If you extensively use Docker on your machine, you might have noticed how unused instances take up a lot of space on your hard drive.…
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I wanted to know this for such a long time and never had enough motivation to look it up properly. Turns out it is so…
From time to time I have to work on files that exceed specific disk sizes. When that happens, programs begin to stutter, load indefinitely or simply crash when opening these files.
Therefore, I often need to evaluate which tools can open, edit and save big files. This blog post is a reminder to myself.
One of the most useful tools in a hacker’s toolbox is a password cracker. Passwords are everywhere to protect systems, and sometimes, when there is…
Playing around with privilege escalation techniques on my Linux box, I stumbled across an interesting exploitation method that can be used to get root privileges…
If you happen to own a Linux system, I am sure you already searched for solutions to problems on the Internet, only to find smart…
Introduction (repeated from Part 1) If you are new to Linux, you have to know that a lot of configuration can and should be done…
If you are new to Linux, you have to know that a lot of configuration can and should be done through a terminal. On most modern Linux distributions like Ubuntu, Mint or Debian you can avoid to use any command line program at all, but more often than not you will find solutions on the Internet that should what to type into the console to fix a problem.
Here are a few commands you should learn to get comfortable with the terminal without breaking things or damaging your computer.