How to integrate any distribution inside a terminal with distrobox

How to integrate any Linux distribution inside a terminal with Distrobox

Distrobox is a free and open source tool which allows us to integrate the userlands of Linux distributions. Under the hood it uses Docker or Podman to create containers, and integrates them with the host by sharing access to the graphical server, the user HOME directory and USB devices. In this tutorial we see how to install and use Distrobox on the most used Linux distributions.

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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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StartOS Linux In-Depth Review: A Comprehensive Look at Performance, User Experience, and Compatibility

StartOS Linux In-Depth Review: A Comprehensive Look at Performance, User Experience, and Compatibility

StartOS (formerly known as EmbassyOS) is a graphical, browser based Linux distribution for servers by Start9. It offers users the ability to install and host a variety of services with a single click. On traditional servers, hosting services usually requires some level of specialized knowledge, tinkering on the command line, and spending time with perusing documentation. StartOS aims to simplify this process by providing an intuitive menu with which you can manage every aspect of your server, as well as anything you have decided to host from it.

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How to dual boot multiple OS's with Raspberry Pi

How to dual boot multiple OS’s with Raspberry Pi

Since there are so many operating system choices for the Raspberry Pi, why limit yourself to just one? It is possible to dual boot multiple operating systems on the Raspberry Pi, the same as is traditionally done on any ordinary desktop system. It is not necessary to have multiple SD cards lying around with different operating systems on them, popping them into your Raspberry Pi whenever you want to boot into a different OS. Instead, we can put two or more operating systems on the same SD card.

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List of Linux Distributions available for Raspberry Pi

List of Linux Distributions available for Raspberry Pi

The Raspberry Pi already has its own official operating system, known as Raspberry Pi OS. However, there is nothing proprietary about Raspberry Pi OS, or any reason that you must use it. Raspberry Pi OS is a Debian derivative with a few tweaks and curated software meant to make your Raspberry Pi experience better out of the box. If you so choose, there are a variety of other Linux distributions that you can run on the Raspberry Pi as alternatives.

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Debian pinning how-to

Debian pinning how-to

Debian, also known as  “the universal operating system”,  is one of the oldest Linux distributions. At any point in time there are always three main Debian releases: stable, testing and unstable. The “stable” release represents the official Debian release: it is rock solid, ready for production, and contains packages which doesn’t change much. The “testing” release contains packages which are on their road to be accepted into stable, and finally, the “unstable” release is the one with the most updated versions of software, used for the distribution development.

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Ubuntu 22.04 Features and Release Date

Ubuntu 22.04 Features and Release Date

In this article you will learn about some Ubuntu 22.04 features of the upcoming Ubuntu stable release. Canonical’s latest iteration to the Ubuntu operating system is Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy Jellyfish. Ubuntu 22.04 release date is scheduled on April 21, 2022. This is an LTS (long term support) release – the type of release that Canonical only publishes every two years, and continues to support for the next five.

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CentOS Linux

CentOS vs CentOS Stream

Up until a late 2020 announcement from Red Hat, CentOS Linux had a longstanding reputation as a dependable and enterprise-class Linux distribution. And now, the main purpose of CentOS is shifting. Along with that comes a name change to CentOS Stream.

In this article, we’ll talk about this change of direction for CentOS, and what it means for the huge community of users and businesses that have relied on the distro for years. We’ll also see what’s next, as many users are left scrambling for a replacement so they can avoid switching to CentOS Stream.

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Ubuntu Linux

Best Linux distro for developers

Linux inherently works well for coding and testing software. For developers and programmers, almost any Linux distro will be a good fit. When it comes to picking a distro for developing, the biggest factor is just going to be personal preference. Even so, some distros offer certain features that developers may find particularly helpful for their work.

With so many choices available, the task of choosing a distribution can be overwhelming. At the same time, jumping ship to “distro hop” is very easy to do, and shouldn’t be discouraged, as it gives you an idea of what else is available. We aim to make your choice a little easier with this guide, where we list our top picks of Linux distros for developers.

Join us as we go over our top eight picks of Linux distros, presented in no particular order. Outside of this list, there are still many other good distros that you can try. And it’s important to remember that there is no wrong choice. Let the countdown begin.

In this tutorial you will learn:

  • Best Linux distros for developers

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Comparison of major Linux package management systems

Comparison of major Linux package management systems

Introduction

One of the major differences between various Linux distributions is package management. Many times, this is the reason somebody steers away from one distribution to another, because he/she doesn’t like the way software is installed or because there is software needed that isn’t available in the distro’s repositories. If you are a beginner in the Linux world and are wondering about the differences between distributions, this will be a good start. If you’ve only used one or two distributions for some time and you want to see what’s on the other side of the fence, this article also might be for you. Finally, if you need a good comparison and/or a reminder about major PM systems, you’ll find something interesting too. You will learn the most important things a user expects from a PM system, like install/uninstall, search and other advanced options. We don’t expect some special knowledge on your part, just some general Linux concepts.

The approach

We chose as terms for the comparison some popular systems from popular distributions, and those will be dpkg/apt*, rpm/yum, pacman and Portage. The first is used in Debian-based systems, rpm is used in Fedora, OpenSUSE or Mandriva, but yum is Fedora/Red Hat only, so we will focus on that.Gentoo is a source-based distribution, you will be able to see how things are done both in binary and source distributions, for a more complete comparison. Bear in mind that we will talk about the higher-level interfaces to package management, e.g. yum instead of rpm or apt* instead of dpkg, but we will not cover graphical tools like Synaptic, because we feel that the CLI tools are more powerful and usable in any environment, be it graphical or console-only.

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