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Awesome Linux Tools – ncdu
Do you know where your most-used files and directories are? Sure, there’s more than a few commands you can run to find out, but ncdu is a great tool for this purpose. Using ncdu, you can scan your entire hard disk (or any mounted filesystem) and determine where your storage pain points are – and take action!
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The Homelab Show Episode 50 – Giving Back
Organizations aren’t the only thing that benefits from open-source, we do too! In this episode of The Homelab Show, Tom and Jay discuss some of the ways you can contribute back to the projects you benefit from. You don’t need to know how to code in order to give back, as entry-level methods are discussed as well.
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Linux Crash Course – The sar Command
Monitoring the resources of your Linux server and watching for negative trends is one way to stay ahead of potential performance issues, and the sar command will help you do exactly that. In this video, Jay goes over the basics of the sar command.
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Enterprise Linux Security Episode 22 – Certificates
Encryption is a great benefit to take advantage of, especially when it comes to hosting web sites. But how exactly do TLS certificates work? In this episode, Jay and Joao discuss foundational concepts surrounding certificates, as well as some advice and recommended practices.
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Linux Crash Course – The echo Command
In the Linux Essentials series, we’ll go over the basics of a Linux command or feature in every episode. This time around, it’s all about the echo command. The echo command allows you to print text, but it also allows you to do other things as well, such as printing the contents of variables.
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Enterprise Linux Security Episode 21 – Dirty Pipe & Nvidia’s Breach
In the 21st episode of Enterprise Linux Security, Jay and Joao discuss the recent “Dirty Pipe” vulnerability, as well as Nvidia’s recent breach.
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The Homelab Show Episode 49 – Do You need VPN?
VPNs are heavily advertised, and some of them even claim to offer full protection. But do they? In this episode, Jay and Tom discuss VPN myths, best practices, and more. This will help you make an informed decision as far as whether or not a VPN is beneficial for your use-case, or perhaps not as much as you might be led to believe.
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Top 5 Terminal Emulators
There are many terminal apps available that you can use while working with the command-line, but which one should you consider using? In this video, Jay shows you his top 5 favorite terminal emulators.
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Linux Crash Course – Bash History
Bash is the default shell in the majority of Linux distributions, and it has countless features and tricks to make you more efficient. Bash keeps a history of the commands you’ve typed at the prompt, but most people aren’t aware of additional functionality that the history provides you. In this episode of Linux Essentials, Jay describes not only how to use the history command, but also some techniques to make better use of it.
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The Homelab Show Episode 48: /dev/random
In episode 48 of The Homelab Show, Jay and Tom discuss some homelab tips and picks that are sure to give you some inspiration for your own homelab. Many topics are discussed, such as ways to organize your devices, using external mounts for app data, and more!
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Recovering Files from your PC (using Linux)
Running a distribution of Linux on your laptop or desktop is a lot of fun, but that’s not all Linux can do. Using the “live mode” of a distribution can assist you with recovering data from a PC that won’t boot. In this video, Jay shows the process of booting a distribution in live mode to assist in the process of recovering files. As long as your hard disk hasn’t totally failed, this process will enable you to copy its data to an external USB drive.
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Enterprise Linux Security Episode 20 – Cloud Governance
Cloud Computing is all the rage these days – but what happens when a company moves to the cloud to quickly? While cloud computing can be a very rewarding technology, it can also get out of hand quite quickly. In this video, Joao and Jay discuss the concept of Cloud Governance, something that any organization that utilizes the cloud can (and should) take advantage of.
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