Install the Rust programming language on Linux
We teach you how to install the Rust programming language in your GNU / Linux distribution and start practicing with the Mozilla language.
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Guide: all about ISO images in GNU / Linux
Complete tutorial to create, mount, and burn an ISO image in our favorite GNU / Linux distribution and all from the console.
The Fedora 28 beta is now available with many new features
Days after the official date, the beta of Fedora 28 is already available publicly, know its most important changes.
Linux more popular than Windows in the latest Stack Overflow survey
Surprisingly, Linux has become the most used system by developers in the Stack Overflow community.
What is a script?
What is a script? A script is a snippet of code or more complex code that can perform simple operations or compose a more complex program. They are written using an interpreted language and in LxA we tell you more about it ... if you want to know more, enter and we will explain it to you.
Tails 3.6: the anonymity distribution released with improvements
The new version of TAILS has arrived, the GNU / Linux distribution to preserve privacy and anonymity when browsing. Now Tails 3.6 comes with important improvements.
Videogames… command line for your BASH
If you want to play from BASH, you should know that there are some interesting games from the command line for your GNU / Linux distribution. You do not believe it?
Convert PDF to Word from Linux
Enter and we will teach you the simple steps to convert a PDF document to Word (doc or docx), etc. And all from your favorite GNU / Linux distro. If you need to transfer your documents from PDF to Word or vice versa, we will show you how to do it with this tutorial.
Programmer OS: the new operating system for programmers
If you are a software developer, you will surely like this new Linux distribution that we are going to present to you exclusively. It is called Programmer OS and it is an Ubuntu that hides many tools for programmers.
LineageOS can now be installed on the Raspberry Pi 3
An official release of the LineageOS mobile operating system has been adapted and ported to run from the Raspberry Pi 3 SBC board.
How to get technical support for free and open source software
Free and open source software has many advantages over proprietary or closed source, but it has some shortcomings that are gradually being amended, such as technical support.
Smatch Z a very powerful portable console
If you are looking for a portable but powerful console, Smatch Z is your best choice. A game console in which to play games smoothly thanks to its SteamOS operating system and its AMD Ryzen processors with Radeon GPUs
Top 8 Debian-based Distros
In LxA we have carried out many comparisons and analysis of applications, distributions, etc. Even distributions according to which niches or professions, ...
Canonical donates Ubuntu phones to UBports to continue Ubuntu Touch development
Ubuntu Touch seemed dead, but now it seems that Canonical has donated old mobile devices with Ubuntu Phone to the developers ...
How to know if a package is installed or not in Linux
Sometimes we find that we need to know if a program or package is installed on the system ...
Valve full of great news for the gaming and Linux world
Valve is very active in terms of notifications in the media and they are all great news that affects the ...
The best desktop environments for business
In some articles we have described lists of the best GNU / Linux distributions for certain niches or for certain professions, what were they ...
Parrot 3.11 comes with tools for car hacking and patching against Meltdown and Specter
Parrot Security OS 3.11 comes with important improvements and changes with respect to the previous version of the well-known distribution ...
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS will come with acceleration for the boot process
Canonical continues to develop the future Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (codenamed Bionic Beaver) that will come with a look ...
What will the Linux kernel 4.16 bring us?
Linux 4.15 should have arrived but it has not appeared as expected due to an extra workload….
Why should you pass the LPIC or LFCS and LFCE exams?
There are many ways to collaborate with the free software and open source community, from writing articles or manuals, translating ...
Is there anything we can do to not lose as much performance from the Meltdown and Specter patches?
Intel wanted to excuse itself that Meltdown and Specter was their problem, then rectified and made a public statement in ...
Check if you are affected by Meltdown and Specter and defend yourself !!!
Meltdown and Specter are the trends of the last few days, there is practically no talk of anything else and that is ...
Latest Ubuntu version damages Lenovo and Acer computers
The latest version of Ubuntu 17.10 is causing serious problems on Lenovo and Acer computers, rendering many useless or like a brick, something without solution ...
Solus 4 will come in January 2018 with support for Snap packages and other improvements
You will already know the famous Solus project that stands out for its peculiar desktop, but although it was born to become the distro ...
How to speed up SSH connections in GNU / Linux
This protocol offers a few configuration options, and today we are going to mention 3 of them, which will allow us to improve the speed of our SSH connections immediately.
ESA also uses GNU / Linux for its projects
We have talked on numerous occasions about projects in the scientific world that use GNU / Linux distributions to work, many of them are ...
All the secrets of compression in GNU / Linux
We return to the usual problem that becomes an advantage for many advanced users of GNU / Linux and is the ...
Qt 5.10 - Released with Qt 3D Studio Editor and other enhancements
One of The Qt Company's developers, named Lars Knoll, has announced that it is now generally available ...
Check Wikipedia from the terminal with Wikit
Wikit is an application that allows us to search Wikipedia from the terminal, with it we can access the thousands of published articles, as well as see ...
Do you want to find a file whose content is a specific text?
