How to change window buttons in Elementary OS
Small tutorial on how to change the positions and order of the buttons in Elementary OS windows, something that changes compared to other systems ...
System Administration
Detect and eliminate rootkits in our system
We have already spoken on several occasions about rootkits, and about security in general. But this time we are going to focus on ...
Shut down, restart, unlock your system from the terminal
Shutting down or restarting the system from the graphical interface is very simple, but sometimes we may have to do ...
How to test Flatpak on our operating system
Small article where we explain what Flatpak is and how to test it in our operating system, either Ubuntu or Fedora ...
What is Clonezilla? Your friend in the face of disasters
Clonezilla is a free software for cloning entire disks or partitions. That's why it can save you from a good ...
How to change window control buttons in Elementary OS
Small tutorial on how to customize and modify window control buttons in Elementary OS, a distribution increasingly used by newbies
How to integrate Avast into Nautilus
All distributions that have the Nautilus file manager, such as Ubuntu, among others, can follow this simple tutorial ...
Systemd and SELinux: Safe?
In recent years some important changes have been made in many GNU/Linux distros such as the integration of the new system…
How to see the list of packages installed in Debian and derivatives
When we have a distribution, something very useful is to know all the packages that we have installed, either to make one ...
GParted manual: managing partitions has never been so easy
We show you how to use GParted, a powerful open source tool to manage partitions of your hard drive in GNU / Linux environments.
How to improve PC autonomy in Debian
Saving a little energy, especially if you depend on a battery, is a very good practice. Low autonomy ...
How to change the root password of our Gnu / Linux system
Small tutorial on how to change the root password without having to do a reinstallation. This method will make our system more secure ...
Tutorial on aliases for the Linux terminal ("translate the commands")
An alias, according to the RAE, is a nickname or nickname. Well, as many of you know, there is a command in ...
A refresher on find: find files on your Linux distro
Searching for files and directories is relatively easy with the current search engines integrated into file managers, but sometimes ...
How to optimize Ubuntu for better performance
We present some basic optimization tricks for your Ubuntu distro, with them you will get the system to work a bit ...
Know Linux log files
The GNU / Linux operating system itself offers many possibilities and flexibility on its own, without the need for add-ons. But in…
IPTABLES: table types
If you do not know anything about IPTABLES, I recommend that you read our first introductory article to IPTABLES so you can take ...
Guidelines for protecting GNU / Linux from malware
Lately we have seen some news about malware that attacks Linux-based systems, something not too frequent, but that ...
Run a Linux command every so often with Watch
Automating certain tasks can be of great help, especially when they are tasks that involve working from the console. On…
LVM: merge hard drives as if they were only one
GNU Linux is extremely versatile, no one doubts that. But perhaps some users do not know some tools or possibilities that ...
Introduction to Squid: Step-by-Step Setup
Squid is another application level filter that can complement iptables. Squid is a proxy server for the web ...
Introduction to IPTABLES: configure a Firewall on Linux
To configure a firewall or firewall in Linux, we can make use of iptables, a powerful tool that seems forgotten by ...
Three tools to scan Rootkit and Malware in Linux
Malware is growing on Linux, and rootkits have long been a problem for * nix systems. Not…
ClearOS 7.1.0 released!
ClearOS 7.1.0 is the new version of this Linux distribution designed for medium and small companies. Alternative for Windows Business Server.
How to clean your usb from viruses and malware
Small tutorial on how to clean our USB sticks from viruses and malware with the Clamav, ClamTK tools and our Gnu / Linux operating system.
Keepass Tutorial: Your Password Manager
Keepass is a software with which you can manage your passwords from different operating systems. It is open source, free and free.
Cache Pressure: optimize Linux performance
We can do a thousand things to optimize performance in our Linux distro, one of them is Cache Pressure to control the use of RAM in our distro
Nethogs: watch who consumes your network bandwidth
Nethogs will help you monitor and control the consumption that each active process in your system makes of network resources. A very good used one.
Fluxbox, a very light window manager for our Gnu / Linux
Fluxbox is a very light window manager ideal for machines with few resources or to customize our operating system in an economical way.
Conky, a very light system monitor
Conky is a very light and configurable system monitor that has made it the perfect tool to control our operating system resources.
GNU / Linux tip of the day: rename files in bulk
We give you some examples with commands to rename a multitude of files at the same time without having to go one by one. A command is rename, a utility.
Linux Hardenining: tips to protect your distro and make it more secure
Linux-based distributions are usually quite secure, but nothing is enough. We give you tips on Linux Hardening to improve security.
IPCop 2.1.8: the Firewall distribution
IPCop is a Linux distribution similar to m0n0wall and others, specially oriented to implement security systems (FIrewall-UTM) to secure your network.
New Linux Foundation Certificate Program
LFCS and LFCE are the two new Linux Foundation certificates to train you on this highly demanded platform today. These courses are very advanced
Su vs Sudo: differences and configuration
His vs. sudo is a very trite topic on the net, now we bring you this article about its description and how these programs are used in Unix-like systems.
The dangers of Wubi and the problems in the dual boot between Linux and Windows 8
Wubi can present serious problems for the performance and stability of our Ubuntu system. Dual boot between Windows 8 and Linux is another danger.