Best Articles of 2024 about Linux system tools
Linux has many excellent tools that allow SysAdmins to manage our systems. We’ve published many articles this year about those tools, and here are 9 that we especially like.
- How to use udev — April 18 (Seth)
- The real differences between less, more, and most — April 7, (Seth)
- Securely erasing your data on Linux — November 6, (Don)
- Essential steps for creating a USB boot drive for Linux — November3, (Don)
- Fastfetch: system information tool — October21, (Don)
- Another reason I like Linux –November 18 (David)
- An introduction to the Network Time Protocol – November, 16 (David)
- sync — The command you never heard of – November 15, (David)
- A quick look at DNF5 – November 10, (David)
If you haven’t already read these, Here’s another chance to do so.
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