How to install Brave on Linux

How to install Brave on Linux

Brave is a free and open source web browser focused on providing a privacy-oriented setup by default. It is released under the Mozilla Public License Version 2.0, and it is based on chromium, which is also the open source foundation upon Google Chrome is built.  Brave comes with useful built-in features such an ad-blocker, a private search engine, an integrated VPN, and Tor support.

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How to backup your git repositories with gickup

How to backup your git repositories with gickup

Git is by far the most used version control system out there. Originally created by Linus Torvalds, it is free and open source software, released under the GPLv2 license. Many online platforms such as Github or Gitlab allow developers to easily store and track changes in their code in public or private repositories using git as a backend.

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How to create a custom fedora live image

How to create a custom Fedora live image with Lorax

Fedora is one of the most popular Linux distributions: it is sponsored by Red Hat, but its development is community-driven. While the default version of Fedora ships with the GNOME desktop environment (it is probably the ideal choice if you want to use a vanilla version of the latter), there are many alternative spins available, which allows us to try a variety of desktop environments such as XFCE or KDE Plasma. In few easy steps it is even possible to build and try a custom Fedora live image.

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How to create encrypted git repositories with git-remote-gcrypt

How to create encrypted git repositories with git-remote-gcrypt

Git is, by far, the most used version control system. Being it “distributed”, means that each user can clone its own full copy of a repository on which he can work even if offline, pushing changes to a remote only when ready. Git repositories are not designed to host sensitive information, but in certain situations, the ability of transparently encrypt the content of a repository can come in handy. The git remote-gcrypt helper is designed with this goal in mind.

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List of Git GUI applications for Linux

List of Git GUI applications for Linux

Git is normally used from the command line, but users interacting with lots of repositories on a regular basis may find it easier to use a GUI based application for Git. A GUI based Git application can provide visual representation of Git repositories, which makes them easier to make sense of. Many apps also have user friendly interfaces that are easy to use as opposed to memorizing a bunch of Git commands.

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How to keep configuration files under version control with Etckeeper

How to keep configuration files under version control with Etckeeper

On Linux-based operating system the /etc directory is used to hold global configuration files for applications and services. A good set of configurations is really important for a good working system, so being able to keep track of changes and quickly revert them, in case something go wrong, is crucial. Etckeeper helps us achieve this goal keeping configuration files under version control.

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How to manage git repositories with Python

Neither Python nor Git need presentations: the former is one of the most used general-purpose programming language; the latter is probably the most used version control system in the world, created by Linus Torvalds himself. Normally, we interact with git repositories using the git binary; when we need to work with them using Python, instead, we can use the GitPython library.

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Install Gitlab on Ubuntu Linux

Install Gitlab on Ubuntu Linux

Git has become the default version control system for much of the open source world. While Git hosting services like Github and Bitbucket are good and work well, they leave you dependent on those services for everything, including crucial factors like uptime and security. Aside from that, neither of those services are open source. Thankfully, an alternative exists in the form of Gitlab.

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Installing Git on AlmaLinux

How to install Git on AlmaLinux

Git is a versioning control system, mainly used by programmers to issue changes to applications and keep track of the revisions. However, it’s also commonly used by everyday users, since they’re able to browse and download the source code and binaries of millions of applications from websites like GitHub and GitLab.

On Linux, familiarity with Git and access to the command line utility is borderline essential. That is, if you’re the type of user who likes to install programs to unlock additional features and the like.

In this guide, we’ll show you the step by step instructions to install Git on AlmaLinux. Once it’s installed, you can read our other guide on how to get started using Git. This is a great process to do right after installing AlmaLinux or migrating from CentOS to AlmaLinux.

In this tutorial you will learn:

  • How to install Git on AlmaLinux
Installing Git on AlmaLinux

Installing Git on AlmaLinux

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