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You can automate Flatpak updates without a package manager using systemd's services and timers.

Filter rules for firewalls can be tricky. As the successor to iptables, nftables simplifies the process of creating and maintaining firewall rules.

With the dict client, you can quickly search dozens of natural language dictionary databases for the perfect word.

In the right circumstances, apt-clone can be a simple option for cloning your Debian system.

DWS Remote Control offers convenient browser access to computers outside of your home network.

If you need a cloudless solution for syncing data across multiple devices, Syncthing could be just the thing.

Logseq, a knowledge database note-taking app, emulates its better-known competitor Roam Research and even outperforms it in some instances.

The tools and strategies you use to back up files that are not being accessed won't work when you copy data that is currently in use by a busy application. This article explains the danger of employing common Linux utilities to back up living data and examines some alternatives.

Zeit offers a graphic front end for the crontab and at tools, making it easier to manage the time-controlled execution of programs, alarms, and timers.

The Thunderbolt interface supports extremely fast data transfer rates, but be careful about what you plug into your port, because Thunderbolt devices access memory directly. We'll show you some Linux tools for locking down your Thunderbolt interface.