Some have asked me about a functionality that the latest versions of Microsoft Windows have that you can use ...
Amazon Web Service has powerful new features based on Linux
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is probably one of the largest and most powerful cloud computing platforms that ...
OpenIL: the distribution of NXP Semiconductors for the industry
OpenIL (Open Industrial Linux) is a new GNU / Linux distribution created by the giant NXP Semiconductors. NXP, for which still ...
TheSSS: the operating system designed for servers
TheSSS (The Smallest Server Suite) is an operating system to implement a lightweight CD / USB-based server set ...
Richard Stallman trapped in a train in Extremadura ...
Richard Stallman has come to Spain for one of his talks to which he has us accustomed about software ...
Binary Emotions: brings us a new operating system for your Pi
New release of operating systems for the famous Raspberry Pi SBC board, these are Linux-based SSOOs that…
How to upgrade from Fedora 26 to Fedora 27
After the official release of the new version of Fedora 27, we started with updates from the previous version. As you should know is extremely.
Black Friday LxA: all the best Linux deals
If you are already addicted to Linux and have computers and devices with a distribution, Black Friday can ...
Kali Linux 2017.3 now available with interesting news
You can now download the new version of the famous distribution for computer security from the official website of ...
Mentor Embedded Linux - An Ideal Solution for Various Industries
Mentor Graphics is a great company in the sector, and has been using Linux in its projects for some time. One of…
Good old Woz respects and praises Linux
Steve Wozniak, or Woz, is undoubtedly one of the icons of the Apple company, along with Jobs. Woz I know ...
Things you didn't know worked thanks to Linux
It is not something new in LxA, since we have dedicated many articles to mention robots, routers, supercomputers, electrical appliances that ...
Fedora 27: available and with news for you
Fedora is one of the classics, a well-known GNU / Linux distributions that emerged in its Red Hat day from a ...
Get to see the permissions of a file in octal format
Permissions are a very interesting topic in the Unix world and one of the most valued peculiarities of this ...
How to: how to create your own command in Linux
We always talk about commands to run in the Linux CLI, consoles, terminal emulators, etc. But this time…
Microsoft Paint: the best alternatives for Linux
Microsoft Paint is one of the best known programs that includes the Microsoft Windows operating system from ...
Format a hard drive or US at low level
The low-level format in a nutshell is to leave some device as new, I do not mean that it will be restored and it will start again when it first starts.
Manjaro Linux installation guide
Manjaro Linux is a GNU / Linux distribution that has the possibility to choose with which default user interface it will be downloaded and installed ...
How to create a bootable usb from the terminal in any distribution
There are times when it is necessary to create a bootable USB with an operating system, no matter which one we are talking about, in my case there is ...
Halloween on Linux: how to kill zombie processes
The day of the dead is coming and that is why we want to do this little tutorial from LxA to talk about the ...
Video games for Windows that you can run with Wine on GNU / Linux
We have already seen how a few years ago the world of video games was practically non-existent, we only had some games like ...
Security tools for GNU / Linux for everyday use
There are distributions loaded with hundreds or more than a thousand tools for security and auditing, ...
iPal: AvatarMind's humanoid robot that can be customized thanks to ROS and Android
AvatarMind is preparing a mobile humanoid robot capable of being modified by means of an SDK that works thanks to the operating system ...
Ataribox: the mythical Atari console is reborn
Everyone, even the youngest, will know the name of Atari, the legendary brand that lived through a golden age in the ...
Debian vs. Ubuntu
Debian vs Ubuntu: We analyze these two Linux distributions and make a comparison to see which is better for your needs. Which one do you choose?
How to create a bootable USB
The best methods to make a bootable USB with Linux and Windows .. If you want to install Linux from a USB, we teach you how to create a bootable USB.
GNU / Linux distribution catalog according to your needs: 11 distros 11 professions
Looking for the best Linux to program? Enter because we analyze the best Linux distributions according to your profession, what is yours?
SharkLinux OS: the rare distribution destined for success
SharkLinux OS is one of those rather rare Linux distributions that many are unaware of. Not much is said about her, but ...
How to know my IP in Linux
Tutorial in which we teach you the command to know your IP in Linux. If you want to find out your network address, ifconfig is your ally. Learn how to use
SparkyLinux 5: the lightweight off-road distro
SparkyLinux is a light and fast distribution of Polish origin based on Debian of which it is not the first ...
Reasons to use Linux for development
Windows 10 has taken a great leap and has quite pleased users and professionals who ...
The best Linux distributions of 2017
We analyze the best Linux distributions for this 2017 with this ranking of 17 distros for this year with which you will enjoy FLOSS to the fullest.
Linux Distributions 2016
Discover the best Linux distributions 2016. Do you know them all? There is one for each type of Linux user, find yours
Switch between directories in an automated way without using cd
There are several ways to change from one directory to another, you know that the most used is the command cd ...
Suricata 4.0 has been released
Suricata is a famous open source project, as you well know, and it is also available for various platforms, including ...
