I installed unattended-upgrades, but Debian wasn't upgrading. Let's get to the bottom of this puzzle.
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You should update your Debian system every night, unattended and automatic. Bold words! But honestly I've done this since at least Debian 10 and have never had an issue.
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Let's talk FreeBSD for a moment. Should you run it? There are some pros and cons.
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One of my all-time favorite posts on LowEndBox - indeed, maybe on any site -is the seminal article "Yes, You Can Run 18 Static Sites on a 64MB Link-1 VPS". 16 years later, is it archaic? No.
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If you're a sysadmin - and if you've got a VPS, you are - how do you learn about new security threats?
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Like every other subsystem, Linux can't decide on just one filesystem. Which one (ext4, XFS, btrfs) is best for you?
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Debian 13 "Trixie" comes with a whole new world of tmpfs, which is memory-based, and an automated cleanup process. Let's take a look.
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The SSH protocol is surprisingly complex, though the reason why it has to be makes sense once you think about everything it has to do. Using the ssh-audit package, you can audit your SSH server and tighten it up with an easy step-by-step instructions.
Read More about Tighten Up Your VPS With an SSH Audit! Let’s Look at the ssh-audit Package…Does OpenBSD Score Higher Than Debian?
Debian 13 "Trixie" will be released in less than 48 hours! Let's see what's new.
Read More about Here Comes Trixie! Debian 13 To Be Released in 48 Hours!The Year 2038 problem is well-known among Unix users. Debian is rolling out a fix in Debian 13 "Trixie"...11 years after OpenBSD fixed it.
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Back in the day - waaaay back in the day - unicore systems were the norm. Today, they're a rarity. The Linux kernel is being updated to reflect that.
Read More about The End of Uniprocessor Configs on Linux – It’s a Multicore-Only Kernel Now
How does Ubuntu's new release compare to earlier versions? They always claim speed improvement, but Piotr's not one to take software companies at their word, so he runs benchmarks. A lot of benchmarks.
Read More about LowEndBoxTV: Ubuntu 24: Hot Rod Ferrari Speed Freak, Crippled Dump Truck, or Somewhere in Between?
A backdoor was slipped into xz, a widely used compression library. Is a 1Password employee somewhere in the mix?
Read More about The Mother of All Supply Chain Attacks! Is 1Password Safe?!? (UPDATED)
So many operating system options! Which one is best for you and your VPS or dedicated server? Let's sort it out.
Read More about Examining the Top 12 Server Operating Systems of 2024: Choose the Best One for Your Needs
Your Debian system is probably already doing security upgrades automatically. It's trivial to extend that to the entire system so your system is always up to date. We'll show you how.
Read More about How to Update Debian Automatically: No Muss, No Fuss, Not At All SusPiotr benchmarked Linux distros to find which one is fastest. Now that Debian 12 is out, he's updated his comprehensive benchmarks with fresh data. How does "Bookworm" perform compared to previous Debians and other distros? Let's find out!
Read More about LowEndBoxTV: Debian 12 “Bookworm” Benchmarks!
PHP 8, APFS, Kernel SMB, and an avalanche of new fonts. Debian 12 "bookworm" arrives in 43 days. What are you most looking forward to?
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By default, installing a service on Debian means it's enabled (start at boot) and started immediately. If you don't care for this default behavior, we have a one-line command that will flip the behavior.
Read More about How to Stop Services From Starting at Install on Debianapt just slaps at the problem; dpkg solves it. An interesting experience trying to get MariaDB back to a clean slate.
Read More about Removing a Package on Debian with Extreme PrejudiceRecently someone on LowEndTalk mentioned asmbb, which is forum software written in assembler. Full stop. Written in assembler. Forum software. Go look - it's actually pretty nice. I joked that I was...
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Using popular benchmarks (PHPBench, Redis, ZSTD, Geekbench, VP9 Encode, WebP, OpenSSL, etc.) Piotr compares Debian, Ubuntu, and various RHEL-universe distros to see how they perform on typical LowEnd VPSes. Lots of data and interesting conclusions!
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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.
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Odoo is an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system with a freemium model. If you are running an organization, you could use Odoo to handle all your accounting, inventory, CRM, invoicing, etc. It's...
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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...
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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...
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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 about FREE Root Shells on Linux Servers Thanks to polkitd Vulnerability
Not long ago I noticed this message when booting one of my home systems: "TSC_DEADLINE disabled due to Errata; please update microcode to version: 0x22 (or later)" I wasn't having any issues with the...
Read More about How to Update Intel Microcode on Debian 11 Bullseye
Debian 11, code-named Bullseye, was released today. If it's not already available on your favorite VM provider's panel, I suggest you own a thread on LowEndTalk and complain bitterly. Major new featu...
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