Let's learn about Linux via these 354 free blog posts. They are ordered by HackerNoon reader engagement data. Visit the Learn Repo or LearnRepo.com to find the most read blog posts about any technology.
Free as freedom!
The best Wi-Fi Adapter for Kali Linux and Wifi attacks comes does not work out of the box. This how-to will walk you through an easy installation.
Linux is a collection of countless variants and distributions of the open-source, modular operating system.
In this Ultimate Guide, we’ve made a list of the best Termux commands list for beginners. You cannot run Termux without these Termux commands.
This tutorial teaches you how to decode Base64 data into a File in Linux or Mac operating systems using commands and online tool.
This one is for all the Linux lovers - Linode & HackerNoon are excited to host a Linux Writing Contest!
If you’ve adopted Linux, chances are you might have done so for development purposes. After all, it has everything you need to program in most languages, and do so for (almost) free.
Skip the Linux certs and go with AWS/Azure/Google certification instead. These days, pretty much every cloud provider has their own version of Linux.
Rocky Linux isn't all sunshine and rainbows. In fact, there are a ton of misdeeds and bad practices surrounding it.
I recently installed a new SSD so I wouldn’t have to prune on my laptop and figured I’d give creating a tutorial a shot.
In this article, you will walk through the creation of a simple Bash shell script to send messages to Telegram messenger using the Curl command. Then you will use this script to send a notification on every ssh login into your server.
by Yilun Zhang, CTO of NKN.org
With Docker Desktop running on WSL 2, users can leverage Linux workspaces and avoid having to maintain both Linux and Windows build scripts.
How is it different?
Linux, with its potent capabilities and open-source nature, has become the de facto standard for containerisation, powering platforms like Docker and Kubernetes
This article will be beginner friendly, only this time in the Linux console. The material is presented, from my experience.
One of the most common tool to develop software is container. This guide helps you to configure correctly podman and docker-compose on Windows using WLS2.
Did you ever wonder how a hacker can compromise a system? This Behind the Scenes (BTS) walkthrough takes us through a possible scenario using a known exploit.
Since the early days of Unix, the shell has been part of the user's interface with the operating system. The first Unix shell (the Thompson shell) had very limited features, mainly I/O redirection and command pipelines. Later shells expanded on that early shell and added more and more capabilities, which gave us powerful features that include word expansion, history substitution, loops and conditional expressions, among many others.
Tutorial on creating deb packages and installing them using apt-get
Alpine linux is a linux distribution primarily made for the deploying application on linux distribution and is a rising competitor for the Ubuntu. Alpine Linux is designed for security, simplicity and resource effectivity. It is designed to run directly from RAM.
CSI Linux is an OS designed for cybersecurity and cyber investigations, offering tools for digital forensics, OSINT, malware analysis, and more.
In this guide, you’ll learn the essential steps to get WordPress up and running on your Linux environment...
Using ChatGPT to help write a bash script to download YouTube videos
There are many Hackers in this world who may be currently watching your activities daily and will try to snatch your personal information from you.
You probably have programs that you run repetitively each time you turn on your Linux system. In this article, we still learn to automate these scripts on boot.
Setting up Arch Linux environment for coding.
A terminal is a command line interface used to interact with computers. With MacOS, Linux and even sometimes windows, interacting with the terminal is a pretty common practice for developers. But, not so much with Android.
Comprehensive guide to setting environment variables in Linux for single users and system-wide configurations, including code examples and detailed explanations
Automation is a great way to learn new things and enhance critical thinking. This is a beginner tutorial on automating Linux desktops.
Guide to achieving Instant Noise Cancellation on Linux OS.
In Linux, file permissions are essential to security and determine who can access, modify, or execute files and directories.
Explore how to tunnel OpenVPN through Shadowsocks to bypass VPN blocks using DPI. An insightful guide to enhancing your online privacy and unrestricted access.
Want to run Windows, Linux, or any another operating system on your Mac? Here are your options!
Before we move on to understand how an SSID attack is launched let us cover some basics first so that you know exactly what you are doing.
Oracle Cloud offers a free VM with 4 vCPUs, 24GB RAM, and 200GB storage (as of 2025).
STEP 1 : Download an Image File 😉
Take a deep dive into the world of alternative Linux kernels that offer specialized performance, new features, and additional security.
Learn to troubleshoot and repair broken Linux packages effortlessly with expert tips and commands.
If you are using Windows and don’t want to use the RStudio client on the Windows side, this method will work perfectly.
I’m sorry Linux. It’s not me, it’s you. The “year of the Linux desktop” never came to fruition. It was always next year, year after, some year. Now, it’s almost a running joke.
It is common in Node.js and other languages to run a script on a certain port. These are steps to take to stop an active process on a port.
Java has been a developer staple for quite some time. In fact, Java is one of the most popular programming languages on the market. Part of the reason for that is Android.
Windows or Mac users who want to try out Linux should start out with Arch Linux. Forget Ubuntu, Mint, or even Zorin. Get Arch.
Capabilities in Linux are used to provide fine-grained access to kernel resources that was previously unavailable to unprivileged processes.
