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How to Add User to Sudoers in Ubuntu 24.04

Ubuntu derives from the South African philosophy of “humanity to others”. With the hope that the Ubuntu operating system would connect people across the globe. Today, Ubuntu is a popular operating system due to its ease of installation and use. This is true for both desktops and servers. In a Linux environment, there is a default user named root. This has the highest level of authority on the system. Therefore, when you install Ubuntu desktop, your access is restricted since you are not utilizing root as the default user. The word root also has several additional meanings when combined with other terms. This is one of the sources of confusion for people new to using GNU/Linux-based operating systems. In this article, we will show you how to add user to sudoers in Ubuntu 24.04.

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Conjur: Open-source Secrets Management and Application Identity

Conjur is an open-source secrets management project designed for environments built around containers, automation, and dynamic infrastructure. It focuses on controlling access to credentials such as database passwords, API keys, and tokens that applications need at runtime. The project is maintained in the open and developed with input from a user and contributor base.

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postmarketOS 25.12 Linux Mobile OS Rolls Out Based on Alpine Linux 3.23

Based on Alpine Linux 3.23, postmarketOS 25.12 comes with some components from the GNOME 49 desktop environment with out-of-the-box support for connecting to MTP devices, and KDE Plasma Mobile 6.5.3 with better Waydroid integration, a faster loading lockscreen, homescreen improvements, and the Plasma Camera app.

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Simple bit rot-resilient Backup Solution for macOS and Linux

I don’t know if bit rot can be a real problem, but I have zero desire to find out when it’s too late. So I’ve tweaked and extended the Bash shell scripts I use to back up data to my data fridge. Now, instead of single script, I have three.

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