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Debian has traditionally favored AppArmor for its simplicity and ease of integration. However, SELinux support is fully ...

While SELinux (Security-Enhanced Linux) is another MAC system popular on Red Hat-based distributions, AppArmor is often ...

Bash allows you to work with custom file descriptors beyond the standard 0 (stdin), 1 (stdout), and 2 (stderr). You can also separate stdout and stderr cleanly: ...

Flatpak is a powerful, secure, and distribution-independent approach to managing software on Ubuntu. While Ubuntu ...

In the beginning, there were mainframes. Every program and piece of data was stored in a single almighty machine. Users could access this centralized computer only by means of dumb terminals. (See ...

ALSA stands for the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture. It consists of a set of kernel drivers, an application programming interface (API) library and utility programs for supporting sound under Linux.

Editors' Note: This article has been updated since its original posting. Software and hardware engineers who have to deal with byte and bit order issues know the process is like walking a maze. Though ...

Due to the complexity of developing and maintaining the kernel, only the most essential and performance-critical code are placed in the kernel. Other things, such as GUI, management and control code, ...