If you spend any time in Linux forums, you’ve seen DistroWatch’s Page Hit Ranking cited as proof one distro is “more popular” than another. It isn’t. The DistroWatch Page Hit Ranking (PHR) is…
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If the Linux desktop and applications on your thin and light laptop or low-end PC feel sluggish under a busy session, the usual suspects are slow storage R/W, not enough RAM, or occasionally…
Every Linux process runs until something stops it. That “something” is almost always a signal. Signals are how the kernel and user space communicate with running processes, and understanding them properly will save…
Every sysadmin has a set of commands they type dozens of times per day. Long ssh strings, grep pipelines, systemctl restarts, directory jumps. You type them, you forget a flag, you retype them….
Scheduling recurring tasks is one of those things every Linux user eventually needs to do. For decades, cron was the only real option. It is still everywhere, still works, and still makes sense…
A few days ago I received an email from Eric Marceau, a longtime member of the ubuntu-mate.community forum, reaching out to ask whether LinuxCommunity.io would be willing to accommodate a group for MATE…
Monitoring dashboards occasionally indicate low CPU utilization (e.g., 22%) and ample free memory, yet applications may exhibit sluggishness and increased response times. This common discrepancy in Linux environments often stems from process states…
The curl command in Linux is one of those tools that looks simple on the surface but has surprising depth once you start using it regularly. Most people know it as “that command…
The strace command in Linux separates the sysadmins who guess from the ones who actually know what’s happening. When a process misbehaves, hangs, eats CPU, or refuses to start, strace shows you exactly…
Setting up a Linux server is one of the best ways to learn Linux and server management hands-on. Linux servers offer unmatched flexibility, performance, and control for hosting services, running applications, supporting production…
Mar 24, 2026 10min Read Summarize with: Inbound email marketing is a strategy in which you only email people who signed up to hear from you. Instead of cold-emailing strangers, you attract subscribers…
If you’ve spent any time on the Linux command line, you’ve probably seen the sed command used in a one-liner and thought “I should learn that properly.” Most people pick it up piecemeal,…
I run a Discourse forum behind Cloudflare, and getting the WAF rules right took more trial and error than I expected. Discourse is a Ruby on Rails application that most people self-host in…
Every write to disk costs something, whether it’s wearing down an SSD, slowing I/O on a busy server, or draining battery on a laptop. One of the biggest offenders is logging. Between systemd-journald,…
Update 2026: This article has been updated to fix broken links and verify long-term reliability. After 4 years, every device recommended below is still working in my lab, including multiple SD cards that…
SELinux and AppArmor have been around for many years, but are still essential for maintaining a secure Linux environment. This article will cover how to set them up and troubleshoot these mandatory access…
This article is a follow-up to the previous 90 Linux Commands Frequently Used by Linux Sysadmins post. As time allows, I will continue to publish articles on each of these 90 commands, geared toward…
