OpenSUSE ups the security game in Tumbleweed with PIE support enabled as the default for all binaries

OpenSUSE ups the security game in Tumbleweed with PIE support enabled as the default for all binaries

FTA:
"Tumbleweed is now built with PIE (Position Independent Executables) as default. [...] This allows full ASLR (address space randomization) for all binaries without specific need to change your actual package, making attacks much harder,"

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Linux Tips & Tricks - Listing installed repositories

Linux Tips & Tricks - Listing installed repositories

This is a simple but handy thing to know. This page will show you how to list what software repositories are installed on your Linux system. Instruction are given for each of the major package managers.

When might you use this? Well for one it's common to go looking for an application to accomplish a certain task and in reading through forums and whatever you come across something like "Oh yeah, I use for that. It's in the so just install it from there." OK, but how do you know if you have installed? Well, here's your answer. ;')

https://www.ostechnix.com/find-list-installed-repositories-commandline-linux/

Monitoring hard drive health in Linux

Monitoring hard drive health in Linux

Using and setting up tools like smartd are essential sysadmin skills, particularly setting up e-mail notifications. However, smartd is simple enough to setup that home users should consider using it too.

https://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-find-out-if-harddisk-failing.html