Despite being a Mac user for nearly 20 years, I have always had a soft spot for Ubuntu. Whilst they have not always been successful, I have respected their attempts to pull Linux into the mainstream and try new ideas and paradigms with it. They have weathered the storm of Ubuntu phone and Unity and are meeting success with two newer projects, The lean Ubuntu Core, and their universal Linux packaging format, snaps.
You can use GPU power for hacking the world.
This is a quick tutorial for using Metasploit to attack default user names and passwords in our lab environment.
Linux is a free software that enables you perform tasks with ease. This is a detailed beginner guide that shows you how Linux works and how you can use it.
In the first part of this tutorial, we've built a simple Linux shell that prints a prompt string, reads input, then echoes the input back to the screen. This isn't very much impressive now, is it?
Linux systems are being increasingly targeted by ransomware, cryptojacking, and other malicious attacks, according to a recent report.
The Linux kernel is widely considered the pillar of some of the most popular projects among the open-source community. As the central module of the O.S, the system’s stability, performance, and security rely heavily on the kernel.
Install Deb-Multimedia Repositories on Debian and Kali Linux. In this tutorial I will share a little bit about how to install and use Deb-Multimedia repos in Debian distributions and their derivatives.
Linux is growing and evolving even after 30 years since its birth, but the core ideas behind it remain the same, which opens the doors to new horizons.
This guide will show you how to install the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2) on Windows 10 with Kali Linux.
As a developer, I love working with the terminal. The plain, simple, and in my opinion the best way to interact with the computer (also it makes you look geeky)
Normal development flow requires continuous patching the production database with local changes normally made automatically by the orm software, this method is not perect but deceptively simple, all we'll use is standard Unix commands, and is good enough for us.
Want to learn how to control the GPIO (general-purpose input/output) pins of a Raspberry Pi with Python? Well, you're in the right place.
With the help of SystemD and MinIO you can automate your cloud object storage deployments and ensure the service lifecycle is managed smoothly and successfully.
How to customize MariaDB Docker images: Execute SQL and shell scripts when the containers start and pass configuration files.
he web server has a crucial role in web-based applications. Since most of us leave it to the default configuration, it can leak sensitive data regarding the web server.
This is part III of a tutorial on how to build a Linux shell. You can read the first two parts of this tutorial from these links: part I, part II.
One of the great features of the Linux kernel is its ability to support the loading/unloading of kernel modules.
Read about how systemd can help make Linux workloads resilient, secure, and easy to manage without the overhead of a container orchestrator.
This article will teach you how to set up Ubuntu 20.04 LTS on a Vagrant virtual box. It will also show how to configure the Virtual box to suit your preferences
9 text-based interactive CLI tools for Linux that you must know.
Installing a new theme for SDDM is a good way to improve the appearance of your Linux login screen.
In this article, we’ll attempt to hack a Bluetooth speaker using my knowledge of CyberSecurity.
As the SaaS apocalypse happens, it's OpenSource's biggest opportunity in a generation, if maintainers embrace AI and new funding models.
The future of Linux in gaming and desktop environemnts.
These are the Linux distros recommended by hackers
Command line tools are programs that can be executed from a terminal or command prompt, allowing users to interact with a computer system through typed commands
Learn how to be more productive and switch faster between windows and projects with Zsh, Tmux and Dracula Theme.
So earlier this year I reviewed the PineBook Pro. I was pretty impressed with it at the time, but am I still enamored with this $200 laptop? I’ve now been using it for at least 90 days. I know that because I haven’t rebooted it in 90 days. Really.
In this article, you'll learn how to build the latest Linux Kernel for RISC-V 64 architecture and deploy it with minimal environment: busybox command-line.
I will explain Linux on Five Levels (a child, a teen, a college student, a grad student, and an expert).
A brief guide on how to create encrypted containers in Linux using Cryptsetup, giving you tools for keeping your most important files and data protected.
If you have ever used cURL to retrieve the output of a file, believe me, saving that output to a file only takes a few more characters.
An AI-powered Linux shell that can do what you say was made possible with OpenAI GPT-2 language model.
This is part IV of a tutorial on how to build a Linux shell. You can read the previous parts of this tutorial from the following links: part I, part II, part III.
I am on Microverse working with a lot of people new to Software Development with Linux (I use this word to refer to Linux OS and all his derivatives or distros), and in web development we use certain tools and pipelines that are more difficult to set up in Windows. So I found that most of the people new to Linux struggle to set up the tooling and basic commands for the first time.
Introduction to Ethical Hacking
Maximize FFmpeg's Power: Optimize Compilation and Installation for Video Encoding, Transcoding, and Streaming. Boost Multimedia Performance with Vital Codecs!
Git is meant to always give you back the data exactly as it was saved OR let you know the repository is corrupted. And it does an amazing job with it.
Run your own text to image prompts with CUDA, a bunch of disk space, and an insane amount of memory.
It all started with video games.
This is part V of a tutorial on how to build a Linux shell. You can read the previous parts of this tutorial from the following links: part I, part II, part III, part IV.
I had a hard time making a persistent Kali drive till I found that this method works. I hope you find it helpful.
