Migrating from CentOS to EuroLinux

2022-01-03
Migrating from CentOS to EuroLinux

For users of CentOS, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Oracle Linux, AlmaLinux, and Rocky Linux, we have prepared and made public a universal script that automates the migration process from these systems to the latest version of EuroLinux. See how the process looks like based on the migration from CentOS to EuroLinux.

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How to use VirtualBox

2021-09-17
VirtualBox EuroLinux

VirtualBox is a platform that allows you to run an operating system on top of another already running one. It allows us to use our favorite software even if it is not compatible with the system we use every day. Regardless of whether the application is old, new, or dependent on a particular platform. Today we will show you how to use VirtualBox.

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Docker for Linux part II – intermediate commands

2021-09-14
docker eurolinux

In the previous part of our series, we learned how to install the community version of Docker Engine. We also learned how to download, start, and delete a container and its image. Today we will be using an EuroLinux 7 based image along with the FBI repository. For more on the publicly available repository, which we make freely available without any restrictions, see the article on FBI in EuroLinux.

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Load average, process states on Linux, and some loadavg myths

2021-03-16
load average process states on Linux

In my professional experience, I quite often have the opportunity to conduct recruitment, a part of which are questions related to Linux family systems. One of the standard questions is about an important, although in fact not saying much, system statistics, which is the average system load (abbreviated to loadavg). Unfortunately, it happens, also in the case of people with really impressive professional experience, that the candidate is not able to correctly describe and interpret the information ensuing from the load average.

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Podman vs. Docker – secure containerization

2021-01-04
Podman vs Docker

Podman 2.0 is a container development and management tool made available in the eighth version of EuroLinux. The software is compatible with Docker and offers many security benefits, mainly due to the ability to operate from the level of the unprivileged user (root less) and to abandon the daemon process (daemon-less).

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