Introduction to Polkit

Introduction to Polkit: Navigating Authorization Frameworks in Linux

Polkit is an authorization framework installed on every modern Linux distribution: it provides API which allow privileged applications to expose services to unprivileged subjects. Communications with Polkit happens over D-Bus, which is an IPC (Interprocess Communication) system; to understand how the former works, we have to get a grasp of how the latter is implemented, first.

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How to create GNOME dynamic wallpapers

GNOME (GNU Network Object Model Environment), is one of the most popular desktop environments on Linux, and probably the most used one, since all major distributions use it as their default interface. Version 42 of the D.E., introduced a global “light/dark” UI mode switch, which is respected by all GNOME applications and wallpapers: switching the global style to “dark”, automatically changes the GTK theme to Adwaita-dark, and all the wallpapers supporting this feature, to their “dark” versions. GNOME also supports time-shifting wallpapers.

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how to set battery charge thresholds on linux

How to set battery charge thresholds on Linux

Some notebooks firmware allow setting start and stop battery charge thresholds. This feature can be really useful to increase the battery lifespan: if we use the notebook attached to the AC most of the time, we may want to set a low charge values, to avoid charging and keeping the battery at its maximum capacity; if we are using the notebook on the go, instead, we probably want to set higher threshold values to maximize runtime hours.

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how to disable IPv6 on linux

How to disable IPv6 on Linux

Support for the Internet Protocol version 6 is available on Linux since 1996. The kernel implements this functionality, which is usually active and enabled by default on all the major distributions, via the “ipv6” module. Sometimes, for various reasons, it may be desirable to temporarily or permanently disable IPv6 networking.

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introduction to lvm thin provisioning

Introduction to LVM thin provisioning

LVM (Logical Volume Manager) is a technology which allow us to create a layer of abstraction over physical storage devices, and implement flexible partitioning schemes where logical volumes are easier to shrink, enlarge or remove than classical “bare” partitions. While LVM “thick” provisioning requires the allocation of a fixed amount of storage space to a LVM logical volume at creation time, by using “thin” provisioning, storage is allocated only when needed.

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introduction to proxmox backup server

Introduction to Proxmox backup server

Proxmox backup server is a free and open source, enterprise-level backup solution. It is implemented as a dedicated Linux distribution based on Debian, and supports essential features like deduplication and encryption. We can use it as a solution to back up and restore virtual machines, containers and physical hosts.

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