Folks, there’s a new, pretty hooker Rosa in town and the lady can’t wait to establish herself on your lap-top or desk-top. 🙂 Sound the bugle, uncork the champagne and lay out the red carpet for the newly arrived Rosa a.k.a. Linux Mint 17.3. Linux Mint 17.3 Available Not content Read More
If you love tinkering with Linux, here’s something to pique your interest. In this post, we’ll look at various methods to shut down or reboot a Linux system via the terminal. Shutdown, poweroff, and reboot are three commands to shut down or reboot a Linux system. I recommend you install Read More
It seems there is no light at the end of the Windows Phone tunnel. Market research specialist IDC has put out a new report on smartphones with a depressing take on the Windows Phone. IDC’s number crunchers estimate that Microsoft’s share of the smartphone market (currently at a pitiful 2.2%) Read More
If you’re a Linux aficionado, bravo. You’re obviously more knowledgeable about computers than the average user. Linux – Risks Lurk The good thing about Linux systems is that they’re less vulnerable compared to, say, Windows or any other operating system. But don’t be fooled by all those fanboys who claim Read More
One of the most frequently used commands by Linux administrators of a Red Hat or CentOS system is the yum package management tool. Yum History – What For? Some would argue that Yum is the most powerful tool in a Linux systems administrator’s command line arsenal. So what does yum Read More
If you’re still running nmap 6.0, now’s the time to upgrade! Open source security scanner nmap has received a big upgrade in version 7, which debuted November 19, 2015. Touted as the product of three and a half years of work, nmap 7 includes nearly 3,200 code commits and enhancements Read More