Community Picks·4yLINUX Commands
List your jobs. & Run a job in the background. Suspend the current (foreground) job. Unsuspend a job: bring it into the foreground. bg Make a suspended job run in thebackground. ls List files in a directory. mv Rename (“move”) a file. rmdir Delete (remove) an empty directory and its contents. shred Completely erase a file when the file is deleted.
Open Source Way·4yHow I use Bash to automate tasks on Linux
The Bash command line is a great way to automate tasks. The for command makes it easy to perform one or more actions on a set of files. The if command allows you to perform many different tests, such as if a file is really a file or if it's empty.
It's Foss·4yAppFlowy: An Open-Source Alternative to Notion
AppFlowy aims to be an open-source replacement to Notion, providing you with better privacy. Built with Rust and Flutter, AppFlowy follows a minimal approach to simplify things yet with enough room for tweaks. Notion can directly access your private data in the cloud as closed-source software.
System Weakness·4yHacking for Beginners: From Novice to Ethical Hacker Overnight
Hacking for Beginners: From Novice to Ethical Hacker Overnight. Iotabl founder explains how to break into systems and devices. How to dual boot Kali Linux with MacOS X and run it on a removeable disk. The NMAP Scripting Engine (NSE) is used to perform specific e.g. brute force, cross-site scripting etc.
omg! ubuntu!·4yGotop is a Cool CLI System Monitor Tool for Linux
Gotop is a ‘terminal based graphical activity monitor, inspired by gtop and vtop, this time written in Go’ It’s free, open source software available for most Unix-based systems, not just Linux. The default dashboard loaded by running gotop is well proportioned and displays the most important stats.
Ubuntu·4yDell XPS 13 Plus Developer Edition now certified with Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
Dell XPS 13 Plus Developer Edition has been officially certified for Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. Ubuntu certified devices are based on Long Term Support (LTS) releases and therefore receive updates for up to 10 years. New features, performance and stability improvements backed by 10 years of software updates.
It's Foss·4yDeprecated Linux Commands You Should Not Use Anymore (And Their Alternatives)
Many popular Linux commands have been replaced or will be replaced with newer commands. Many tutorials, websites and books still mention them. The scp command seems to be problematic, hasn’t been updated and has many security vulnerabilities, complained OpenSSH. The netstat command was an excellent tool for network analytics, both high level and low level.
Community Picks·4yApple’s Virtualization framework is a great, free way to test new macOS betas
Apple's Virtualization framework lets you run multiple operating systems on one Mac at the same time. VirtualBuddy streamlines the process of downloading the files you need to get a Monterey or Ventura virtual machine up and running.
It's Foss·4yKoodo is an All-in-one Open Source eBook Reader for Linux
Koodo is an all-in-one open source ebook reader with features to help you better manage and read your ebooks. It supports popular ebook file formats like PDF, Mobi, and Epub. It also supports comic book formats like CBR, CBZ, and CBT.
omg! ubuntu!·4yPapirus Icon Set Updated with 60+ New Icons
More than 60 new app icons have been added to the Papirus icon theme for Linux desktops. A flood of new glyphs help boost Papirus’ phenomenally broad coverage further. There are new icons for the no-frills, focused audio player Amberol; Linux Mint’s document tool Thingy; and advanced webcam utility Webcamoid.
It's Foss·4y7 Docks to Customize Your Linux Desktop
Plank Plank is the default dock in Elementary OS, one of the most beautiful Linux distros. KSmoothDock is meant to be paired with KDE Plasma, but it blends quite well with GNOME too. Tint2 is a widely used dock/panel, when coupled with window managers, and in terms of customization, probably no one comes close to this.
System Weakness·4yLinux Server Hardening
Server Hardening is the process of making the system secure. Server hardening helps to address the best ways to minimize the points of vulnerability. It can be done in various levels of the system: Securing BIOS/drive encryption System Level: Password policies Network Level: Firewalls/Port configuration Logging and Auditing Level: alerting/logs/audits.