If you've read some of my prior articles you might've thought I'd never write this one huh? :) Well here goes.
A tribute to the GNU project, the free software movement, and Richard Matthew Stallman (RMS).
In this brief guide I will show you how to install Aseprite on Arch Linux.
Oh boy, this is going to be interesting. A freelance writer with a law degree writes about Linux. Just when you thought you have seen and read it all.
Some of you may have noticed that it’s been a while since my last article, despite winning this year's IoT Noonies award (btw thanks to all of you who voted, that means a lot to me!).
A Step by Step Guide to understand how to configure and install the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Command Line Interface on Windows Subsystem For Linux 2
If you are a programmer, writer, creative, business owner, or just someone with ADHD, the question of whether to emacs or not to emacs is worth considering.
Deduplication serves a variety of purposes and can be applied in numerous scenarios to address specific challenges effectively.
Process injection is a technique used by malware, rootkits, and other vulnerable software to run their malicious code inside an operating system.
What are the pros and cons of using Linux for your medical device? We wrote an expert article for you, answering all those questions, take a look at it here.
Introduction: What is Router OS?The operating system of MikroTik RouterBOARD hardware is MikroTik RouterOS. For those who prefer using a PC as their router,the software may be downloaded and installed on that machine, transforming it into an all-purpose router with all the functionality listed above.Since RouterOS is based on the Linux v2.6 kernel, we wanted to make it as simple as possible to set up and operate, so MikroTik developed it. By setting up your own vps routeros, you may create a safe, private connection between your devices and the Internet, as well as to your other resources.For how to install routeros, go to and get the CD image of RouterOSto get started now. No restrictions apply to the free trial version.
The lightweight Kubernetes OS that is known as k3OS has quickly been gaining popularity in the cloud-native community as a compact and edge-focused Linux distribution that cuts the fat away from the traditional K8s distro. While k3OS is picking up steam, it is still on the bleeding edge and there is still a bit of a shortage of learning material out there for it.
Monitor Key Nginx Metrics with Grafana
The world has always been fascinated with Hackers. In this video, we’ll learn about how they hide themselves online.
Threads & Processes are some of the least-understood topics in Linux. Make yourself stand out by starting learning them today. See yourself transform!
How Linux, which started as a hobby project, became a beast that no one in the tech industry could ignore. Not even Bill Gates.
If you told me twenty years ago that Nvidia GPU's would still be a pain in the you-know-what to get working in Linux to this very day, I wouldn't believe you.
Linux is one of the best-known and most used operating systems in the world. Here are 6 essential commands which can make you better at using Linux systems.
A hands-on walkthrough of my homelab journey—from Pi-hole to a $1,000 mini rack—covering hardware, software, networking, and real-world ROI.
Running Vaultwarden in a container with systemd using Podman.
Solving the Command Line Murders.
Reader, I have a confession. I’m really into bad 1980's cartoons. You know, the ones that are little more than animated toy commercials? I’ve learned so many life lessons from those hours in front of a flickering analog TV.
Need help learning about Linux's pacman? Look no further. Here's everything you need to know.
Are you one of that guy who just loves the three finger swipe in Windows and almost always ends up using windows for basic web surfing and media consumption? You have tried so hard to install touchegg which promised you the three finger gesture but still failed up anyway. These and many other small reasons have been one of the many reasons that I have been using a dual booted system (Windows & Ubuntu) for the past few years.
Bash is a language that is quite useful for automation no matter what language you write in. Bash can do so many powerful system level tasks. Even if you are on windows these days you are likely to come accross bash inside a cloud VM, Continuous Integration, or even inside of docker.
This article simply explains the crazy, vast universe of Linux distributions.
In general, I have accumulated a lot of different small project templates that I want to share with HackerNoon readers...
Be a better distro hopper
Note apps that keep your data private and sync perfectly on Linux and Android. Jot ideas anywhere without worrying about privacy or device limits.
This story is shown how to make a web service using python and jupyter notebook using with MLjar mercury framework.
Do you have a Chrome OS? It may work great for you dev endeavors.
Soft skills matter in the tech world, but if you don’t know the right programming language or platform, you probably won’t get the job.
With this guide, I hope you gain an in-depth understanding of the buddy system in OS and the slab system for allocating kernel memory.
Explore these basic Linux commands for beginners. Start Linux journey with these must-know commands in Linux.
Learn how to install multiple versions of PHP on Ubuntu the native way (without using Docker, Vagrant, etc.).
SSH connection gets terminated if the server(or client, in some cases) is idle for a certain period of time. It can be fixed by a simple trick.
Ready to dig deep into your Linux filesystem? An exploratory look at some of the lesser-known features of /proc, /sys/, and /dev.
If you want to know how capabilities sets are determined or applied to Unprivileged and Privileged Program Binary. You may find this article interesting.
Explore SSH key types—RSA, DSA, ECDSA, Ed25519—and learn their pros and cons, best‑practice generation commands, and how to choose the right key for your needs.
I decided to make the first steps in Yocto-oriented software development and make a rather simple service app for Yocto-based Linux distro.