Lifehacker Pack: a pack of essential apps for Linux
Lifehacker Pack is a bundle that includes several essential apps for Linux all in one. We have different distributions, with different ...
Know how long a process has been running on Linux
All those who already know GNU / Linux or Unix systems will know the ps command that allows us to monitor processes, like this ...
csplit: take the ax and split large files into parts
Like the famous Hacha program, for Linux there is a very similar one with a GUI called Hoz of which we have ...
Elvish a very friendly shell for Linux
There are many shell projects for Linux, and we have already talked about some of them numerous times. Today I…
ash: encrypt files and directories in Linux in an easy way
It is possible to encrypt and decrypt files and directories in Linux in a simple way, although there are many projects and ways ...
Pop OS: the new distribution of System76
We have already talked on numerous occasions about the assembler of computers with preinstalled Linux System76, their laptops, etc. But now…
LibreOffice is looking for a pet
LibreOffice, the most free and popular office suite, has organized a contest to choose a mascot, a mascot that will be official and distinctive of the suite ...
Ranking of the best laptops with preinstalled GNU / Linux
They will know if they have wanted to buy a laptop with Linux that the equipment that comes without ...
fswatch: a tool to monitor changes in files
The fswatch tool is free and open source, as well as being multiplatform as it can be installed on numerous operating systems ...
Security alert: bug in sudo CVE-2017-1000367
There is a serious vulnerability in the famous sudo tool. The vulnerability is due to a bug in the programming of ...
Debunking some myths about Linux and free software
I already mentioned a while ago that the famous Jamie Hyneman from Mythbusters uses Linux and free software, and ...
Delete a non-empty directory when we get an error trying
Sometimes we need to delete a directory that is not empty and we get permission errors like "Permission denied" or also ...
How to know if a Linux system is physical or virtual
Virtualization technologies have made physical resources much better utilized. Crowd of hosting companies or ...
Slimbook Pro, a tough rival for Macbook Air with a free spirit
The Spanish brand Slimbook has presented its new equipment, the Slimbook Pro, a lightweight laptop but with a lot of power and powered by Free Software ...
HP Specter + GNU / Linux: the laptop of your dreams
ASUS, Acer, HP, Dell, Lenovo, ... there are many firms that assemble laptops. But of all of them there is one that ...
Find if a file exists or not in our system
Well, as we know, the shell allows us to have extreme control of our entire system, despite its rudeness ...
Fatdog64: Another Lightweight Linux Distribution You Must Try
If you've tried Puppy Linux, Zephyr, and other light distros we've talked about numerous times on this ...
Globs help you: how to delete all files except one
Globs and Unix pipes are very beneficial in many cases when we work from the console. All of you…
How to have your own VPS server in the cloud
The world of the cloud has opened great fronts in the field of technology. It offers us free or low-cost services that we didn't even imagine before.
How to format a pendrive through the Linux terminal
Small tutorial on how to format a pendrive from the Gnu / Linux terminal without needing any graphical environment to do it ...
Flint OS a new fork of Chromium OS
Chromium OS is an open source operating system promoted by Google and as the basis for the development of its ...
Zorin OS 12 Business Edition released
Zorin OS 12 Business Edition has been launched with new features, among which some layers such as macOS, Unity and… stand out.
Descent OS dies, Arkas OS takes over
Brian Manderville's Ubuntu-based project Descent OS is dead. Since it began in 2012, the ...
Slimbook One: miniPC with a Spanish flavor and Linux in its guts
The Spanish company Slimbook, which we have already talked about in other articles about some of its products, such as…
MX-16: a new name to add to the list of distros
There is almost always talk of well-known distributions, such as Debian, openSUSE, Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Arch Linux, Fedora, etc., but no ...
Debian 9.0 "Stretch" enters final development phase
We already announced a long time ago that Debian 9.0 was in development, the macro project and the great community that is behind ...
GeckoLinux Plasma: for old openSUSE lovers
Many of you will be missing recent Live versions of openSUSE, and that is what the ...
AsteroidOS the new smartwatch operating system debuting on GitHub
We always try to cover all new projects and this is one example of this. On the famous page ...
SemiCode OS
We almost always talk about the best-known distributions, in some cases, present some for more specific purposes, and ...
wattOS a great lightweight Ubuntu based distro
Today we bring you this article about the GNU / Linux distribution called wattOS. It is a simple, light and fast distro ...
KillDisk has a variant that affects Linux
KillDisk is a ransomware-type malware that encrypts the contents of the hard drive when it infects a system. This type…
BuxyBox 1.26.0: the new version of the Linux Swiss Army knife arrives
For those who do not know this fantastic package, BusyBox was created by the well-known Bruce Perens and written in C….
Linux already exceeds 86 million users
It seems that Linux is only installed by three hackers or geeks, that is, a minority. But it turns out I know ...
Ideas for Linux gifts this Christmas 2017
Christmas is coming, some are already counting down the days until the new year, all with enthusiasm because ...
Could Apple license its operating system?
Some media and some rumors suggest that Apple seems to be neglecting some of its products and possibly ...