Protecting the Internal Attack Surface
**By:** webdevel@sparkhausmedia.com (Anonymous User (Linux Magazine)) © Lead Image © peshkov, 123RF.com Security is more than a firewall. The biggest worry is what happens when an intruder gets inside. We…
Get plenty of action in the Sniper Elite Classics Collection Humble Bundle
Need some first-person shooter action? The Sniper Elite Classics Collection Humble Bundle is live now with a good price for multiple games. The full bundle can be grabbed for only…
How I Supercharged My Personal Knowledge Base with Local AI
I have thousands of notes. Obsidian vaults, random Markdown files, half-finished research documents, meeting notes from three years ago. And for the longest time, they just sat there, searchable by…
usermod Command: Manage Linux Users, Groups, UID, Shell and More
The usermod command modifies an existing user account. It’s the counterpart to useradd, which creates accounts. Rather than creating a new entry, usermod changes attributes associated with an account that…
yt-dlp Commands for Subtitles, Codec & Folder
Default video download codec for yt-dlp was downloading videos in webm format that was super small in size but when I wanted to play those in my Plex Media server,…
Run a Shell on THEC64 and THEA500
**By:** webdevel@sparkhausmedia.com (Anonymous User (Linux Magazine)) © Photo by piotr sawejko on Unsplash Miniature retro computers like THEC64 and THEA500 let you replay some of the classic home computer games…
20 DNF Commands Every Linux Administrator Should Know
Most people treat dnf as a drop-in replacement for yum and stop there. But that misses a lot of what makes DNF worth learning; automatic dependency resolution, transaction history with…
Yet Another Linux Kernel Vulnerability Discovered
**By:** webdevel@sparkhausmedia.com (Gwen Clark) Affecting millions of systems, a kernel flaw discovered by Qualys could allow users to gain root privileges. Here we go again: Another Linux kernel vulnerability has…
5 Ways to Test TCP and UDP Ports in Linux Using nc, nmap, ss, and Bash
You SSH into a fresh server, type telnet 443 out of habit, and the shell tells you the command doesn’t exist. Now you’re about to install a client for a…
A Visual Diff and Merge Tool
**By:** webdevel@sparkhausmedia.com (Anonymous User (Linux Magazine)) Use Meld to visually compare files and directories, resolve complex three-way merge conflicts, and audit your code repositories via a visually appealing, color-coded, side-by-side…