In this post, you will find 20+ incredible resources that are worth several $100,000s.
This is an augmentation article to the one which Mr. Karim has elaborated upon in couchbase blog. If you haven’t read that article it’s better to take a look at it also, so that we can elaborate on in-depth concepts in this article based on what you have learnt from that article. As clear from the title this piece is aimed to dive deep into creating robust solutions for such tools being integrated with basic system design principles. As however cool these hacker like tools may look they must be robust and should be able to scale up to the organizations need. This article can be interpreted as a case-study for Prometheus and Grafana integration with Couchbase-Exporter.
WebP lets you compress your images as efficiently as possible, reducing the size of your web page while preserving quality. You can convert from the terminal
To get a good understanding of the sudo and root access, get started with using Linux.
How to know the difference in shell and terminal
In part 2 of 3, we explore simple altering for Telegram bots when the system starts to fail.
Some of you might still be skeptical of dwm because it is not available on wayland, but guess what? It is!
A few great tools to improve your productivity on Ubuntu desktop.
First article in a series for introducing a guide about building a K8s cluster on a single PC with Proxmox VE and K3s
Learn how to set up a Linux environment on Windows 11 using WSL and harness the power of the pyATS framework for network automation and testing.
Take a moment to think of everything you love about Linux, and answer some of these questions we have curated for you.
What a difference one browser made.
create a beautiful custom shell setup on your Linux/macOS with oh-my-zsh
I loved POP OS as my daily driver for Linux for work and home. Its simplicity of design and linear workflow mechanism is much easier to follow and maintain.
The easiest way to dockerize your Laravel project. you can set up Laravel in just 10 minutes...
Most of the programmers use programming languages such as C,C++, Python, Javascript. They use shell for many tasks . But most of them don’t know that they can program with shell for automating stuff that we find ourselves doing over and over again.
Hard links and symbolic links have been available since time immemorial, and we use them all the time without even thinking about it. In machine learning projects they can help us, when setting up new experiments, to rearrange data files quickly and efficiently in machine learning projects. However, with traditional links, we run the risk of polluting the data files with erroneous edits. In this blog post we’ll go over the details of using links, some cool new stuff in modern file systems (reflinks), and an example of how DVC (Data Version Control, https://dvc.org/) leverages this.
I was casually doing a security audit on my blog recently and decided to look a little deeper into my security logs. With a bit of Linux command line kung fu, some Golang, and Google sheets, I was able to get a pretty good idea of where the attacks are coming from.
Let's discuss the easiest way of setting up the Redis Docker image using the Docker container.
People in the stone age used their bare hands to create container images!.
Get a brief review of migration options and a checklist of the steps to be taken for a successful transition from this legacy software
Good contests come in threes.
DNS Kubernetes improvements, How to change ndots option default value of dns in Kubernetes. DNS k8s best practices.
This article explores how Rust can be integrated into the Linux kernel without compromising long-term adaptability.
How to Make a Linux Kernel with Nasm, Go Binary, Mini Linux
Since version 7.2, Proxmox VE supports safe and easy reassignments of a VM disk via GUI, allowing us to make all the required changes.
An easy and simple guide to installing and set-up virtual environment wrapper for python Linux OS. Also, find how to solve the error WorkOn not found.
AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud are three cloud services that are the creations of three large worldwide corporations with a global customer base and a constant commitment to improving their services andproducts.
It's better to be a Linux beginner than a Windows old-timer.
Let’s say hypothetically you wanted to download all of the high quality Super Nintendo ROMs from a website. The site simply has a list of links that take you to the file itself. Since this is a flat tree, you could run a basic wget command with the URL ala:
It's now possible to develop and distribute iOS apps without using macOS. Learn how to build ios apps on Linux.
It is the geeky thinker who uses an operating system along with programming and scripting languages to solve problems and automate tedious and monotonous tasks.
I am a lazy DevOps Engineer. So whenever I came across the same task more than 2 times I automate that. Although now we have many automation tools, still the first thing that hit into our mind for automation is bash or shell script.
How an innocent-looking USB device can deliver ransomware to a user's computer through an open USB port.
Once upon a time, in a land far, far away (Africa), a boy of great courage dared to use Linux. This is his story.
What is a Linux distribution? Why Linux has so many distributions? Why is Ubuntu called a Linux distribution and not an operating system?
Learn how Linux's ecosystem advances supercomputing efficiency, supporting AI, security, scalability, and future HPC innovations in this article.
Cybersecurity vendors trusted to protect Linux systems ignore available controls to protect their own services, leaving users exposed to supply chain attacks.
A lot of people have this mistaken notion that unikernels have this 'unhackable' characteristic about them. This is untrue. They absolutely are hackable depending on what is deployed and how they are configured.
Can you use your command-line shell history as a second brain? Should you? Here are some ideas to help leverage the humble Ctrl-r key to supercharge your work.
Let's learn everything you need to know about the most popular CLI HTTP client in this guide to cURL.
Read these 10 questions summarizing my full byte-to-byte experience with this epic piece of 1’s and 0’s. So you can drift in 5th gear with Linux.
