Articles & guides

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Topic	Replies	Views	Activity
About the Articles & guides category Articles & guides The comments section for articles and guides on linuxblog.io. Also, feel free to share resources from other sources.	0	401	April 15, 2022
Windows 11 vs Linux: A Year Later, I’m Switching Back Articles & guides	15	340	October 29, 2025
Should I stay on Arch or try Fedora? Community Picks fedora , distros , arch-linux	30	1537	October 29, 2025
The Linux Boot Process: From Power Button to Kernel Articles & guides boot , kernel , file-systems	3	40	October 29, 2025
30 Linux Terminal Emulators Community Picks command-line , tools , sysadmins	62	801	October 28, 2025
50 Linux Text Editors You Should Know About Community Picks software , tools	24	3212	October 27, 2025
Linux Package Managers Compared: APT, DNF, Pacman and Zypper Articles & guides	14	175	October 27, 2025
80,000 GitHub Stars and I’m Just Finding This?! - Immich Articles & guides	4	46	October 27, 2025
Docker Alternative: Podman on Linux Articles & guides	6	39	October 26, 2025
How to Install Docker on Linux and Run Your First Container Articles & guides	13	81	October 26, 2025
Dual-Boot Linux and Windows: 5-Minute Install Guide Articles & guides	7	117	October 25, 2025
Fixing apt-key deprecation warnings with cPanel EA4 on Ubuntu 20.04 to 22.04 Articles & guides web-server , cloud-hosting , server	0	45	October 22, 2025
Best low-memory Linux Server Distros for < 1GB deployments Articles & guides	2	49	October 20, 2025
How to Upgrade ThinkPad Firmware on Linux (fwupd) Articles & guides	4	84	October 13, 2025
pfSense Firewall 2.8: Install & Config – Settings Walkthrough Articles & guides	3	369	October 11, 2025
My $300 pfSense Firewall Appliance – Part 1: Unboxing Articles & guides	12	717	October 6, 2025
How I’m Continuing to Use CSF After ConfigServer’s Shutdown Articles & guides	5	57	September 27, 2025
Choosing the Best Linux Server Distro 2026 Community Picks distros , sysadmins	5	1238	September 23, 2025
Increase the Performance and lifespan of SSDs & SD Cards Articles & guides sysadmins , desktop , file-systems	10	796	September 7, 2025
We're Giving Away a Linuxcommunity.io T-Shirt Every Month! Articles & guides	3	122	September 22, 2025
SCP Linux - Securely Copy Files Using SCP examples Articles & guides command-line , sysadmins , tools	3	866	February 24, 2024
Could not increase number of max_open_files to more than... (Solution) Articles & guides mysql , database , sysadmins	5	1034	September 16, 2025
Linux top: Here's how to customize it Community Picks tools , monitoring , command-line	6	959	September 12, 2025
Finding Linux Compatible Printers Community Picks desktop	21	2064	September 7, 2025
9 Most Stable Linux "Rolling Release" Distributions Articles & guides kali-linux , arch-linux , distros	7	488	September 5, 2025
I was wrong! zswap IS better than zram Articles & guides	2	129	September 2, 2025
Clonezilla for cloning drives Articles & guides software , desktop	15	4538	September 1, 2025
Tools, cheat sheets and other useful resources Community Picks wiki-posts , tools This is a Wiki post; a wiki post is a special type of post that any member of our community can edit! Join me in editing and populating this Wiki post by sharing tools, scripts, cheat sheets, etc., that you frequently r…	18	1825	February 11, 2025
5 'other' Independent Linux Distros You Should Try Articles & guides distros , desktop-environments	10	830	August 29, 2025
Securing Linux with SELinux (or AppArmor) Articles & guides system-security , sysadmins , distros	10	182	August 26, 2025