When you free yourself from the shackles of the GUI, it’s amazing how lightweight your software can be.
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A sysadmin's guide to troubleshooting VLANs
If you're working in a small shop where you handle both the servers and network devices, then this troubleshooting information can help to validate your server config before moving on to network devices.Mount NFS filesystems with autofs
Learn about the autofs utility and how it can help you to automatically mount local and remote filesystems in Linux.Sysadmin tools: Using rsync to manage backup, restore, and file synchronization
Rsync is a command-line tool for copying files and directories between local and remote systems that should be in every Linux sysadmin's toolbox.Moving from docker-compose to Podman pods
It's been quite a while, and a lot has happened since then. ~ I would really love to do something more sophisticated, but to be honest, a single host running containers is all I need.GNOME keyboard shortcuts to streamline your workflow in Linux
The GNOME desktop comes prepped and ready with a multitude of shortcuts that can be put to use if you take the time to learn them. That is what we are going to focus on here.How I configure a DHCP server on my personal network
The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol provides network configuration data to client hosts on a network, allowing for centralized network configuration management.How to run Kubernetes workloads in systemd with Podman
Kubernetes YAML gives Podman a unified solution to declare container workloads across environments and simplify complexity for developers and sysadmins.2 practical ways to use filters to manipulate data in Ansible
Ansible filters are a powerful feature that lets you assign values to variables, convert variable data types, and more.Network automation with Ansible filters
Ipaddr(). To use it, you need to make sure you have the netaddr Python package, which you can install using.How to connect to a remote computer using VNC in Linux
Configure your system for screen sharing using Virtual Network Computing in GNOME Connections and troubleshoot when things go wrong. The Wayland protocol is the latest graphical server software for Linux computers, and it has replaced the X11 system in most major distributions.
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Setting up multi-factor authentication on Linux systems
Pluggable Authentication Modules allow Linux to work with Google Authenticator and other OTP tools to add two-factor security to your system. With the rising number of breaches and password compromises, we need as many security layers as possible.Monitor your Linux firewall with nftwatch
Ansible uses the Jinja2 templating system to handle variables in YAML playbooks. As I explained in my previous article, filters are a very powerful feature in Ansible that allow you to manipulate data in many different ways. One useful filtering example is network configuration.Patch Tuesday: Microsoft fixes a zero-day, and two curious bugs that take the Secure out of Secure Boot
The problem with Windows EoP bugs is that they almost always allow attackers with few or no significant access privileges to promote themselves directly to the SYSTEM account, giving them as-good-as total control over your computer.Attention gamers! Motherboard maker MSI admits to breach, issues “rogue firmware” alert
Rootkits generally aim to make higher-level malware difficult not only to remove, but even to detect in the first place.Apple zero-day spyware patches extended to cover older Macs, iPhones and iPads
Last week, we warned about the appearance of two critical zero-day bugs that were patched in the very latest versions of macOS, iOS, and iPadOS.
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FTX has recovered $7.3B in assets, will consider rebooting exchange
Sam Bankman-Fried's failed cryptocurrency exchange filed for bankruptcy in November 2022 and has since been mired in court proceedings. ~ In an April 12 hearing in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, lawyers with Sullivan & Cromwell representing FTX said the crypto firm had recovered roughly $7.3 billion in liquid assets.Ethereum’s Shapella hard fork executed on mainnet
After months of delays, Ethereum validators can finally withdraw their staked Ether and rewards from the Ethereum mainnet. ~ Within the first hour of the hard fork, a total of 12,859 Ether were unlocked in 4,333 withdrawals. Currently, around 44% of validators, or 248,043 of the total active 559,549, can request a partial or full withdrawal.Here's why Bitcoin [BTC] can never be irrelevant as per this macro investor
Dan Tapiero, macro investor and fund managed, shares his views on how a weak banking system would affect the future of the cryptocurrency market and why BTC is one of the strongest assets in the market.SHIB's hunt for the bulls ends as Shibarium wallets surpass the 3M mark
Shiba Inu's Shibarium testnet has been experiencing a steady and remarkable expansion since its debut. The platform managed to achieve yet another impressive milestone, with various metrics indicating a surge in interest toward SHIB. A remarkable development has occurred in the Shibarium ecosystem, as the number of wallets on the testnet recently exceeded 3 million.Bitcoin breaks $30,000 as ethereum hits $2k after Shanghai, global crypto adoption rising
This week was mostly bullish for crypto assets, particularly considering the stellar performance of top virtual currencies. The successful implementation of the Shanghai upgrade on Ethereum saw ETH, the native currency of the smart contracting network, push above $2,000 for the first time in 2023. Meanwhile, bitcoin broke above $30,000 as bulls extended gains.