Best of Ubuntu — September 2024

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    MightyMoud/sidekick: Bare metal to production ready in mins; your own fly server on your VPS.

    Sidekick simplifies hosting side projects by providing an easy VPS setup with Docker, Traefik, SOPS, and age integration. It ensures zero downtime deployments, high availability, and zero-config SSL certificates. The tool supports simple VPS requirements such as Ubuntu LTS and can deploy applications using a Dockerfile, manage secrets securely, and facilitate multiple deployments with load balancing.

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    Ubuntu 24.10 Default Wallpaper is Finally Revealed

    The default wallpaper for Ubuntu 24.10 ‘Oracular Oriole’ features a geometric oriole bird with arcane symbols, aligning with the oracular theme. Two versions, light and dimmed, are available, the latter activating in dark mode. Community-contributed backgrounds include a modern remix of Ubuntu 4.10’s wallpaper. Ubuntu 24.10, marking the distro’s 20th anniversary, also offers a new 'LTS legacy wallpaper' package with high-resolution wallpapers from 6.06 LTS to 24.04 LTS.

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    Monitor GPU Usage on Ubuntu and Other Linux Systems

    Monitoring GPU usage on Ubuntu and other Linux distributions requires specific tools as default system utilities do not display GPU stats. For GUI preferences, Mission Center supports NVIDIA, AMD, and Intel GPUs, with installation available via Flatpak or AUR for Arch Linux. For command-line options, nvidia-smi is suitable for NVIDIA GPUs, while nvtop and gpustat are versatile for multiple GPU brands. Keeping track of GPU utilization and temperature can diagnose performance issues and ensure proper resource use.

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    OSINT : User Privacy in Linux

    Linux telemetry involves collecting and sending data from a Linux-based system to external servers for monitoring, diagnostics, analytics, or performance improvements. The process may pose privacy risks. This guide highlights the steps to enhance security and privacy in Ubuntu, including removing telemetry-related packages, adjusting settings, and using various privacy-focused tools like BleachBit, KeePassXC, and Tor Browser.

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    Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS Released with Linux Kernel 6.8

    Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS has been released, featuring Linux Kernel 6.8 and an updated installer image incorporating all software, security, and stability updates up to this point. Existing users of Ubuntu 22.04 LTS can get these updates through the Software Manager. Despite this being the last planned point release for the 'Jammy Jellyfish' series, support continues until 2027 with extended security available via Ubuntu Pro. The critical bug preventing upgrades to Ubuntu 24.04 LTS has been resolved.

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    Securing Linux Filesystems: Best Practices for DevOps Security

    Securing Linux filesystems is crucial for protecting sensitive data and system integrity in DevOps environments. Best practices include implementing proper file permissions and ownership, using Access Control Lists (ACLs) for granular control, securing mount points and partitions, encrypting sensitive data, conducting regular security audits, maintaining robust backup strategies, and integrating security checks into CI/CD pipelines.

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