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CentOS Linux 8 released: New Features and Download

CentOS Linux 8 released. It is a Linux distro derived from RHEL 8. CentOS was created when Red Hat stopped providing RHEL free. These days CentOS mostly used on servers, HPC, and desktop. CentOS is a...

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pfetch Linux and Unix hardware information tool

The neofetch command like utility written in a bash shell. The main purpose of neofetch is to be used in screenshots to display other users what operating system or Linux distro you are using including...

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CentOS Linux 8.1 (1911) released and here is how to upgrade it

CentOS Linux 8.1 (1191) released. It is a Linux distribution derived from RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux) 8.1 source code. CentOS was created when Red Hat stopped providing RHEL free. CentOS 8.1 gives...

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CentOS Linux 8.2 (2004) released and here is how to upgrade it

CentOS Linux 8.2 (2004) released. It is a Linux distribution derived from RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux) 8.2 source code. CentOS was created when Red Hat stopped providing RHEL free. CentOS 8.2 gives...

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10 Linux commands to know the system

Here are 10 Linux command to know the system and increase your productivity quickly. The post 10 Linux commands to know the system appeared first on nixCraft.

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bashtop – Awesome Linux resource monitor that shows usage and stats for...

There is a new kid in town for resource monitoring on Linux called bashtop. As the name suggests, the entire tool coded in the bash script itself that displays usage and stats for CPU, RAD, HDD/SSD,...

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Linux set up bluetooth speaker to stream audio from your Android / iOS mobile...

So how do you stream audio from your Apple iOS or Google Android phone to your laptop speaker? Let us see how to set up a Bluetooth speaker to stream audio from your Android / iOS mobile phone to your...

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CentOS Linux 8 will end in 2021 and shifts focus to CentOS Stream

CentOS is an acronym for Community Enterprise Operating System, and it is a 100% rebuild of RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux). While RHEL costs money, CentOS offered as a free community-supported...

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CentOS Linux reborn as Rocky Linux enterprise operating system

As you know, Red Hat and IBM shocked the Linux community by killing CentOS 8 stable. There will be no CentOS Linux. Red Hat announced that there would be only CentOS Stream, which will act as a rolling...

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Red Hat introduces new no-cost RHEL option

As you know, Red Hat recently announced that CentOS Linux 8, as a rebuild of RHEL 8, will end in 2021. CentOS Stream continues after that date, serving as the upstream (development) branch of Red Hat...

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Critical bug in sudo puts Linux and Unix systems at risk

Any logged-in unprivileged user can abuse an old bug in sudo to gain root privileges. It was rated as an important security issue for Linux and Unix-like operating systems. The Qualys research team...

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A cautionary tale about locking Linux & FreeBSD user accounts

Like every other solo developer and sysadmin, I do stuff using ssh. Some stuff is automated using scripts, and others require ssh login. For example, one of my scripts logs into my Linux and FreeBSD...

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How to protect Linux against rogue USB devices using USBGuard

usbgurd You deployed a perfect firewall and other network security policies preventing unauthorized access to the user's desktop computer over a network. However, you still need to block USB device...

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DNS settings to avoid email spoofing and phishing for unused domain

As you may know, email spoofing allows attackers to pose as someone else to gain illegal profit. For example, I only use webmaster@cyberciti.biz for communication, but someone might create a...

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How To Set Up SSH Keys With YubiKey as two-factor authentication (U2F/FIDO2)

Patreon users download the PDF version. All Linux and Unix servers are managed manually or by automation tools such as Ansible using ssh. For example, say you have a server at Linode or AWS. Then you...

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How to skip ChatGPT from WireGuard or OpenVPN on Linux

nixCraft Patreon supporters can download the PDF version here. ChatGPT (short for Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer) is a chatbot by OpenAI. It provides answers to your queries using learning...

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nvtop – Awesome Linux task monitor for NVIDIA, AMD & Intel GPUs

Love this? sudo share_on: Twitter - Facebook - LinkedIn - Whatsapp - Reddit The post nvtop – Awesome Linux task monitor for NVIDIA, AMD & Intel GPUs appeared first on nixCraft.

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How to upgrade FreeBSD 13.1 to 13.2 release

The FreeBSD Release Engineering Team is announcing the availability of FreeBSD version 13.2-RELEASE on 11/April/2023. It is the third release of the stable/13 branches. I updated my FreeBSD version...

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Setting up VSCode for Ansible Lightspeed AI in Ubuntu 22.04 desktop

Red Hat launched the Ansible Lightspeed Code Assistant Generative AI with IBM Watson Code Assistant in May 2023. This preview is now available to all Ansible users, allowing them to explore the...

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Debian Linux 12.1 released with Security Updates

Debian Linux project announces the first update of the Debian project's stable distribution, Debian 12 (codename "bookworm") named Debian 12.1. This update mainly addresses security issues and...

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