DZone·4yThe Best Infrastructure as Code Tools for 2022
IaC allows administrators to automatically provisioning IT infrastructure and maintaining the infrastructure always at the desired state. It also allows developers to instantly deploy test environments to check out new features of apps while testers can run scripts on replicas of production environments. The code handles everything, every change is tracked and audited.
It's Foss·4yUmbrel: Unique Linux for Self Hosting Open Source Software
Umbrel is an open source operating system for self-hosting. It has a nice web GUI and enables easy installation of containerized web services with a one-click install. This is perfect if you want a homelab setup with open source software for personal usage.
Hacker News·4yWhat Comes After Git
Git was born from the collaboration problems in the Linux kernel. Nearly a decade later, new problems arose when Kubernetes (the operating system of the cloud) brought open-source collaboration to a new level. Will a new version control system (or something that solves similar problems) spring up?
Hacker News·4yWhat they don't teach you about sockets
TCP does its best to get data to the other application, but in the event of a disconnect we effectively lose all of it. Developers need to decide how their application reacts to unexpected disconnects. This might not be as idiomatic on Linux, but it gives me a bit more control as an application developer.
InfoSec Write-ups·4yFile Permissions in Linux
File permissions determine how users on the system can interact with the various files available on it. Users in Linux are divided into logical structures called groups. The number after them is the amount of links to the file/directory. The name after it is the group of the owning users. The first group describes the permissions of the owner of the file, the second describes the permission of the other users.
The Register·4yMicrosoft is a Linux and open source company
In 2001 then CEO Steve Ballmer declared: "Linux is a cancer" Microsoft sponsored SCO's copyright attack on Linux; claimed that Linux violated unnamed Microsoft patents. Bill Gates and Ballmer's Microsoft wanted to see Linux and open-source software (OSS) dead and buried.
Hashnode·4yLinux Required to Get started with DevOps
This is part 1 of Linux Required to Get started with DevOps. We'll cover all the required Linux for getting started withDevOps or who wanna learns Linux in a very understandable manner. Here, We cover the INTRODUCTION TO LINUX. So let's start with the Introduction to Linux.
System Weakness·4yGetting Started with Kali Linux
Kali Linux is a popular penetration testing platform that provides a variety of security auditing tools used by security specialists and hackers in day-to-day encounters. For beginners, it may seem complex having Kali Linux as your main operating system since you will mostly be running commands on a terminal rather than using the Graphical User Interface (GUI) It is therefore advised to have your Kali Linux installed in a virtual box.
It's Foss·4y10 Tools to Generate and Have Fun With ASCII Art in Linux
Linux terminal is not as scary as you think. There are many fun stuff you can do in the terminal as well. You can display predefined or random messages, play games, or run some animation in ASCII format in the Linux terminal using various command line tools. Most of these programs should be available in the repositories of your Linux distribution.
omg! ubuntu!·4y‘Cider’ is an Open Source Apple Music Client for Linux Desktops
Cider is an ‘open-source, community-oriented Apple Music client’ for Windows, macOS (not that they need it), and Linux. It gives you all the core functionality of Apple’s own browser-based Apple Music web player with the added convenience of app-specific tailoring.
Hacker News·4ytylertreat/comcast: Simulating shitty network connections so you can build better systems.
Comcast is a tool designed to simulate common network problems like latency, bandwidth restrictions, and dropped/reordered/corrupted packets. It works by wrapping up some system tools in a portable(ish) way. On BSD-derived systems such as OSX, we use tools like ipfw and pfctl to inject failure. On Linux, we using iptables and tc . Comcast is merely a thin wrapper around these controls.
The Register·4yLinus Torvalds looses Linux 5.19 using Asahi Linux on a Mac
Linus Torvalds has released version 5.19 of the Linux kernel. He hailed the Asahi Linux distribution that runs on it for making Arm-powered computers useful for developers. The emperor penguin hedged a little, admitting he's got his hands on some Apple silicon.