Best of Linux — October 2022
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omg! ubuntu!·4y
Ubuntu’s New Terminal Ad is Angering Users
Ubuntu's New Terminal Ad is an ‘ad’ for Ubuntu Pro, Canonical’s revamped support offering that replaces/augments Ubuntu Advantage that appears in the terminal when managing system updates. Canonical has form for inserting stuff people have no interest in, in their wares.
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The Hacker News·4y
New Chinese Malware Attack Framework Targets Windows, macOS, and Linux Systems
New Chinese Malware Attack Framework Targets Windows, macOS, and Linux Systems A previously undocumented command-and-control (C2) framework dubbed Alchimist is likely being used in the wild to target Windows, MacOSX and Linux systems.
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It's Foss·4y
Better than Ubuntu? 11 Best Linux Distros for Ubuntu Lovers
Zorin OS is yet another Ubuntu-based distro that gives you a polished experience. Voyager is a Xubuntu-based Linux distro featuring GNOME and Xfce in its latest 22.04 LTS explorer edition. Voyager comes with a customized look for an old, classy Linux experience. The distribution provides user choice from the get-go.
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LogRocket·3y
Building a TypeScript CLI with Node.js and Commander
The command line has thousands of tools, such as awk, sed, grep, and find available at your disposal. Pairing Node.js with TypeScript helps you catch bugs early during the development process so that you can ship CLIs that are more reliable and have fewer bugs. In this tutorial, we will talk about Next, run the following command: npm install commander figlet Commander.js and Figlet.js.
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System Weakness·4y
Bandit (Level 1 — 10) Master Linux while Chilling
The task is to find the next level user’s password andssh back into the box as the new user every time. The problem is we can’t cat a file named - because it is not seen as a file by the system. In linux, hidden files or directories have a period.
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The Register·4y
Linus Torvalds’s faulty RAM slows kernel development
Linus Torvalds’s faulty RAM slows kernel development. He blames a dodgy DIMM in his AMD Threadripper-powered PC and the vagaries of the memory market. The Linux boss's first thought was that a new kernel bug had caused the problem – which isn't good but sometimes happens.
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Google reveals another experimental operating system: KataOS
KataOS will be "a provably secure platform that's optimized for embedded devices that run ML applications" The OS is being developed on the Arm64 instruction set, but the plan is to run it on openTitan, which uses RISC-V. As seL4 is implemented mainly in C, the project
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Linus Torvalds to Linux devs: stop pulling all-nighters
Linus Torvalds has released the first release candidate for version 6.1 of the Linux kernel. The Register Linux kernel boss also revealed that his faulty memory misadventure had a sequel of sorts. He added that the arrival of Rust in the kernel will be a modest debut.
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Lash#Cat9: A radical new Linux UI for keyboard warriors
Cat9 works on top of a display server called Arcan, as part of the Durden desktop environment. It can display images on the command line, akin to printimage from Redbean, APE and Cosmopolitan libc. If Cat9 can get the command-line fans enthused and involved, we'll be delighted.
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How to Contribute to Open Source in Hacktoberfest 2022 [Ultimate Guide]
Hacktoberfest is one such event from DigitalOcean that encourages you to contribute back to your favorite open-source projects. In exchange for your contributions, you either get a gift from Digital Ocean, or you can choose to plant a tree instead. You can also help spread the word, and share the project with the world to improve its social presence.
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ITNEXT·4y
Hacking the GNOME Shell — Create Extensions
Hacking the GNOME Shell is not a typical coding experience, it is often necessary to inject your own code onto the Shell itself. Follow the official guide and you’ll have a working GSE with around 50 lines of code. The hack follows the same first step for making extensions.
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InfoSec Write-ups·4y
SSH: Introduction, How to Secure and Working
SSH is an acronym for Secure Shell. It is a protocol that allows two machines to communicate securely on a network. It means whenever two machines are connected, the data exchange between them happens with encryption. The information which is to be used is encrypted and by encryption it means that the actual data is converted into some cipher.
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13 Independent Linux Distros That are Built From Scratch
Gentoo Linux Gentoo is an independently developed distribution aimed mainly at system experts. Solus Linux is one of the few independent Linux distributions that new Linux users can use. Mylivecd script allows the user to take a ‘snapshot’ of their current hard drive installation and compress it into an ISO CD/DVD/USB image.
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Node.js·3y
Node v18.12.0 (LTS)
node-v18.12.0.tar now moves into "Active LTS" and will remain so until October 2023. After that time, it will move into "Maintenance" until end of life in April 2025. It will be available to all node users in the U.S. and in the UK and U.N. for the next two years. The U.C. and the UK for the last two years of this year. For more information, please visit www.
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Docker·3y
Introducing the Docker+Wasm Technical Preview
Wasm is quickly spreading beyond the browser thanks to the WebAssembly System Interface (WASI) Companies like Vercel, Fastly, Shopify, and Cloudflare =wasi/wasm32 michaelirwin244/Wasm-example. We can get the “Hello world” message by either opening to http://localhost:8080 or using curl. And our response will give us a Hello world.
