Similar to the Raspberry Pi is the Orange Pi series of single board systems.

These single boards are not compatible with the Operating System (OS) images for Raspberry Pi. In this article we will cover installing and setting up an OS.

Orange Pi Plus 2e

The main specs for the board are as…

LibreOffice is looking for a mascot and you could be the creator of it! In their announcement, they mention some of the popular mascots out there, like Java's Duke, the SUSE Geeko, and KDE's Konqui.

They'd like to have their own mascot as well, which should also be able to fill you with feelings…

The Linux Kernel is often misunderstood or not even known about. To help everyone out we can go over some basics of the Kernel and help you to understand things better.

There are many aspects of the Kernel which will help you to understand the concept of the Kernel.

General

When a system is…

One of the major games for Linux is ‘Extreme Tux Racer’.

Extreme Tux Racer is available for Android, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Macintosh operating systems and Ubuntu Touch.

The goal of the game is to control Tux, or another chosen character, to get to the bottom of the hill. The character will…

When dealing with files and folders on a system or even going through the contents of a file you will need to understand ‘Regular Expression’. ‘Regular Expression’ are characters used to define a pattern. The pattern can be used to search through a text file or listing files and folders.

Sometime…

There are many Linux gaming distros. Most of the gaming distros are based off of Debian, but this one is Red Hat. For those people who prefer Red Hat systems over Debian then this gaming system is for you.

There are many inclusions that other systems have, but some that are not as common.

NOTE:…

For those who like a visually enhanced form of Linux then Ultimate Edition 5.4 is for you. The graphics are extremely nice compared to other versions of Linux I have seen.

With animated cursors and having its own desktop called ‘Budgie’ the Operating System (OS) is visually pleasing.

Download…

Sometimes on a network it is beneficial to know the Operating System (OS) of a machine. Accessing a system is easier when you know the OS because you can specifically search the Internet for known security holes in the OS. Granted, security holes are usually patched quickly, but you need to know…

Another useful command for the Linux Foundation Certified SysAdmin (LFCS) is the 'sed' Command. The initials stand for 'Streaming EDitor'.

The 'sed' Command is an editor that edits the file as a stream. To stream a file is to pass it from another command using pipes (> or |) or load it directly…

Many people may have a user account on their system which they may not know the password to log in. Other passwords may also exist which can be recovered.

This article will cover the use of Hashcat to find missing passwords. Of course, this process will not find every password, but it can help to…

When dealing with files and folders on a system or even going through the contents of a file you will need to understand ‘Regular Expression’. ‘Regular Expression’ are characters used to define a pattern. The pattern can be used to search through a text file or listing files and folders.…

Since Fedora 26 Beta came out a few days ago, I decided it was a great time to throw it on my 13" MacBook Air.

First thing I did was download the beta. You can grab it from the GetFedora website. Once you have it downloaded, install it to a usb flash drive. From Linux, you can do this easily with…

You may have received a vulnerability report/scan stating that you need to fix 'HTTP Security Header Not Detected' on some web servers.

We'll mitigate three different things: X-Frame-options, X-XSS-Protection and X-Content-Type-Options

First, run curl to test your server:
Code: curl -I…

Not all of us were able to attend osc17 in Nürnberg last month. If you missed it, you're in luck as a large amount of the talks are now online for you to watch.

There are 57 in total and they range from 'Snaps in openSUSE' to 'openSUSE Heroes fighting the villans'. There is easily 30 hours of…

A lot of people who like to use their Linux system for gaming. There seems to be no shortage of gaming systems which can supply access to games. UALinux is a Ukrainian company which promotes the use of GNU/Linux. UALinux has created a Ubuntu version to fill the gap for gaming. The Operating System…