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Linux / Tutorials

Linux: what is fstab and how do I use it?

When learning Linux system administration one of the basic concept is the fstab file. Many people say you don’t have to touch it, many other say that you should only if things don’t work, but what...

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Linux / News

Linux: the story of a kernel old 25 years

Linux is clearly the most successful project in the open source history. This year, the world’s most known kernel turns 25, marking the quarter of century for this incredible project.

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Linux / Theory

Swap partitions: what are they? Do I need them?

One of the most asked question by Linux beginners is: “What is this swap partition?” usually followed by “Do I need it?”. In this article I try to explain what these partitions are and if you...

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Linux

Kali Linux: The hacker distro, is it good for me?

Kali Linux is the favourite hacker distribution, or at least that’s what they say. Because of that, it gets so much attention, even among non-technical and beginner users; but is it a good thing? In this...

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Linux / Theory

Containers: What are they and why do you need them?

Virtual machines revolutionised pretty much the industry at the time of their inception. Today another huge revolution is happening in the IT: containers. Many are speaking of it, but as any buzz-word, it can be difficult...

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Linux / Tutorials

How to install ESXi nested inside ProxMox VE

So, one of the tasks I had to complete this past week was: Install an ESXi hypervisor in a virtual machine, on top of a Proxmox VE 4 infrastructure. This post documents the process (since I...