LowEndBox - Cheap VPS, Hosting and Dedicated Server Deals

Irritation Removed: You Do Everything As Root And Hate Manually Removing Sudo From Copy-Paste Commands

You don't use sudo, but you're constantly coming across commands that are prefixed with sudo. Tired of having to first edit them to remove the sudo? We have a one-time solution for you.

Read More
Irritation Removed: You Do Everything As Root And Hate Manually Removing Sudo From Copy-Paste Commands

Has the Itanic Finally Hit Its Last Iceberg? It's Been Removed From the Linux Kernel After a Little Drama

Remember Itanium? I recently had a close encounter with it. Linux has finally dropped support from it in the kernel, with a bit of drama.

Read More
Has the Itanic Finally Hit Its Last Iceberg?  It's Been Removed From the Linux Kernel After a Little Drama

LowEndBoxTV: Is Windows or Linux Faster on a Hetzner Dedicated Server?

Is Windows or Linux faster on a server? The answer is, naturally, "it depends". But what it depends on might surprise you, and the benchmarks will definitely surprise you! 

Read More
LowEndBoxTV: Is Windows or Linux Faster on a Hetzner Dedicated Server?

Now on LowEndBoxTV: "The Deprecated, Bloodstained Code in the Linux Kernel" Documentary

One of our most popular posts ever was a piece we ran last year entitled The Deprecated, Bloodstained Code in the Linux Kernel. Now we've got a YouTube version of the story for you to watch, including some new audio of Hans commenting on his marriage from a prison phone call.  It's just just a word-for-word reading of our story but a fresh script, and we think you'll enjoy it.

Read More
Now on LowEndBoxTV:

Turbo-Charge Your Linux Shell With These Easy Tricks!

Recently I had some folks watching my shared screen and they were constantly saying "oh, that was cool, I didn't know you could do that in the shell". Here's some shell tricks I showed them.

Read More
Turbo-Charge Your Linux Shell With These Easy Tricks!

The Deprecated Bloodstained Code in the Linux Kernel

Many wonderful people have contributed to the Linux kernel. But one particular codebase has a dark past, and is scheduled to be removed in 2025.

Read More
The Deprecated Bloodstained Code in the Linux Kernel

No, 'airforce' is Not a Good Password: Check Out This Honeypot

LowEndTalk user htop setup a honeypot to trap ssh passwords. Watch skiddies in real time!

Read More
No, 'airforce' is Not a Good Password: Check Out This Honeypot

Fedora Gives Up on DeltaRPMs

14 years ago, Fedora had a cool idea: why send an entire RPM when the client only needs a delta from the RPM it already has? Why not just send them deltas? Alas, this idea didn't quite work out.

Read More
Fedora Gives Up on DeltaRPMs

Command Line Life: Weather at Your Fingertips

Who needs an app or a smart watch or even a thermometer when you've got command-line tools to give you full details about the weather in any major city of the world!

Read More
Command Line Life: Weather at Your Fingertips

Put a Glide in Your Stride and a Dip In Your Hip and Use a Mother Script!

In this tutorial, learn how to make your cron-driven shell scripts easier to manage by using a mother script. We'll show you how you'll never have to think about cleaning up temp files again!

Read More
Put a Glide in Your Stride and a Dip In Your Hip and Use a Mother Script!

PHP 7 Is Officially Dead

As of today, PHP 7.4 is end of life, which means the PHP 7 version is now officially retired. Some distributions will backport security patches, but really, it's time to move on.

Read More
PHP 7 Is Officially Dead

Linux 6.0 is Here! Linus Wants to Pet Your Backends

No really. That's technical terminology.

Read More
Linux 6.0 is Here!  Linus Wants to Pet Your Backends

Commifying Numbers in Linux: Not as Easy as it Looks

Today I had a need to process large numbers of PostgreSQL database tables and report how many rows were in each.  Once I had that information, I needed to do some additional math on this data and then...

Read More
Commifying Numbers in Linux: Not as Easy as it Looks

Free Udemy Courses! Our Community Resource Just Keeps Going

A while back, we alerted you to a thread on LowEndTalk where community member - and now moderator! - @Arkas shared free courses from Udemy. That thread was started in September and the community is st...

Read More
Free Udemy Courses!  Our Community Resource Just Keeps Going

OpenSSH Suffered a "Near Miss" But is Now Post-Quantum

According to the change log, OpenSSH 9.0 suffered a "near miss" - a potential vulnerability that was found and fixed before anyone could attempt to exploit it: "Near miss in sshd(8): fix an integer ov...

