You’ve probably heard of the “grep” command, but did you know about ripgrep? ripgrep is a “line-oriented search tool” that you can use to quickly find text within files, with additional features. Also, a few tools from the “Modern UNIX” suite are discussed in this video as well.
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YubiKey Complete Getting Started Guide!
Have you considered using a YubiKey? In this complete guide, you’ll learn everything you need in order to get started with these awesome security keys. We’ll go over the differences between the available models, which one you should buy, as well as how to set it up to protect local logon for Linux, macOS, and Windows. In addition, two methods for protecting OpenSSH via YubiKeys are also covered.
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Enterprise Linux Security Episode 25 – News Roundup
In the 25th episode of Enterprise Linux Security, Jay and Joao catch up on a few things in the news, including the results of a recent Internet Crime Report, and more!
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The Homelab Show Episode 52: Content Creation
Taking control of your own media is just one of the many tasks that homelabbers take on, and that can even extend itself into content creation as well. There’s a surprising amount of overlap between content creation and homelabs, so Jay and Tom discuss some concepts around some tools you can use to take content creation into your own hands.
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How to get WiFi working on Linux
It can be a bit frustrating when hardware doesn’t work on your Linux install, especially WiFi. Sometimes, WiFi works out of the box – and other times, not so much. In this video, Jay from LearnLinuxTV will let you know why this is sometimes a problem, as well as some of the things you can do about it.
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Enterprise Linux Security Episode 24 – The Latest on Lapsus$
The situation surrounding Lapsus$ is becoming more and more interesting, and in this episode of Enterprise Linux Security Jay and Joao discuss the latest developments regarding the group that has caused quite a ruckus recently.
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April Fools 2022: Dad Joke Linux
For the entire history of LearnLinuxTV, countless distributions have been reviewed. After all this time, the best distribution of Linux has FINALLY been found! In this review, we’ll take a look at the great DJL!
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Linux Crash Course – The grep Command
The grep command – one of the most popular Linux commands, and definitely deserving of a feature video in the Linux Essentials series. In this video, Jay goes over the basics of the grep command, along with some useful examples.
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Enterprise Linux Security Episode 23 – Busting 5 IT Security Myths
Cyber security is a huge topic, and through the years the industry changes rapidly to keep up with current threats and related challenges. As a result, some of the beliefs and mindsets we’ve adopted in the industry have changed as well. In this episode, Jay and Joao discuss 5 myths in the security industry that either need to be adjusted, or downright debunked.
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- Time for password expiration to die (SANS)
- Death of the Password? (Wired)
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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.