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Linux Server Hardening Using Idempotency with Ansible: Part 1
I think it’s safe to say that the need to frequently update the packages on our machines has been firmly drilled into us. To...
Can Better Task Stealing Make Linux Faster?
Oracle Linux kernel developer Steve Sistare contributes this discussion on kernel scheduler improvements.
Load balancing via scalable task stealing
The Linux task scheduler balances load across...
Mageia Linux Is a Modern Throwback to the Underdog Days
I’ve been using Linux long enough to remember Linux Mandrake. I recall, at one of my first-ever Linux conventions, hanging out with the MandrakeSoft...
BackBox Linux for Penetration Testing
Any given task can succeed or fail depending upon the tools at hand. For security engineers in particular, building just the right toolkit can...
Embedded Linux Software Highlights from Embedded World
In my day job at LinuxGizmos, I’ve been neck deep recently in embedded Linux hardware news from the Embedded World show in Nuremberg. There...
5 Linux GUI Cloud Backup Tools
We have reached a point in time where most every computer user depends upon the cloud … even if only as a storage solution....
How to Use SSH to Proxy Through a Linux Jump Host
Secure Shell (SSH) includes a number of tricks up its sleeve. One particular trick you may not know about is the ability to use...
The Linux Command-Line Cheat Sheet
When coming up to speed as a Linux user, it helps to have a cheat sheet that can help introduce you to some of...
And, Ampersand, and & in Linux
Take a look at the tools covered in the three previous articles, and you will see that understanding the glue that joins them together is as important...
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...