Linus Torvalds has announced the first release candidate (RC1) for the upcoming Linux Kernel 7.3 version. Here's what's new ...

Learn how to containerize a legacy Linux app without downtime. Real strace/lsof commands, Dockerfile fixes, and a safe ...

Systemback is a free utility that can be used to backup and restore Ubuntu-like systems. It is somewhat similar to MS Windows's "System restore" option. Using Systemback, we can easily create backup ...

This tutorial provides a concise explanation of the Apt package manager and presents a curated list of 15 useful Apt Linux command examples for efficient package management in Debian and its ...

The su command is a powerful tool that can be used to switch to another user's account. However, it can also be used by bad persons to gain unauthorized access to your system. By restricting the use ...

This command will search for all available symbolic links in the entire filesystem. It will take a while depending upon the size of your filesystem. Please be patient! If you want to limit the symlink ...

The GNU ncurses might be bit old in the default repositories. If you want a most recent stable version, you can compile and install from the source as shown below. Download the latest ncurses version ...

The other day I wanted to reinstall one of my virtual machine which was running with Ubuntu 16.04 LTS server. Before reinstalling it, I tried to backup the entire system. While searching for an ...

Since Navi is written in Rust, you need to install Rust on your Linux box. To install Rust programming language in Linux, refer this guide. Also Navi requires fzf ...

Today I stumbled upon a collection of useful BASH scripts for heavy commandline users. These scripts, known as Bash-Snippets, are quite helpful for command line inhabitants. Want to check the weather ...

UEFI, short for Unified Extensible Firmware Interface, is the new replacement for traditional BIOS. Unlike BIOS, UEFI is a tiny operating system that sits on the top of the computer's hardware and ...

Even though Linux is secure by design, there are still many chances for the security breach. One of them is weak passwords. As a System administrator, you must set a strong password for the users and ...