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Linux Fu: Easier File Watching
In an earlier installment of Linux Fu, I mentioned how you can use inotifywait to efficiently watch for file system changes. The comments had a lot of...
Top 5 Linux Distributions for New Users
Linux has come a long way from its original offering. But, no matter how often you hear how easy Linux is now, there are...
A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Blockchain Universe
Despite the significant potential of blockchain, it is also difficult to find a consistent description of what it really is. A Google search for...
Remote Code Execution in apt/apt-get
tl;dr I found a vulnerability in apt that allows a network man-in-the-middle (or a malicious package mirror) to execute arbitrary code as root on...
Container Storage Interface (CSI) for Kubernetes GA
The Kubernetes implementation of the Container Storage Interface (CSI) has been promoted to GA in the Kubernetes v1.13 release. Support for CSI was introduced as alpha in Kubernetes...
Understanding Angle Brackets in Bash
Bash provides many important built-in commands, like ls, cd, and mv, as well as regular tools such as grep, awk, and sed. But, it is equally...
How Blockchain Changes the Nature of Trust
Blockchains have to be trusted in order for them to succeed, and public blockchains can cause problems you may not think about, according to...
An Introduction to the ss Command
Learn how to get network information using the ss command in this tutorial from the archives.
Linux includes a fairly massive array of tools available to meet...
Top 5 Linux Server Distributions
Ah, the age-old question: Which Linux distribution is best suited for servers? Typically, when this question is asked, the standard responses pop up:
RHEL
SUSE
Ubuntu Server
Debian
CentOS
However, in...
Bash Shell Utility Reaches 5.0 Milestone
As we look forward to the release of Linux Kernel 5.0 in the coming weeks, we can enjoy another venerable open source technology reaching...