The Developer's Conference - not only about software freedom

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Do you know the average lifespan of a transgender human being in Brazil is 35 years? Also, 73% of them suffer verbal aggression every day and 25% have suffered physical aggression (1). Shocking, right? Is this the kind of thing you would expect to learn from a Developer's...

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The Linux LPIC Level-1 Certification at a Glance

What is the LPI Certification? The Linux Professional Institute has primarily created Linux certifications for getting entry into senior-level positions. The Linux Professional Institute, which is also referred to as LPI, is a nonprofit organization that is based in Canada. The organization encourages the usage of free software,...

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LPIC-1: A short overview

The world’s largest and most recognized Linux Certification LPIC-1 is the first certification in LPI’s multi-level Linux professional certification program. The LPIC-1 will validate the candidate's ability to perform maintenance tasks on the command line, install and configure a computer running Linux and configure basic networking. The LPIC-1...

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All About Linux and Linux+

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What Is Linux? In short, Linux is an open-source, UNIX-like operating system created by Linus Torvalds that runs a plethora of different devices today. When you do your online banking or use Google, Facebook or Twitter, you’re talking to Linux servers in the cloud. In fact, nearly all...

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The Evolution of DevOps Tools

How System Administrators and Product Owners Can Stay Current DevOps is a field that continues to evolve rapidly – and in so doing, stir up strong emotions. Case in point: it is only recently that practitioners and thought-leaders have come to agree on a definition for DevOps. So,...

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Introduction to Shell Scripting Basics

What is a Shell A shell is an interpreter in UNIX like Operating system. It takes commands typed by the user and calls the operating system to run those commands. In simple terms a shell acts as form of wrapper around the OS. For example , you may...

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Head Command Examples in Unix / Linux

The head command in unix or linux system is used to print the first N lines from the file to the terminal. The syntax of head command is head [options] [files] The head command options are: ◉ c : Prints the first N bytes of file; With leading...

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Unix Interview Questions on FIND Command

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Find utility is used for searching files using the directory information. 1. Write a command to search for the file 'test' in the current directory? find -name test -type f 2. Write a command to search for the file 'temp' in '/usr' directory? find /usr -name temp -type...

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9 Useful touch command examples in Linux

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Touch command is used to create empty files and also changes the timestamps of existing files on Unix & Linux System. Changing timestamps here means updating the access and modification time of files and directories. Let’s have a look on the syntax and options used in touch command,...

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CVS command Examples - Unix / Linux

CVS (concurrent Version Control system) is a version controlling system used to record the history of the files. Whenever a code is changed in software, there might be chance of bugs creeping into that. With CVS, you can easily get the old version of the code and see...

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SSH Command Examples - Unix / Linux

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SSH client utility in unix or linux server is used to logging into a remote host and execute commands on the remote machine. The rlogin and rsh commands can also be used to login into the remote machine. However these are not secure. The ssh command provides a...

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What is a Arch Linux?

Arch Linux is an independently developed, x86-64 general-purpose GNU/Linux distribution that strives to provide the latest stable versions of most software by following a rolling-release model. The default installation is a minimal base system, configured by the user to only add what is purposely required. Principles Simplicity Arch...

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du Command in LINUX

While working on LINUX, there might come a situation when you want to transfer a set of files or the entire directory. In such a case, you might wanna know the disk space consumed by that particular directory or set of files. As you are dealing with LINUX,...

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How can CompTIA Linux+ (Powered by LPI) Certification Holders obtain LPIC-1?

Quick Facts ◉ CompTIA released their own Linux+ exam in 2019 which will not be eligible for obtaining the LPIC-1 ◉ Candidates who pass the "Powered by LPI" version of the Linux+ exams (LX0-103 and LX0-104) can still obtain the LPIC-1. CompTIA will continue to offer these two...

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