Server admins commonly use SSH to login to Linux servers. It is also good to setup SSH notification with IP geolocation for better security.
Enhance Linux script security by revealing hidden dangers with cat -vet, protecting against malicious code and hidden characters.
Around Linux, myths have always wandered that it is a convenient OS exclusively for a narrow circle of people who understand code.
The Pinebook Pro is a $200 laptop that runs a couple of ARM processors, and it promises a lot. Does it deliver? After what seemed like an eternity waiting, mine arrived here’s what I think.
Tapping the keys while sitting in front of black terminal, traversing the huge logs and sipping from a cup of coffee.
Third article where I review my guides about building a small K8s cluster on a single PC with Proxmox VE, Debian VMs, and K3s.
How to create a quick shell programming script for system administrators to check system status, logged in users, available memory, and free disk space.
These days, a lot of businesses are concentrating on integrating a cloud-based system into their IT infrastructure because they are more dependable, and strong.
How to simplify your edr tests while keeping it real, and an easy-to-expand initial access case.
A Linux users answer to 10 important questions about Linux OS.
It never fails that the CNCF seem to always be cooking up something interesting in their ecosystem. In my free time, I always seem to find myself in a habit of playing in the Sandbox to see what new cutting edge tools I can add to my collection. It is my goal today to introduce you to a project at the Sandbox stage known as "Buildpacks".
Richard Stallman — the man whose code runs the internet but whose philosophy the industry ignores.
An honest view of Windows vs Linux: a comparison done by an experienced Linux enthusiast.
Globalping vs RIPE Atlas, what are the differences and use-cases
It feels like yesterday when the Raspberry Pi foundation released the first-in-line Single Board Computer (SBC) to the market. Back in 2012, Raspberry Pi wasn't alone in the SBC growing market, however, it was the first to make a community-based product that brings the hardware and the software eco-system to a beautiful harmony on the internet.
Cloud solution architecture of Azure hosted web application from Network Security perspective using Azure App Service, Azure SQL using Private Endpoints
Every Apple computer released prior to 2013 will be rendered obsolete and insecure, thanks to the impending death of macOS Catalina.
My experience with a Linux crash and how i fixed it.
Switched from Windows to Arch Linux with zero experience? Same. Here’s how I survived 2 months of crashes, configs, and cool Linux tools.
This write-up is aimed at explaining how to transfer files between your remote system and your local machine, using ssh.
Explore essential Linux commands for managing files and directories, including how to list, create, copy, move, and delete files.
How to install Ubuntu minimal and configuration a minimalistic desktop environment.
[This post is inspired by an Interview with Kublr CTO, Oleg Chunikhin]
Master essential Linux terminal commands with explanations and practical examples. Learn how to navigate, copy, delete files, and more. Enhance your command-lin
Why you don't need Linux to develop in PHP? With the introduction of Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL2), PHP development on Windows has become very easy.
Reverse engineering the kuku virus in Python and how I did it.
Android, as we all know is based, on top of Linux.
Build your projects with Nspawn
Containers provide a way to run your application by packaging it with every dependency it needs. This article will look at Linux containers and their uses.
Most consumer radio products (think 802.11b/g/n, a.k.a WiFi, Bluetooth, Zigbee, Thread...) nowadays somehow make use of the ISM band around 2.4GHz.
I threw in some tricks I used to make our Windows EKS nodes start in the 90s rather than the 5 minutes a standard EKS Windows node takes.
Creating a Dynamic Github Profile With Github Actions and Bash. Parsing RSS and XML in Bash.
We are back with the results announcement for The Linux Writing Contest by Linode and HackerNoon, July 2022.
Most people associate a virtual machine (VM) with something slow and complex. Here I will show you two things - 1. VMs are not slow and 2. VMs can be super simple to use.
Hey Hackers! The wait is over! Here we are with the results announcement for The Linux Writing Contest, June 2022.
Security mechanisms under the hood of simple file actions
In this short article I will show you how to create an executable file as well as produce debug information but in a completely separate file.
Let's suppose you need to send a file to multiple hosts and you can not do it manually and you need to do it now. Below I talk you through three strategies you can use to send files in emergencies.
Give your Unix pipe a brain with qsh. A local-first, privacy-focused CLI that brings AI vision and semantic filtering to your terminal using Qwen 3.5 and Rust.
With Linux, one can have their hands over anything on the open source software side.
Hi, happy to join your community. This is my first post, so I start from the simple one, but useful. Maybe you don't know about it yet.
This blog will help you navigate through Linux.
As of today, a program is an interface, a bridge between a computer and a user. There is another word that has been labeled to it, which is called an application. An application would be a good use of anyone's time in making themselves productive. Well, considering the smartphone count in regards to the personal computer count, there are more mobile applications than desktop applications. This leaves a very big grey area for the desktop users, in finding applications that are productive.
Looking to get into development? Have a soft spot for old console based RPG games? Why not build Umoria! A Rouge clone created in a day of limited graphics - but nevertheless a very addicting game for the time. I would say one of the more memorable games that got me interested in coding (game was so hard I wanted to reverse engineer the save format).
