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Copr is a collection of personal repositories for software that isn’t carried in Fedora Linux. Some software doesn’t conform to standards that allow easy packaging. Or it may not meet other Fedora Linux standards, despite being free and open-source. Copr can offer these projects outside the Fedora Linux set of packages. Software in Copr isn’t supported by Fedora infrastructure or signed by the project. However, it can be a neat way to try new or experimental software.

Lynis is an open-source security auditing tool for extensive scanning of systems and its security defense to achieve compliance testing and system hardening. This article will help you to install Lynis from its official package repository and audit the system security in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS systems.

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MariaDB is a free and community-developed relational database system that is a compatible drop-in replacement for the hugely popular MySQL database management system.

On a network, mail clients send messages to a mail server which then routes them to the correct destinations (other clients). The mail server uses a network application called Mail Transfer Agent (MTA). Here, we take a look at the six top options.

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Bored seeing the same wallpapers every day? Automatically switching wallpapers is probably the best way to keep your desktop fresh and full of surprises. This article will show you how to automatically set new wallpapers using Styli.sh on Linux.

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Mastodon is a free and open source microblogging platform similar to Twitter, but with user privacy and decentralization in mind. It’s one of many protocols that interacts with the Fediverse of protocols like Pleroma, GNU Social, and others. Unlike Twitter, Mastodon is not one social network.

You can use Mastodon with a web browser. Or you may prefer desktop software. Tootle is a GTK client for Mastodon. With the user experience in mind, it provides a clean, native interface that allows you to integrate Mastodon’s social experience seamlessly with your desktop environment.

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One feature of the Bash shell that can be changed is the history command. Learn 3 useful tips on how to use the history command in Linux here.

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For today[he]#039[/he]s sysadmin, many companies expect you to have cross-platform knowledge, network knowledge, and application knowledge. Add to that a dash of programming ability, a pinch of sysadmin experience, a heaping portion of social skills, and a fanatical commitment to reliability and automation. What do we call this new, post-modern sysadmin? Do we use the same term and simply stretch the responsibilities? Or do we give this evolved role a new name?

Craft CMS is a free, open-source content management system for websites. This guide shows how to install Craft CMS on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa).

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iRedmail is an open source mail server solution, with iRedmail we can deploy a full-featured mail server in several minutes.

iRedmail is an open-source mail server solution that can deploy a full-featured mail server in several minutes. Learn to install iRedmail on Ubuntu 20.04 here.

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Tootle is a GTK client for Mastodon. With the user experience in mind, it provides a clean, native interface that allows you to integrate Mastodon’s social experience seamlessly with your desktop environment.

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Have you ever had the file in use error? Learn how to use the lsof command in Linux to view open files and the processes using them.

SSH or Secure Shell Protocol is a cryptographic network protocol that is used to securely access a remote machine from another computer over an unsecured network via the command line. With SSH, you can execute commands on remote Linux systems and servers, send/transfer files, and normally manage everything you do from one place.

In this article, you will learn the process of creating the SSH keys and setting up your Linux servers for easy remote passwordless access with said keys.

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This shell script will trigger an email when more than 60% of your system memory is used.

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One such feature of the Bash shell that can be changed in your customized settings is the history command, which is affected by some environment variables and some shell options (shopt – a command to set and unset shell options).

Faseela K. is a platform development engineer with a background in open source networking. As she saw the use of containers growing more than the VMs she was working with, she began studying Kubernetes and eventually decided to pursue a Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA). We spoke to her about her experience.

Kontron’s Linux-ready “KBox B-202-CFL” runs on 8th or 9th Gen CPUs with 2x DP, 2x GbE, and up to 10x USB plus M.2, mini-PCIe and PCIe x16 expansion. “Smart” options include two more SATA drives and support for 120W graphics. We missed Kontron’s KBox B-202-CFL when it was announced in Feb. 2020 as a stylish successor to the KBox B-201-CFL, which added 9th Gen Coffee Lake options along with the earlier model’s 8th Gen support. Kontron has now announced two new variants with the same KBox B-202-CFL name.

If you are a system administrator and working in a large environment then you may often need to set up a new client system and assign IP addresses and other network-related information manually. It is a very time-consuming process for you. This is the case, where DHCP comes into the picture.