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Arch Linux

Using the snaps package manager

Snaps is a cross-platform; application, packaging and deployment system; created by Canonical and originally designed for Ubuntu. However, the snaps package manager is now available for most distributions, including Arch. All the application libraries are […]

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Arch Linux

Enable snaps on Manjaro i3 CE

Occasionally, when I need an application on Arch Linux that either isn’t available or is poorly maintained, I often find its available as a snapcraft/snaps package. Snaps packages are provides by Canonical and are intended […]

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Arch Linux

Install sipcalc on Manjaro i3

This is a handy command line tool that can calculate subnets for you. For example. It should be available in the community repository. If you’re using pamac, you can check with. And the install it […]

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Linux

Port Listeners

Today I had a request to open a particular port. Once I’d put the required rule in place, I ran a port scan and found the port is still reporting as closed. This means either […]

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Linux

openssl

The OpenSSL project is an open-source general purpose cryptography library that implements the SSL and TLS protocols. Configuration File The configuration file for OpenSSL is openssl.cnf. The location of which will probably vary across Linux […]

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Linux

tar

Compressed Archive Resources How do I Compress a Whole Linux or UNIX Directory? http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/how-do-i-compress-a-whole-linux-or-unix-directory/