Learn about eBPF, an exciting new technology that makes programming the kernel flexible, safe, and accessible to developers.
The cd command is probably the most used Linux command (there is not a definite answer out there in the wild and wide expanses of the internet).
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Your current computer or laptop shows the same performance no longer? This is absolutely no reason to choose new hardware and invest money in buying a cut edge device. We know a much more attractive solution. It is Linux!
How to choose the right Linux distribution for your personal computer.
In this article, I want to share with you 13 of the many reasons why I keep coming back to Linux and why I think you might just fall in love with it too.
Send visual feedback and reminders from scripts, using notify-send and at commands on Linux. Also how to get MacOS to do it as well, through some jury-rigging.
Learn to create a battery tracker on Linux using Python, accessing system data and alerts, simplified with a desktop entry.
A convenient way to test your mobile network layer communication while the real backend service is still under the development.
If your work needs you to use Linux, these Bash Tips can save you plenty of time and effort in your day-to-day operations while streamlining your processes.
Guide to self-host Vaultwarden password manager using podman. Complete setup walkthrough for Linux.
The best thing about Linux is the community behind it.
How to Create and Setup a Custom Deep Learning AMI and Reduce Costs With “Spot Instances”
In developing the distributed software system it might be reasonable to use exchange data over the UDP protocol to minimize exchange time.
The Linux Writing Contest by Linode and HackerNoon has come to an end. It’s time to celebrate the final round winners.
Let's start a Linux movement. Get people using Linux, fedora Linux.
Do you ever wonder what happens when you run sshfs user@remote:~/ /mnt/remoteroot? How do files from a remote server appear on your local system and synchronize
Second article where I review my guides about building a small K8s cluster on a single PC with Proxmox VE, Debian VMs, and K3s.
A practical anti-forensics technique: monitor USB identity with udevadm and trigger SysRq reboot on mismatch or removal. Research at anti-forensics.com.
Importance of Linux in the Cloud Computing revolution
How to install and run Swift on Linux
Setting up a dual-boot system on a PC typically requires installing Windows first and then Linux.
11/4/2022: Top 5 stories on the Hackernoon homepage!
Guided install for Arch Linux beginner or todo list for pro
Explore the command line through funny analogies, uncover essential commands, and get insights from an iOS developer's journey into CLI and terminal's darkness
This is a guide to creating self-signed SSL certificates using OpenSSL on Linux. It provides easy “cut and paste” code that you will need to generate your first RSA key pair. After creating your first set of keys, you should have the confidence to create certificates for a variety of situations. RSA keys are used everywhere these days and knowing how to generate them is an essential skill to posess for system admins, and an easy procedure for the hobbiest to pick up.
Are you bored of using Ubuntu too? Check out these awesome alternatives to change your taste.
Learn linux command by playing Leviathan wargame from OverTheWire. This wargame doesn’t require any knowledge about programming - just a bit of common sense and some knowledge about basic *nix commands.
Fourth and last article where I review my guides about building a small K8s cluster on a single PC with Proxmox VE, Debian VMs, and K3s.
Maximize FFmpeg performance on AWS with GPU acceleration. Speed up video processing, reduce costs, and enhance efficiency. Learn how!
Linux follows tough rules when it comes to permission. Being a root user or sudo user gives you permission to do almost anything which normal user don’t have. Several commands need sudo keyword to run and each time you try to run sudo, Linux asks for a password, today we will configure a passwordless sudo.
Firecracker is a Virtual Machine Monitor, written in Rust that Amazon Web Services use to power it’s Serverless Compute services — Lambda and Fargate. Firecracker makes use of Linux’s Kernel-based Virtual Machine virtualisation infrastructure to provide its products with MicroVMs.
Shells.com lets anyone access their cloud computer from any device with a browser so you can have a Linux desktop on your Apple iPad or your Windows machine.
Thanks to the rise of portable devices like the Steam Deck, Linux is gaining more popularity as an operating system than ever before. The platform is built by users, for users, aiming to give them complete control over the software and features on their machine. Unfortunately, this means they’ll have access to fewer popular applications that are available on Windows and Mac — possibly including VPNs. Those having trouble with figuring out how to start should take a look at the 5 best VPN services on Linux, though they might be surprised at how many options they truly have.
I created Deskreen. It turns any device with a web browser into a secondary screen for your computer
A guide that helps you deploy the Aptible CLI tool on an Ubuntu Linux distribution.
The Metasploit Project is a computer security project written in ruby that provides information about security vulnerabilities and aids in penetration testing and IDS signature development. It is owned by Boston, Massachusetts-based security company Rapid7.
Docker is an open-source containerizing platform for application services, codes, libraries, configurations, and other dependencies into one package.
When file.write() returns, your data isn't on disk. Trace the 6-layer journey of a write operation from Python buffers to Linux kernel and SSD silicon.
Password generators are now in abundance. Particularly surprising are the many web applications for this purpose.
Using LVM to Serve Old Laptop as a Cloud Storage Engine Service at home with all External Hard Drives.
You can control youtube form the command in linux. But it's a little work.