Read More
OpenSSH Suffered a

Ramdisks: Why You Might Enjoy One, Plus a Performance Puzzler

A ramdisk - or if you prefer, RAMdisk - is a method of taking a section of memory and treating it as disk.  If you think about it for a moment, the pros/cons should be obvious: RAM is much faster than...

Read More
Ramdisks: Why You Might Enjoy One, Plus a Performance Puzzler

LowEnd Benchmark Wars Heat Up!

Ok...just kidding.  There are no benchmark wars. But if you're into benchmarking, you should check out LowEndTalk member @Liso's fork of the famous YABS script, which is getting some discussion over t...

Read More
LowEnd Benchmark Wars Heat Up!

Here Today, Gone When You Exit: Proper Tempfiles in Shell Scripts

In the course of my career, I've periodically come across code like this in shell scripts: TEMP_FILE=/tmp/tempfile Or sometimes, slightly more elegantly: TEMPFILE=/tmp/tempfile.$$ The problems with th...

Read More
Here Today, Gone When You Exit: Proper Tempfiles in Shell Scripts

Tutorial: Moving a Proxmox VM to Different Disk

I've setup a home virtualization lab using ProxMox, which is a free and very powerful virtualization host. Prior to ProxMox, I tried: VmWare ESXi: No clones in the free version?  See ya. XCP-ng: Got s...

Read More
Tutorial: Moving a Proxmox VM to Different Disk

Run a $8 Million Mainframe at Home for FREE!

In the mid-70s, my father worked in the American automotive industry in Michigan, and I visited him at work as a small boy.  He took me into the "computer room" (as they used to call datacenters) and...

Read More
Run a $8 Million Mainframe at Home for FREE!

Are You Recyling Old Hardware for Your DIY? The Environment Isn't Thanking You

Do you have a home file server?  Maybe because you want to serve media files to your TV/Roku/etc., share info among family members, backup your devices, etc.  If so, what do you use? LowEnders are usu...

Read More
Are You Recyling Old Hardware for Your DIY?  The  Environment Isn't Thanking You

FREE Root Shells on Linux Servers Thanks to polkitd Vulnerability

A new vulnerability that affects many Linux systems has been revealed: Pwnkit. This attack uses a vulnerability in polkitd to allow any user to escalate his privileges to root.  There are patches for...

Read More
FREE Root Shells on Linux Servers Thanks to polkitd Vulnerability

RHEL 9 Goes Beta

Now that (hopefully?) the CentOS Stream debacle and the subsequent rise of Alma and Rocky Linux is behind us, there's news from RedHat that RHEL 9 has gone beta.  Is this the love child that will fina...

Read More
RHEL 9 Goes Beta

Why Do My Files Have Quotes in the Them When I Use 'ls'?

If you've upgraded to a recent Linux version, you may have noticed a change in the output of your ls commands. Specifically, files that have spaces or other special characters in them are quoted. For...

Read More
Why Do My Files Have Quotes in the Them When I Use 'ls'?

RackNerd Giveaway Video #2 Now on LowEndBoxTV: How to Get Free Udemy Courses!

Would you like some awesome technical education for free? Who wouldn't! Well-known education provider Udemy periodically offers many of their courses for free and LowEndTalk has a thread dedicated to...

Read More
RackNerd Giveaway Video #2 Now on LowEndBoxTV: How to Get Free Udemy Courses!

LowEndSetup: Initializing and Reinitializing Your VPS

If you frequently setup new VPSes or re-initialize them, you may find yourself typing the same commands over and over. There are various technologies to alleviate these hassles and get your environmen...

Read More
LowEndSetup: Initializing and Reinitializing Your VPS

Locking Down Access to Your VPS

There are a number of ways you can restrict access to your VPS. Passwords (specifically, good passwords) is the most basic method. Restricting access to ssh keys only is better. You can use Google Aut...

Read More
Locking Down Access to Your VPS

How to Audit Every Command Run on Your Linux System

Periodically I've had auditors come to me and say "can you tell me what this user on this system did between such-and-such dates/times" and my answer is usually no. By default, Linux systems don't log...

Read More
How to Audit Every  Command Run on Your Linux System
Older Posts »

Latest LowEndTalk Hosting Offers

View More