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Download of The Day: Debian Linux 9 ( Stretch )

last updated May 3, 2019 in Debian Linux, Linux News

Debian GNU/Linux version 9.0 stretch has been released ( jump to download ) after many months of constant development and available for download in various media format. Debian 9.0 is a free operating system includes various new features such as support for mips64el architecture, GNOME 3.22, KDE Plasma 5.8, LXDE, LXQt 0.11, MATE 1.16, Xfce 4.12, Linux kernel 4.9 and more. Debian 9 is dedicated to the project’s founder Ian Murdock, who passed away on 28 December 2015.

Alpine Linux 3.6.0 has been released

last updated May 27, 2017 in Linux News

Alpine Linux version 3.6 has been released. Alpine Linux is built around musl libc and busybox. This makes it smaller and more resource efficient than traditional GNU/Linux distributions. A container requires no more than 8 MB, and a minimal installation to disk requires around 130 MB of storage. Not only do you get a fully-fledged Linux environment but a large selection of packages from the repository. Alpine Linux was designed with security in mind. The kernel is patched with an unofficial port of grsecurity/PaX, and all userland binaries are compiled as Position Independent Executables (PIE) with stack smashing protection. These proactive security features prevent exploitation of entire classes of zero-day and other vulnerabilities.

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last updated May 5, 2017 in Linux News

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last updated January 30, 2017 in Linux News

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System76 brings 4K display Ubuntu Linux laptop for Pro users

last updated November 17, 2016 in Hardware, Linux News

Finally, some good news for Apple fans who crashed System76 website a few days back. Apple makes a good laptop. However, they lack the option to add additional RAM or ports or graphics card. The new System76 Oryx laptop has a 4K HiDPI display. If you are a sysadmin, DevOps, or developer, give it a try to System76.

Download of the day: Tails Linux 2.0 ISO CD/DVD

last updated January 27, 2016 in Linux News

Tails (The Amnesic Incognito Live System) version 2.0 has been released. It is a Debian-based security-focused Linux distribution and it is designed to increase privacy and anonymity online. This release fixes many security issues and users should upgrade as soon as possible.

How to allow pasting password when blocked on Google Chrome

last updated January 10, 2019 in Howto, Linux News, Open Source, Programming

I use the gpass password manager to store my randomly generated unique password for each site. However, many sites such as net banking prevent you from pasting a password when signing up. The site owner or webmaster disables pasting into password input fields. Want to paste your password on such site? Give it a try to don’t f*ck with paste Google Chrome extension.

Linux and Unix SysAdmins New Year’s Resolutions (2016)

last updated January 1, 2016 in Linux News, Open Source

Today is the last day of 2015 and it’s that time of year again. Here is my very own 12 resolutions for the New Year.

Download of the day: Ubuntu Linux 14.04 LTS CD / DVD ISO

last updated April 17, 2014 in Linux News, Open Source

Ubuntu Linux version 14.04 LTS (code named “Trusty Tahr”) has been released and available for download. Ubuntu Linux is a community-based Linux distribution. The latest release of Ubuntu brings the best open source technologies together on one platform, with the benefit of free updates for 5 years. This latest release of Ubuntu Server is heavily focused on supporting cloud computing, mobile phones & tables, 64-bit ARM-based microservers support, and more.

Download Of The Day: Fedora Linux 20 (Heisenbug) CD / DVD ISO

last updated June 24, 2017 in Linux News, Open Source

Fedora Linux version 20 (code name “Heisenbug”) has been released and available for download. Fedora Linux is a community-based Linux distribution which is sponsored by Red Hat, Inc. The code name “Heisenbug” is a term for a software bug that seems to disappear or alter its behaviour when one attempts to study it. Fedora is considered as the popular cutting edge distro, behind Ubuntu and Mint Linux for desktop and laptop usage.