If you lurk on Linux forums long enough, you will hear statements like “Systemd doesn’t follow the Unix philosophy” or “Gitlab has abandoned Unix philosophy“. But what exactly is this Unix philosophy that users keep mentioning. In this article, let’s deconstruct the long-standing notion of the Unix philosophy. History of Unix Philosophy Unix is a […]
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If you delve into shell programming, you have come across /dev/null or 2>/dev/null numerous times. At first, this might look like intimidating abstract jargon, but there is a very important (and easy to understand) reason for which it exists. In this article, we will look at the meaning of /dev/null and how it is used
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If you have been using Linux for a long time, you have probably heard of Desktop Environments like GNOME which ships by default with Ubuntu, and KDE Plasma which ships with Kubuntu. You have probably also heard people talking about how they switched from a bloated Gnome desktop environment to a Minimal i3 window manager.
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If you are a bash user and are jealous of zsh users getting tons of fancy themes and plugins with Oh-My-Zsh, you are at the right place. In this tutorial, we will take a look over Bash-It, a community-driven Bash framework that essentially tries to mirror Oh-My-Zsh in capabilities and functionalities. What is Bash-It? Bash-it
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If you have been using Linux for some time, you would know that if you place a bash script in /usr/bin or /usr/sbin , they can be executed directly by simply executing the name of the script. Similarly, all the default commands in Linux do not need a path to execute and Linux simply knows
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In this article, we’ll compare apt vs dpkg, which are package manager for Debian and Ubuntu based distributions. If you use Ubuntu (or Mint, Debian, etc), you are already familiar with apt. It is used for installing, finding, removing packages, etc. But you might have also seen tutorials using dpkg to install packages. So does it
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Let’s discuss the popular topic – Snaps in Linux. There are numerous Linux distributions, each distribution having its own official package manager and package format such as deb, rpm, etc. This has obvious drawbacks with developers having to package the same software multiple times for different distributions. However, there have been multiple projects which attempted
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Want to install Slack on Linux? Slack is a team communication tool that has slowly become a staple in all kinds of jobs. Today all businesses, whether small firms or large enterprises use Slack to communicate between teams, set up meetings, collaborate on work, etc. Apart from this, Slack has also integrated with over 150
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In this article, we’ll learn about the modprobe command on Linux. The Linux kernel is modular in nature, which means that any end-user can remove the functionality of the kernel or add the functionality of the kernel simply by removing or adding a certain module. This is where modprobe command comes in handy, which makes
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Let’s understand how to install ProtonVPN on Linux. In this day and age, there are many VPN services floating around. While many of them are exclusively paid and the ones which are free, are usually malware used for data mining purposes. This makes finding a free but reliable VPN pretty hard. Your only options are
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