Upgrading Debian Bullseye (11) to Bookworm (12) on server and desktop

If you are a Debian user who wants to enjoy the latest features and improvements of the upcoming Debian 12 “Bookworm” release, you might be wondering how to upgrade your system from the current stable version, Debian 11 “Bullseye”. In this post, I will guide you through the steps of upgrading your Debian desktop or…

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Podman – let’s containerize our test boxes without Docker!

Podman is an open source Pod Manager. It is a daemonless container engine for developing, managing, and running containers. Their motto on their website is What is Podman? Simply put: alias docker=podman stating that Podman is 100% Docker compatible.

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How to install Microsoft core fonts on a Debian desktop?

Sometimes we want to install Microsoft TrueType fonts on our desktop to see webpages in our browser as they were intended to be viewed.

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How to install and manage VMWare Workstation Pro virtual machines?

If we want a cool personal lab environment, then we have to use cool tools and technology. Virtual machines are one of the best inventions for learning and practicing IT in isolated environments. We can simulate and test Operating System changes, kernel modifications and even network configurations from our chair on our PC or notebook.…

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How to install a Debian Linux Penetration Testing machine?

There are excellent Linux distributions for Cyber Security professionals like Kali. They ship all the the bells and whistles that is needed for the tasks. If we want to learn how to put together our own Penetration Testing system we can use a fresh Debian Linux box. I created a small setup from the NetInstall…

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How to upgrade to Debian Bullseye from Buster in WSL?

If we installed a Debian WSL distro on our computer, there is a chance that in 6-9 months a new release will come out. We want to keep our system updated, so a distribution upgrade should happen in our WSL ecosystem.

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How to install a secure Apache2 web server on Debian 11?

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