PBIS Open is a software package that permits Linux machines to join Active Directory domains. When I updated from Utopic to Vivid (which I did because numerous things I needed were broken on Utopic), ...

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I will confess. I started writing this post about some stupid systemd tricks. However, I wanted to explain a little about systemd first, and that wound up being longer than the tricks. So this Linux ...

A vast majority of Linux systems these days are using systemd – a suite of programs aimed at managing and interconnecting different parts of the system. Systemd started replacing the init process back ...

Managing services effectively is a crucial aspect of maintaining any Linux-based system, and Debian, one of the most popular Linux distributions, is no exception. In modern Linux systems, Systemd has ...

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Controlling services in Linux doesn't have to be a confounding experience. Here's how the process works and why it is often seen as an overly complicated task. For advanced Linux users, starting, ...

What are masked services in Linux, and how do you manage them? Your email has been sent Have you ever gone to start or stop a service in Linux using the systemctl command only to see a warning such as ...

Just spent some time figuring it out. Figure I'd put it here for anybody else who may care and for future reference for myself in case I am on a system without access to my normal notes. There are two ...

Linux PC booting slowly? This handy tool shows why in seconds - here's how ...