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Jack Wallen on password managers for Linux and command-line tools
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Applications
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ZDNet ☛ My top 5 password managers for Linux - and my favorite works on Windows and MacOS too
I've been using a password manager for as long as I can remember. To be honest, I can't imagine not using one at this point.
If you're serious about your security, it's time to adopt one yourself. Or, if you're using a password manager that doesn't have a Linux client, now's the perfect time to switch to one that does. And if anyone tells you that Linux doesn't have viable options, they are simply wrong.
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Instructionals/Technical
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ZDNet ☛ The first 8 Linux commands every new user should learn
I remember when I started using Linux in the late 1990s. Back then, using the command line wasn't optional. If you worked with the open-source operating system, you had to spend time in the terminal. Even worse, if you needed to do anything with admin privileges, you had to change to the root user or even log in as root, which could be a security nightmare.
Using the command line in the past was challenging because there wasn't as much help as today. I was on my own. Thankfully, I struggled through and became proficient. With the help of man pages (manual pages for commands), I survived those early days. Of course, the irony of me putting in all that hard work is that using the command line isn't a requirement now.
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ZDNet ☛ 7 Linux commands I can't live without after 20 years in the terminal
Even though I've been using Linux for decades and am perfectly at home with the command line, I often tell those who are thinking about trying the open-source operating system that it isn't necessary. It's not. Truly.
If I wanted to, I could give up the command line altogether. Of course, I'd have to find GUI apps to replace some of the commands I use, but it can be done.
Which commands would I have to replace? Well, those are the commands that I would have a hard time doing without. If you're curious as to what those commands are (because maybe you want to know them yourself), keep reading.
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