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Fix For Meltdown And Spectre
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Fix For Meltdown And Spectre

Everyone is talking about Meltdown and Spectre, the two security flaws found in Intel, AMD(less vulnerable) and ARM CPUs. Using the flaws attackers can read system memory which may have your passwords and other sensitive information. The worst part of it is that most systems are affected by it. So you’re most likely affected by these flaws. Let’s see how much an Internet surfer like you is affected by Meltdown.   First question, if you’re vulnerable or not. Most probably, Yes. The flaws

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How To Use grep Command (With Examples)
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How To Use grep Command (With Examples)

Grep short for Global Regular Expression Print is a command line utility for searching lines in text based data to match a particular regular expression.   How to use grep command Grep is extremely simple to use, I have a text file on my Desktop with the following text.   Now let’s say we need to search for a particular pattern from this file, we can do that by using the following command. grep “pattern to match” filename In this case, we will use the following command to

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Meltdown And Spectre CPU Flaws Put Computers, Laptops, Phones At Risk
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Meltdown And Spectre CPU Flaws Put Computers, Laptops, Phones At Risk

Today Google security blog has posted about the two vulnerabilities that put virtually many computers, phones, laptops using Intel, AMD and ARM CPUs at risk. Using the two major flaws hackers can gain read access to the system memory that may include sensitive data including passwords, encryption keys, etc.   What are Meltdown And Spectre Flaws/vulnerabilities? The two serious security flaws discovered by Google’s Project Zero team caused by “Speculative Execution”. Speculative Exe

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Best Open Source Web Browsers
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Best Open Source Web Browsers

The browser market has always been hot with some really great offerings. Even though the Google-owned ‘Chrome’ holds the biggest share in the browser market, some of us might find it a little unsafe since it is not open-source. Nevertheless, here we compile a list of the best open source web browsers for you. Best Open Source Web Browsers Firefox Firefox is the best alternative to Google’s Chome. Firefox is a completely free and open source browser from the Mozilla founda

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10 Reasons Why Linux Is Better Than Windows
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10 Reasons Why Linux Is Better Than Windows

It is often seen that people get confused over choosing Windows or Linux as a host operating system in both server and desktop spaces. People will focus on aspects of cost, the functionality provided, hardware compatibility, support, reliability, security, pre-built software, cloud-readiness, etc. before they finalize. In this regard, this article covers ten reasons for using Linux over Windows.   10 Reasons Why Linux Is Better Than Windows 1. Total cost of ownership The

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Best Linux Music Players In 2023
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Best Linux Music Players In 2023

For all the music lovers, what better way to enjoy music and relax than to stream your music online. Below are some of the best Linux music players in 2023 you can use to stream music online and how you can get them running on your machine. It will be worth your while. * Best Linux Music Players * Spotify * Amarok * Audacious * Rhythmbox * VLC Media Player * Harmony * Mellow Player * Conclusion Best Linux Music Players Spotify Spotify i

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Making Vim Even More Awesome With These Cool Features
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Making Vim Even More Awesome With These Cool Features

Vim is quite an integral part of Every Linux Distribution and the most useful tool (of course after the terminal) for Linux Users. At least, this theory holds for me. People might argue that for programming, Vim might not be a good choice as there are different IDEs or other sophisticated text editors like Sublime Text 3, Atom, etc. which make the programming job pretty easier.   My Thoughts But what I think is that Vim works the way we want it to the right from the very start, whil

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48th Birthday Tribute To Linus Torvalds, The Brain Behind The Linux
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48th Birthday Tribute To Linus Torvalds, The Brain Behind The Linux

Placing an order through an e-commerce site, playing games on a cell phone, watching movies on a smart TV, taking water out of a refrigerator, interacting with a satellite at NASA, getting quotes from a NY stock exchange, browsing in Chromebook, putting clothes in a washing machine. Did you find one common thing in all these activities? Yes. It is Linux.   It is just everywhere. It is worth mentioning here about the actual brain behind the Linux – Linus Torvalds.  There is no doubt that

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LinuxAndUbuntu Review Of Peppermint Linux
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LinuxAndUbuntu Review Of Peppermint Linux

If somebody is looking for a Linux distro that is lightweight, stable, and just works out of the box, then no doubt – Peppermint OS emerges as a better choice.  Peppermint OS is a minimalistic masterpiece with the smallest footprint and frugal use of resources is ideal for machines with older hardware.  Since its first release in 2010, each version of Peppermint seems to be a little better than the one before. The latest Peppermint release Peppermint OS 8 Respin was released on 8th Dec 2

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Dual Boot Ubuntu And Arch Linux
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Dual Boot Ubuntu And Arch Linux

Dual booting Ubuntu and Arch Linux is not as easy as it sounds, however, I’ll make the process as easy as possible with much clarity. First, we will need to install Ubuntu then Arch Linux since it’s much easier configuring the Ubuntu grub to be able to dual boot Ubuntu and Arch Linux.   Dual Boot Ubuntu And Arch Linux Some of the things you will need: 1. Ubuntu flavor of your choice, in this case, I’ll use ubuntu 17.10 iso 2. 2 USB sticks 3. Windows PC or Linux based PC 4.

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Best Programming Languages To Learn In 2023
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Best Programming Languages To Learn In 2023

Programming is growing as one of the most sought-after professions, unlike olden times when software making was limited to just a handful of programming languages. Today we have a large variety of choices when it comes to programming languages. With the cross-platform support growing, most programming languages can be used for multiple tasks. Here let us have a look at some programming languages that you might want to learn in 2023 if you have not already.   Best programming langua

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LinuxAndUbuntu Review Of Fedora 27
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LinuxAndUbuntu Review Of Fedora 27

It’s not a long time since Fedora 27 came out and I had been using it since then. Fedora comes in 3 forms i.e. workstation, server and atomic. Fedora is generally known as the distro for developers, so I thought to try it but as a normal user to find out if Fedora is suitable for all. Below you will find out all my experience with the latest release of Fedora and all screenshots (including my favorite themes and extensions). You can also read more about the release changelog of Fedora

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