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…
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,…
**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…
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…
**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…
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…
**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…
**By:** webdevel@sparkhausmedia.com (Lori White) © Lead Image ©Ioannis Kounadeas, Fotolia.com We take a close look at the Socket Statistics utility ss and show why it is better than netstat for…
You’ve probably switched terminal emulators a few times and ended up going back to the default. Not because the new one was bad, but because you SSH into a server,…
Most people walk into a networking interview after memorizing definitions, but that’s usually not enough. Interviewers often move beyond questions like, “What is DNS?” and ask practical ones such as,…
