Wednesday, 29 March 2017

Improving Linux system security with Firejail

Improving Linux system security with Firejail

While Linux is fairly secure by default, no system it perfectly secure. When your system is going to be online, you need special protection and Firejail is one way to add some extra protection.
https://www.ostechnix.com/improve-linux-systems-security-using-firejail/

Tuesday, 28 March 2017

Thinking of moving to Linux? Here's some things you should know

Thinking of moving to Linux? Here's some things you should know

Between Microsoft's ongoing asshattery with Windows 10 and Apple's dumbing down of Mac OSX, many people are getting fed up and looking for alternatives. The choice many people are making is Linux. Here are some things you may want to know before you head down the Linux road.
http://fossforce.com/2017/03/four-things-linux-user-know/

Monday, 27 March 2017

Learning Linux, command line tips & tricks - Mastering the find command

Learning Linux, command line tips & tricks - Mastering the find command

If you've only used the GUI search functions of your desktop OS, you will be amazed at the power of the 'find' command on Linux and Unix.
It's extremely powerful and flexible and you won't know how you got along without it once you learn it.

#Linux

https://www.howtoforge.com/tutorial/linux-find-command/

Wednesday, 22 March 2017

Learning Linux - Alternative shells

Learning Linux - Alternative shells

A lot of people don't even think about what the Linux command line is or that there are multiple versions of it. But the command line interpreter, or shell, is just a program like any other and like most programs, there are alternatives to the default.
The truth is that even advanced Linux administrators rarely use much other than Bash, but it does pay to know the alternatives that are out there and a little bit about them, particularly if you'll be working with UNIX systems as well as Linux.

#Linux
https://www.maketecheasier.com/alternative-linux-shells/

Sunday, 19 March 2017

Thursday, 16 March 2017

Linux Tips & Tricks - crontab generator

Linux Tips & Tricks - crontab generator

Now you should learn how cron works and how to generate entries, but on occasion you want to rig one up quick and don't want mistakes. Here's a nice site to help you out.
http://crontab-generator.org/

Friday, 10 March 2017

Learning Linux - Start from the beginning -- the command line

Learning Linux - Start from the beginning -- the command line

I'm always pushing for Linux users to develop their command line skills and I'm not the only one. The command line is where the real power is on most OS's and Linux in particular rewards those who master the command line.
http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/84356.html

Wednesday, 8 March 2017

Learning Linux - basic command line networking

Learning Linux - basic command line networking

Here are some of the most basic Linux networking commands that a beginning Linux user must know how to use.
https://www.rosehosting.com/blog/6-basic-network-commands-in-linux/

Saturday, 4 March 2017

Linux for sysadmins - 16 tools you should learn

Linux for sysadmins - 16 tools you should learn

This is a nice intro to some basic administration tools useful for server environments. These are text based tools because a lot of real world administration happens in a remote shell environment.

Note: just to amend Steven Vaughan-Nichols comment in the article regarding the great YaST2 admin tool available in SUSE products, YaST2 also operates perfectly well in a pure text environment and doesn't require a GUI environment.
https://insights.hpe.com/articles/16-linux-server-monitoring-commands-you-really-need-to-know-1703.html