The filesystem hierarchy standard (FHS) is a filesystem standard that is used in most Unix-like OS, most notably Linux. It is maintained by the Linux Foundation. Examples of Unix-like OSs not using FHS intentionally are GoboLinux and NixOS. Booting /boot…
This post talks about endpoint security on Linux OS. Linux Endpoint Hardening Tools Lynis Lynis is free and open source software (FOSS) tool to audit Unix-like OSs. It is developed by Dutch company CISOfy. Lynis official website Lynis code repository…
Open Security (OpenSSF) is a non-profit organization It is part of the Linux Foundation. It was founded in 2020. OpenSSF Notable Projects OpenSSF Scorecard is a vulnerability scanner of FOSS projects. OpenSSF on the Social Networks Links to Social Networks:…
Unix-like operating systems (OSs) are those that implements the interface and concepts originally introduced by Unix OS. This post tries to summarize the history of Unix-like OSs and explain relevant software concepts surrounding it. Software Concepts This sections reviews some…
This post summarizes the main free and open-source (FOSS) desktop environments for Unix-like and Linux OSs. List of Linux Desktop Environments List of Linux desktop environments: The most popular are KDE Plasma and GNOME. Common Desktop Environment (CDE) Common Desktop…
This post list some touch-based user interfaces for Linux operating systems. List of Linux Touch-based User Interfaces Touch-based Linux User Interfaces featured on this post: Lomiri Lomiri, originally Unity8, is a touch-based graphical user interface (GUI). It was originally developed…
This post is about display servers and windowing systems compatible with Linux, that provide graphical user interfaces. List of Linux Display Servers Linux display servers such as X Windows System and Wayland requires a window manager. X Windows System X…
This post lists some books about free software and related topics, like the Free Software Foundation (FSF) and Richard Stallman. List of Books about Free and Open Software Books about free software featured on this post: You can find most…
This post explains some different package managers available for Linux operating system. List of Linux Package Managers Linux package managers featured on this post: Distribution-dependent packages Dependent packages requires that when an app is installed are its dependencies are installed…
This post explains ways to run streaming media apps on Ubuntu. As a general answer, none of the streaming media services have an official dedicated app for Linux or Ubuntu. However, its content can be watched from specific browsers (mostly…