Category: Linux

Linux is an operating system originally created by Linus Torvalds, a grad student at the University of Helsinki. With the addition of other free and opensource software Linux has become a complete and useful software package.

Get A Cloud Virtual Machine For Free

Yes, I am serious! Oracle Cloud has a free tier of their cloud infrastructure. You get a 200GB SSD, 4 instances of ARM Ampere A1 Oracle cloud CPUs, and 24GB of RAM. Oracle requires you to have a credit or debit card to use the free tier to deter the mischievous from accessing the free…

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Learn The Linux Filesystem

Last month we learned the commands pwd, ls, cd, and basically how to navigate the terminal . Now we will learn the file structure of Linux and how to navigate it. NetworkChuck will show you where in the file-system to do what. Learn more Linux for Hackers.

Linux Course For Beginners

You can get a free Linux workstation in the cloud, and use it to learn hacking skills. You will learn to use Linux and cloud computing. Best of all it’s free! Network Chuck will show you how to get a free Linux workstation a begin to learn the basics of Linux, basics that are the…

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Linux Install Detail Instructions

Linux is a Unix-like operating system. The kernal (the base of the OS) was created by Linus Torvalds, a student at the University of Helsinki in 1991. The kernal was adopted for the GNU operating system, so the real name of the OS should be the GNU / Linux Operating System. Since 1991 Linux has…

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Linux Mint, Post Install

So you’ve downloaded an Linux Mint, or other Ubuntu variants ISO file, put it on some flash-media, you’ve booted to that media and performed a dual-boot or full-disk install. You’ve boot to Linux, now what? Turn On The Firewall The first thing you should do is turn on the firewall. This is not really crucial…

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Install Linux Apps w/ Terminal

The Linux terminal (similar to Command Prompt on Windows) is very powerful. It can do anything that can be done in the GUI (graphical user interface) and more. One of the operations that can be done is installing software. This can also be done from the GUI but not in all cases. To install an…

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Which Linux Distro Is Best

There is only one Windows operating system Microsoft Windows 10 soon 11. There is only one Mac OS, OS10. That said why are there so many Linux versions out there? The answer is, there is only one company called Apple and one company named Microsoft. Linux is an open-source OS. There are approximately 16,000 developers…

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Linux Turns Thirty Years Old

Linux has turn 30. In those thirty years it has become the most used operating system in, servers, phones, notepad type computers, cars and internet connected things of all types. It has not become very popular as a desktop computer operating system, only used by scientist, and computer enthusiast. The Linux kernel is a free and open-source, Unix-like operating…

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What is Pop OS?

Pop!_OS is a Linux distribution developed by System76, based on Ubuntu by Canonical Ltd. and using the GNOME Desktop Environment. It is optimized to be very fast. Pop!_OS provides full disk encryption by default as well as streamlined window management, workspaces, and keyboard shortcuts for navigation.