Linux admins reeling from handling last month’s CopyFail and last week’s Dirty Frag kernel vulnerabilities have a new ...

Why automate tasks: Automating repetitive chores saves time, reduces errors, and frees mental space for more important work. Cron’s simple power: Cron jobs run scripts at fixed times and are ideal for ...

A good set of scripts lets you avoid the terminal for common tasks ...

Like it or not, systemd is the industry-standard init system these days. A new release is coming, and it's a big one. However, to get a feeling for what project lead Lennart Poettering feels are the ...

If you’ve installed Discord on Linux via a Debian package, you know it doesn’t update automatically. Who wants to manually download and install new versions all the time? To solve this, I created a ...

Managing services effectively is a crucial aspect of maintaining any Linux-based system, and Debian, one of the most popular Linux distributions, is no exception. In modern Linux systems, Systemd has ...

The last command allows you to look further back into time to see both current and older logins, beginning with the most recent and moving back into previous logins. The command below reports on ...

Last time, I gave a whirlwind introduction to a very small slice of systemd. If you aren’t comfortable with systemd services, timers, and mounts, you might want to read that now. Otherwise, press on ...

I will confess. I started writing this post about some stupid systemd tricks. However, I wanted to explain a little about systemd first, and that wound up being longer than the tricks. So this Linux ...

When I went into writing this article, I thought I knew the route to the destination I intended to lead you to. But in retracing my steps to make sure I understood the way, I ended up way off course.