grep -rl "debian" ./blog

Debian Guides

The universal operating system and the base beneath Ubuntu and many others: apt, its stability-first release philosophy, and its role upstream.

6 articles

Writing AppArmor Profiles Building a profile from scratch with aa-genprof, what complain mode is for, and why AppArmor confines paths while SELinux labels inodes. Building .deb and .rpm Packages How to package your own software for Debian and Red Hat systems, why a real package beats a tarball and an install script, and the shortcut when you do not need a perfect one. Proxmox VE: A Web Interface Over KVM and LXC Proxmox packages KVM virtual machines, LXC containers, ZFS, clustering, and backups behind one web interface on a Debian base. Here is what it gives you over rolling your own. AppArmor Explained AppArmor is a mandatory access control system for Linux that confines programs to a limited set of resources using per-application profiles. This guide covers how AppArmor works, how to read and write profiles, and how to move from complain mode to enforce mode. APT Guide (Debian/Ubuntu) APT is the package manager for Debian, Ubuntu, and their derivatives. This guide covers everything from daily commands through repository management, pinning, held packages, and dpkg for when you need to go lower level. Ubuntu vs Fedora vs Debian Ubuntu, Fedora, and Debian are three of the most influential Linux distributions. Each makes different trade-offs around stability, freshness, and philosophy. This guide compares them directly so you can choose the right one.

Browse all topics →