I need to provide Debian packages across a work network containing roughly 2,500 identical servers. Each machine runs a containerized advertising player, with Incus containers using Debian as…
I need to provide Debian packages across a work network containing roughly 2,500 servers. Every server runs the same software: an Incus container hosting Debian as the base…
I'm trying to understand how the pieces of Linux fit together. The Linux kernel handles communication with the hardware and manages resources, while a desktop environment such as…
I recently switched to Linux Mint and am still learning how repositories, dependencies, libraries, and package managers work. Installing software with a command like `sudo apt install steam`…
I switched to Linux partly because I wanted a leaner system and more control than I had with Windows. However, I'm wondering whether unused packages and programs can…
I switched to Linux partly because Windows felt overloaded with software I never used. Now I'm wondering whether I might eventually forget what I installed and gradually fill…
Our team is setting up a software package manager and initially looked at Nexus, but the free edition has limits that block requirements such as SSO, while the…
I maintain a Python CLI and development tool for Polylith-style architectures, mainly used with microservices in monorepos. A small number of users still run Python 3.8, and some…
I'm still fairly new to Linux and trying to understand the difference between bleeding-edge distributions, such as Arch-based systems, and more conservative distributions, such as Debian-based ones. If…
I'm using Arch and prefer to avoid the AUR when possible, so I install software through Flatpak if it isn't available in the official repositories. For example, I'm…
I'm using Arch and would prefer to avoid the AUR when an application isn't available in the official repositories, so I sometimes install it through Flatpak. For example,…
The software for my printer is officially distributed as packages for Debian-based and Fedora-based systems, but there is no Arch package on the vendor's website. They do provide…
I'm moving from Windows to Linux and want to become a full-stack web developer. I was surprised to learn that installing packages through the system package manager can…
I use Linux Mint on my work computer, and I keep getting slowed down whenever I need software that isn't available in the built-in software manager. For example,…
I use CachyOS and alternate between yay and paru depending on whichever installation instructions I find. I mainly use them to install, update, and remove repository packages and…
I'm trying to choose one Linux distribution for everyday use and to learn more about how the operating system actually works. I've already tried CachyOS and Kubuntu on…
I use yay and paru interchangeably on CachyOS, mainly for installing, updating, and removing repository packages and AUR packages. When installation instructions mention one or the other, I…
Whenever I start CachyOS, it seems to have hundreds of available package updates. Since the system updates whenever package versions increase, I'm wondering whether it includes beta or…
Whenever I start CachyOS, it often shows updates for hundreds of programs. Since packages seem to update whenever their version number changes, I'm wondering whether beta or unstable…
I'm setting up a small number of Linux workstations where users won't have elevated sudo access or permission to manage apt/dnf directly. I'd like to give them a…