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,"

#Linux #Security #OpenSUSE
http://news.softpedia.com/news/opensuse-tumbleweed-os-is-now-built-with-pie-as-default-for-increased-security-516527.shtml?utm_content=buffer68f37&utm_medium=social&utm_source=plus.google.com&utm_campaign=buffer

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

Linux Tips & Tricks - Using alias

Linux Tips & Tricks - Using alias

While alias is a great way to shorten commonly used commands, I rarely recommend that people do so. Why? Because those alias' won't be on any other system you might use and it's easy to forget the syntax of the original commands they replaced. I especially don't recommend this for consultants and admins that work on a lot of other systems for this reason. It becomes a crutch that you will not have anywhere but on your machines.
However, I've posted this anyway because there are certainly cases where it's very useful. Just be careful to use them sparingly, only where necessary, and only on systems that you use constantly.

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https://opensource.com/article/17/5/introduction-alias-command-line-tool

Linux box won't boot? - Revive a dead grub with these tips

Linux box won't boot? - Revive a dead grub with these tips

If you use computers long enough that you've installed Linux on, you'll probably have this happen to you eventually. The easiest way in the past has been to try installing a dual boot Windows and Linux system and forgetting to install Windows first. However there are other ways it can happen
Here are several solutions, pick one and try it.

#Linux #Windows
http://www.linuxandubuntu.com/home/ways-to-rescue-or-recover-grub-menu

Linux Tips & Tricks - Quick FFMPEG tutorial

Linux Tips & Tricks - Quick FFMPEG tutorial

So you want to do some quick operations on some video files and you don't want to deal with loading up some big GUI video editor package. No problem. FFMPEG can do a lot of basic (and not so basic) operations on video quickly and easily right from the command line. Want to convert from FLV to MP4? No problem. Want to scale a video's resolution? No problem.
https://www.ostechnix.com/20-ffmpeg-commands-beginners/

Linux Tips & Tricks - Deleting Huge Files

Linux Tips & Tricks - Deleting Huge Files

If you have a busy server, or just want to get on with using your desktop PC, some big file operations can take a long time. Use this great tip with any long file operation, not just deleting files.

https://www.tecmint.com/delete-huge-files-in-linux/#