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Create Your Own Local apt Repository to Avoid “Dependency Hell”
There are times when you download a .deb file that simply must be installed. Once on your machine, you run the dpkg command on...
Tox Is Your New Secure Chat Application
In a previous article, I talked about the Ring communication app. The article proved quite popular and aside from drawing a bit of attention...
2016 LiFT Scholarship Winner Tetevi Placide Ekon: Learning Computer Science Online
Tetevi Placide Ekon is a graduate student studying civil engineering at the 2iE Institute for Water and Environmental Engineering in Burkina Faso. He was...
How to Automate Linux Password Security Checks and Constraints
Automate security checks and constraints is a basic security principle in computer security. A sysadmin can force users to select secure passwords to prevent...
KaOS Brings Serious Relevance Back to KDE
I have to confess, KDE has never succeeded in winning me over. During its 3.x days, I found it too much like Windows. When...
Keep It Small: A Closer Look at Docker Image Sizing
A recent blog post, 10 things to avoid in docker containers, describes ten scenarios you should avoid when dealing with docker containers. However, recommendation #3 – Don’t create large...
2016 LiFT Scholarship Winner Ahmed Alkabary: A Recent Graduate and Aspiring SysAdmin
Ahmed Alkabary is a recent graduate of the University of Regina in Canada, where he earned degrees in computer science and mathematics as an...
Full Metal Backup Using the dd Command
As with any aspect of Linux, there are myriad ways to do a single task. Everything from your desktop GUI, running a web server,...
From ownCloud to Nextcloud: A Proven Cloud Innovator Launches a Promising New Platform
The ever popular ownCloud open source file-sharing and storage platform for building private clouds went through a shakeup not long ago. CTO and founder...