Jack Wallen is an award-winning writer for TechRepublic, The New Stack, and Linux New Media. He's covered a variety of topics for over twenty years and is an avid promoter of open source. For more news about Jack Wallen, visit his website jackwallen.com.
Backups are a crucial portion of IT. With Linux you have a lot of options. Jack Wallen introduces you to Borgbackup, and how to use it across your network.
If you want the anonymity of the Tor network, but would rather use the Chrome browser, you’re not out of luck. Jack Wallen shows you how to make this happen.
Have you deployed VirtualBox virtual machines, only to find they cannot be reached on your company network? Jack Wallen tells you how to easily fix that problem.
If you’re not combing through your log files on a daily basis, you run the risk of missing crucial system information. Here’s how to make this task easy on Linux, with Logwatch.
If you have a headless Linux server that needs to sync with a cloud service, rclone is the tool for the task. Here’s how to install and configure this text-based cloud tool.
If you need the means to monitor data integrity on your Linux servers, Tripwire is the tool for the task. Here’s how to install and configure this handy open source software.
If you want to further secure your Linux machines, there’s no place like home. Here’s how to manage permissions and encrypt each user’s home directory.
If your local drive doesn’t have space to sync your entire Google Drive, here’s how you can make Google’s new Backup and Sync client do a backup only or sync specific Drive folders.