Recently I decided that it was time to bite the bullet and start using Windows 10 on at least one of my main computers. I'm pretty new here, so you probably don't know that I'm a big fan of Linux.
From Homebrew Computer Club to GNU & Linux, we study OpenClaw in the context of open source community-driven technology revolution.
In this tutorial, you'll learn the most common and useful commands that you can run in almost any UNIX-like environment, including Linux and Mac OS X.
By embedding a simple web file manager, developers enable easy, reliable access to internal storage for diagnostics, logging, updates and more.
Discover how installing WSL can revolutionize your development workflow, bridging the gap between Windows and Linux for seamless website development.
Build a cross‑platform, low‑latency echo & chat server with Boost.Asio, UDP, and io_uring—benchmarked on macOS vs Linux with full code & Docker.
Linux has shipped a built-in network chaos simulator since kernel 2.6. No install required.
How to install Node, Yarn, Git and VSCode on Linux, Mac and Windows, a simple and easy guide to follow.
A guide to efficiently install and manage Docker on Debian, enabling streamlined application development and deployment.
SSH is more than remote login. Learn how keys, tunneling, jump hosts, and port forwarding make SSH the backbone of secure infrastructure.
9/27/2022: Top 5 stories on the Hackernoon homepage!
Containers under Linux - building a container from scratch.
Linux operating systems run nearly 90% of the world's servers and micro-computers in smart devices. Let's take a look at why.
In case you missed our latest update, Elimo Engineering designed a small, powerful Linux System-on-Module, designed for low cost and fast system integration. It’s FOSS and OSHW and sports all of the following:
GitHub allows you to create multiple accounts that can be used for different purposes, making you productive all the time.
Effective way of using the bash aliases across machines.
This blog covers why Wink adopted a Cloud-Native Infrastructure Backed by Kubernetes-Docker-CoreOS Container Linux stack. Learn more.
Why should one use Linux these days? My brief but pleasant history with the latest versions of GNU/Linux inspires me to share my thoughts on the matter.
Kubernetes security, performance, and observability all converge at the syscall layer. Here’s why platform engineers need to understand it.
The Danish government will start moving away from Microsoft Office to LibreOffice, with the entire Ministry of Digitalization expected to be Microsoft Windows
Linux, best OS for developers. Linux, Windows, Ubuntu, macOS, Powerful yet resource-friendly, free, open-source, Command-Line, distro and desktop environment
45Drives’ free open-source Storage Setup Wizard makes configuring ZFS storage servers simple, transparent, and resilient—no command-line skills required.
Convert files' and folders' structures to Bash Scripts with NodeJS.
Learn how TTYs work in Linux! Understand virtual devices, line discipline, and I/O processes in simple steps. A beginner-friendly guide to mastering TTY.
Unlock the power of the grep command in terminal searches! Learn to swiftly locate text patterns, like passwords, with examples and useful options for efficient
CentOS to Oracle Linux 7 in 2 Easy Steps.
The Go programming language has become quite popular over the past few years. Why? The primary reason is that it has become the language of choice for distributed and highly scalable servers. Go was based on C and brings code efficiency to the table, which generates faster software and apps for businesses.
Alligator is a distributed unit of infrastructure. It can provide information about FreeBSD and Linux operating systems. It also supports metrics transmission
Recently I got a nice computer, but before I was using a very old Chromebook. I talk about my experiences trying to set up a coding environment.
Open Fusion Desktop Environment is a new Linux desktop environment design exploration project, similar to KDE and GNOME.
Containerization is a hot topic in 2023. I discuss the basic principles on which modern containerization is based, virtualization, and what Linux namespaces is.
11/1/2022: Top 5 stories on the Hackernoon homepage!
As far as I can tell, this is hard-coded into standard utilities. I straced both a touch creating a new file and a mkdir creating a new directory.
The touch trace produced this:
This article details how to port and run the MobileNetV3 model on the NXP i.MX8MP platform to achieve the function of handwritten digit recognition.
Stop with the rumbling, bro. What is Linux?
This article breaks down what Linux is, why it's great and how it secretly powers most of your favorite devices.
Ansible is a Configuration Management and Application Deployment system that is designed to streamline the process of controlling a large number of servers, basically for administration and operational processes. In other words, it allows you to control several remote machines in an automated fashion from a location.
The noisy neighbor effect is a problem in Linux.
Melhore a obsevabilidade da sua Stack Elastic, baseado em fatos reais
An overview of the Linux distro
To set DolphinScheduler to start automatically upon system boot, you typically need to configure it as a system service.
Master the art of building your own containers. Learn a streamlined approach to containerization, avoid common mistakes, and gain the freedom to ship your apps.
This Slack discussion, featuring myself in some sleep-deprived rambling, occurred in hackernoon's official #protips channel, and has been [barely] edited for readability.
It seems crazy that Microsoft has a done a complete one-eighty of their position on open-source software. Learn how VS Code works.
Linux runs over 90% of the servers in the world. With emergence of fields like Devops /DevSecOps, there is great urgency to understand Linux Directory Structure
Configure Kafka + Flink networking, package a Kafka consumer JAR, upload it, and run it as a scheduled Flink task node end-to-end.
