner should know. Learn to perform common tasks in the terminal You may have done these things with a graphical tool. In Linux, you can do almost anything in the…

07/08/2020

Let me just cut straight to it: I'm going to open source the Have I Been Pwned code base. The decision has been a while coming and it took a failed M&A process to get here, but the code will be turned over to the public for the

07/08/2020

Collectl is a light-weight performance monitoring tool that can be used to collect performance data that describes the current system status. In this ...

07/08/2020

In this beginner's tutorial, we shall see what a hostname is, and how to change it using command-line and GUI ways on your Ubuntu system.

05/08/2020

Microsoft is taking advantage of a controversy created by Google last month to push its own new competing open source technology.

26/07/2020

digiKam 7.0 comes eight months after latest version 6.4, which probably many of you are currently using on your favorite GNU/Linux distributions, and about a year and a half after the digiKam 6.0 series. So, as you can imagine, it’s a massive update that adds numerous changes.A lot of the work in ...

26/07/2020

Adding a user to sudoers allows them to perform administrative tasks with root privileges. This article will show you how to add a user to sudoers in the Debian 10 Buster system using two simple methods.

26/07/2020

The network file system NFS is an efficient way of sharing files and directories to other machines in a network. NFS allows clients to access shared directories as if they are a part of their own system.vIn this article, we will mount a NFS share on a Debian client machine manually, as well as autom...

26/07/2020

The XFCE desktop environment is lightweight and is used for Unix operating systems. It is fast, easy to use, and has a visually appealing interface. This article will show you how to install the XFCE desktop environment in Debian 10.

26/07/2020

To find a package in a large repository, you will need to know the exact package name. Sometimes, the program name is different from the package name. By using the utilities discussed in this article, you can search packages and show their description.

26/07/2020

Hardening is defined as the process of securing your systems. Those who are concerned about securing their system prefer to take additional measures for enhancing security. This article will share some useful tips to use when hardening your Debian 10 system.

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