I've been using Ubuntu for decades. Whether you're new to the OS or returning to it after a while, these are the essential apps, hidden settings, and useful tweaks you need to know about.

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Dirty Frag, a critical Linux kernel zero-day vulnerability with no patch and giving hackers root, has gone public after an ...

Jack Wallen is an award-winning writer for TechRepublic, The New Stack, and Linux New Media. He's covered a variety of topics ...

Outdated defaults: Several Linux commands still operate with defaults designed for much older hardware and workflows, limiting efficiency for current users. Safer operations: Adjustments to rm, cp, ...

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A new Linux zero-day exploit, named Dirty Frag, allows local attackers to gain root privileges on most major Linux ...

Exposure therapy to the bash shell brought me to the tipping point, and I jumped ship to the Macintosh side of the house. It ...

Taskwarrior is a command-line to-do list app that allows you to manage a list of tasks in a fast and efficient way. You can ...

Making headlines everywhere is the CopyFail Linux kernel vulnerability, which allows local privilege escalation (LPE) from any user to root privileges on most kernels and distributions. Local ...