Joblet is a lightweight process isolation platform that lets you run commands and scripts in secure, resource-controlled environments.
A virtual machine is the software emulation of a physical computer that acts as a separate computer with its operating system (OS), CPU, and storage.
We are a hundred days deep in the Lambda Quadrant part of the galaxy, resting on a deep space Moonad, myself and my crew, my parter and my
lovematch, our infant son, and a cat. We study the properties and relations of Haskell abstract entities, enjoying meditating the pure functional programming vibe. It is deep work and we take time and turns. We also watch the second season of Star Trek Discovery and enjoy seeing the bright stars of its universe.
If you are a Linux admin or developer, chances are pretty good that you have to work on a remote server or two. When it comes time to log into those remote machines, there’s only one tool for the job—SSH (aka Secure Shell).
This article is part of a series of case studies exploring the skills of senior software developers . In each case study, we look at a specific challenge faced by a senior developer and investigate the reasoning the developer used towards finding a solution.
Linux essentials for everyone
Jeremy Morgan is 5x Noonies nominee and an author for Pluralsight focused on Software Development and Integration.
Cloud and Containers SIG have been hard at work lately on a project surrounding container updates, new images, new registries, and distribution.
Learn How to optimize GPU hardware acceleration for Chrome, Chromium, and Puppeteer on AWS. Enhance performance and smooth rendering in headless mode.
My personal experience with switching my computer's OS from Linux to ChromeOS flex.
This post will show you how you can run an arbitrary piece of code in your nano VM. This post assumes that you already have a nano VM running (here). A full version of the program can also be found here (gitlab).
Jeremy Morgan is 5x Noonies nominee and an author for Pluralsight focused on Software Development and Integration.
Explore strace for Linux debugging: origins, usage, JVM insights, and advanced tips in an in-depth, easy-to-follow guide.
The
diff -u command shows file differences side-by-side, and
patch applies these changes.
I spend a lot of time working on the bash command line, and I've come to highly value the availability of my custom set of shortcuts, preferences, and tricks, r
What is the best OS for medical devices? Should I choose a Microsoft product? Is Linux better than Windows 10 IoT? Read the answers.
Learn everything you need to know about Windows via these 89 free HackerNoon stories.
I'll start off by dating myself... it was the year 2000. I was in college and the brand new Mini Disk MP3 player had just come out. Superior audio to CD's and the ability to hold hundreds of songs on 1 little disk. Being a broke college kid, it took me about 6 months to make the purchase. Just when I got used to looking cool with my MD player, a wild flash of cool came across the analog airways via a commercial from a company that was only recently regaining its cool with a crappy multicolor desktop PC called the iMac. Of course, I'm talking about Apple. The product was the iPod. I was defeated and nearly threw away my MD player on the spot.
AlmaLinux Cloud Images include aarch64 support for AWS AMIs, OpenNebula x86_64 and aarch64, and aarch64 support for Generic (cloud-init) Cloud image/OpenStack.
t’s that time of year again, Ubuntu 20.04 is now available. Will this be the release that steals away more Windows users?
A brief and practical overview of Linux philosophy.
Minimizing downtime during any deployment is a key part of any successful deployment strategy. There are many ways to achieve this.
Denmark and Germany are ditching Microsoft for Linux and LibreOffice, citing digital sovereignty—part of a broader European shift away from US tech dominance.
For many years, I was working on outdated machines, and I found a few tricks that allowed me to stay productive while doing web development.
10/29/2023: Top 5 stories on the Hackernoon homepage!
You know that feeling when you work really hard on something for really long and it feels like nobody really notices? Hacker Noon’s Annual Tech Industry Awards, the 2020 Noonies, are here to help with that. Nominate YOUR best people and products today at NOONIES.TECH. Speaking of the best people and products in technology, here’s a quick intro to 2020 Noonie Nominee, Luciano Strika, from Argentina, who’s been nominated in the Future Heroes and Technology categories.
A deep, step-by-step exploration of how C++ exceptions work on Linux, from the language rules down to ABI details, stack unwinding, and assembly.
I recently posed the question, “What is your favorite Linux command?” on X (previously Twitter), and I received a lot of responses.
In this article, I will go over my very first experience with Harvester on a cluster of 3 management nodes.
FOSS is the big boy LEGO of the Innovative World
APM runs, monitors, and proxies apps from a single binary, simplifying Linux service management, earning a 49.5 Proof of Usefulness score.
11/5/2023: Top 5 stories on the Hackernoon homepage!
Bruce Li from United States has been nominated for a 2020 #Noonie in the Future Heroes and Technology categories.
2/6/2025: Top 5 stories on the HackerNoon homepage!
The modern parent’s nightmare isn’t monsters under the bed; it’s the soft, blue glow emanating from under the bedroom door at 2:00 AM.
4/10/2026: Top 5 stories on the HackerNoon homepage!
Among the incredible writers in our diverse community, we discovered Jeremy Morgan from the United States. Jeremy has been nominated for five different Noonie awards, including IoT Writer of the Year. Learn more about Jeremy below and don't forget to vote for him at NOONIES.TECH.
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