AlmaLinux beta is available, and it s CentOS with a new coat of paint Jack Wallen checks out the AlmaLinux beta release and is quite surprised with what he found. Image: Jack Wallen
Every data center admin knows about what s happened with CentOS. With good reason: CentOS is one of the more popular server platforms on the market, and when someone messes with that sauce, bad things happen.
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In the case of CentOS users, good things happen.
Because this is open source we re talking about, there was no way CentOS would die a slow and painful death at the hands of Red Hat. Case in point, AlmaLinux.
Android security: The last piece of advice you ll need for 2020 on December 23, 2020, 1:41 PM PST Jack Wallen takes one more opportunity to remind Android device owners to use those phones with a great deal of caution; otherwise, they could become victims of malware. Image: Google
The year 2020 is coming to a close. In fact, this is the very last piece I will pen for TechRepublic this year, and wow, has it been a doozy of a year. Don t worry, I m not about to go off on the train wreck these past 365 days has been. Instead, I want to offer one final reminder for the year. I bring this reminder out now and then to serve as a cautionary tale to help Android users to better understand a truth they need to grasp.
How to create a Samba share on Ubuntu Server 20.04 on December 17, 2020, 8:08 AM PST If you need to share files from Linux, Jack Wallen shows you how simple it is with Samba and Ubuntu Server 20.04. Image: Jack Wallen
Samba is one of the many ways to share files and directories across a network on Linux. With a Samba share up and running, any machine within your LAN can access the contents of the shared directory so long as the user has access. Samba also happens to be one of the easiest to set up for this task.
I want to walk you through the process of installing and configuring Samba on Ubuntu Server 20.04. With this taken care of, your end users will have easy access to anything you want to share out from that server.