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Linux Security Check: Most people feel Linux is a secure Operating System (OS). I’m definitely not trying to make anyone paranoid or worried. In some situations, such as a business environment, it is best to be safe with your servers. The… linux.org/threads/linux-… #Linux

LFCS – High Availability (HA) Cluster: Within any business, there may be a need to have a resource available nearly 100% of the time. A good example is a web service. If one server should fail, then another server will resume the resource and keep… linux.org/threads/lfcs-%… #Linux

Python Series Part 11: Classes: Classes in Python are special objects that you create. The classes can have attributes that define the class. Once we fill the attributes in the class and give it definition, we have an object. Creating a… linux.org/threads/python… #Linux

Network-Wide Ad Blocking Made Easy with Pi-Hole: Ads can be annoying, but they are necessary for some websites to finance themselves. The browse can install ad-blockers to stop the ads from popping up, but what if you want to cover your entire… linux.org/threads/networ… #Linux

LCFS – Configuring iSCSI Storage on Linux: iSCSI is a TCP/IP protocol that allows the use of iSCSI disks on a network. The Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI) is a server-based target and client initiator. When installed, the… linux.org/threads/lcfs-%… #Linux

Getting Started with Arch Linux: A Beginner's Installation Guide: There are many distros available for Linux and Arch is one of them. Arch Linux is a very popular distro that we can cover the installation of for anyone wanting to use or try it. … linux.org/threads/gettin… #Linux

Enhancing Ubuntu Efficiency with Simple Tweaks: I must say that I am sorry to those who do not use Ubuntu, but I mainly use Ubuntu. Yes, I need to branch out and work with some others. I do occasionally use CentOS or Fedora. I used to use Linux… linux.org/threads/enhanc… #Linux

Python Series Part 10: Error Management: Sometimes programming, that you can do everything you can to make your program user friendly. Unfortunately, this does not mean that the users will be friendly in return. Errors can occur that will cause… linux.org/threads/python… #Linux

Linux and Internet Protocol Television (ipTV): There have been more comments on the article for FreeTuxTV. Apparently this app has not been updated well, so let's look at another as well as how to update it yourself. I’ve found I can add… linux.org/threads/linux-… #Linux

LFCS – Working With Logical Volumes: Sometimes, an administrator will need to change disk drives, add drives, or remove drives from the server. Sometimes, you may be tempted to back up a drive and replace the drive, then restore the data. With… linux.org/threads/lfcs-%… #Linux

Linux USB Port Guide: Speeds and Power: It would not be easy to find a system that does not have A Universal Serial Bus (USB) port. I've covered 'USB Port Management', but maybe it's time to look a little deeper now that there are newer… linux.org/threads/linux-… #Linux

Python Series Part 9: File I/O: Getting information to and out of a file is a very important aspect of programming. Some good examples are for games that keep track of High Scores. The High Score and name of the player can be kept in a file.… linux.org/threads/python… #Linux

LFCS - Access Control Lists (ACLs): For Linux, any distro, the file system used on your storage device has its own permissions. Usually, these are set for the Owner, Group and Others. The three types of permissions you can use: read (r), write (w)… linux.org/threads/lfcs-a… #Linux

Using Firefox Translate: There are quite a lot of websites that may not be in your preferred language. For those people that use Firefox as their browser, there is a built-in translator. The translation add-on allows you to translate languages… linux.org/threads/using-… #Linux

Python Series Part 8: Data Structures: Previously, I wrote an article on Python Basics. The article covered the different data types, such as strings, floats, etc. In this article I will finish the data types and what you can do with them. I… linux.org/threads/python… #Linux

LFCS - Working With Swap Memory: Some people may work on systems that do not have enough Random Access Memory (RAM) to run all the programs you want to be running. To manage this, you can have a swap file or swap partition. The way it works is… linux.org/threads/lfcs-w… #Linux

How to Install and Use Flatpak: I've written other articles that use Flatpak and even cover the installation of Flatpak. In this article, I plan to cover Flatpak in more detail. Flatpak is a way to install programs on almost all distributions… linux.org/threads/how-to… #Linux

Setting up Blu-ray on Ubuntu: Granted this was done on Ubuntu 22.04, most of the steps will work on other distros as well. Blu-ray players and discs are becoming more popular because of better video resolution of the media, but also the price… linux.org/threads/settin… #Linux

QuickGUI and QuickEMU: Over the years, I have done quite a few articles on emulators and Virtual Machines (VMs). This program is a variant that seems to do a good job. The major difference on this one is that you do not need the Operating… linux.org/threads/quickg… #Linux

Python Series Part 7: User Input: Getting input from the user is a necessary task for most programs. There usually needs to be some input unless the program is completely automated to perform a task. This article is not strictly on getting the… linux.org/threads/python… #Linux