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    Command Line – zstd

    Like other modern replacement commands, zstd offers significantly faster file compression than the standard archiving tools.

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    Listener

    The ESP8266 is in the core of many IoT devices. Thanks to ESP8266 sniffer mode, you can monitor the WiFi medium for diagnostics and optimization.

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    Distro Walk – AlmaLinux

    Arising from the ashes of CentOS, AlmaLinux offers a community-owned and -governed CentOS alternative.

  • Zack's Kernel News

    Chronicler Zack Brown reports on: Trusting Trusted Computing; New Userspace Load-Balancing Framework; and Ending Big Endian.

News and Articles

  • Kubuntu Focus Team Announces High-Performance Focus XE

    The team behind the KDE-powered Linux laptops is now offering an ultra-portable laptop that doesn't skimp on performance.

  • One Liners

    With one line of Bash code, you can create a Bash web server for quickly viewing the output from Bash scripts and commands.

  • Overflow

    A vulnerability in an operating system kernel is a security nightmare. This article analyzes some well known kernel security problems, explains how they are exploited, and gives real-life examples of attacks that used these time-honored techniques.

  • Power Point

    Command-line tools and Node-RED on a Raspberry Pi let you control projects that use the USB ports.

  • NEWS

    In the news: Linux Mint 20.2 Now Available; Linux Foundation Forming the Open 3D Foundation; Nitrux 1.5 Ships with Kernel 5.13; Slimbook Executive Laptop Focuses on Display and Power; KDE Plasma 5.22 Released with Better Stability and Usability; and Linux Kernel 5.13 Released

  • Gotcha!

    The Integrity Measurement Architecture adds important details to your audit logs, making it easier to track an intruder's footprints.

  • Roll Your Own

    With a little planning, Cubic makes customizing Ubuntu ISOs simple and intuitive, saving you time on your post-install modifications.

  • Custom Kernel

    While not a requirement, compiling the Linux kernel lets you add or remove features depending on your specific needs and possibly make your kernel more efficient.

  • Charly's Column – googler

    If you are a genuine admin, you will want to be able to google things at the command line. Charly uses googler for this; it has pretty useful capabilities despite the unimaginative name.

  • FOSSPicks

    This month, Graham and his Late Night Linux cohosts migrated their annual live pub show to YouTube – just search for FOSSTalk Live 2021.

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