[TecMint Weekly] What's new this week, October 29
TecMint Weekly
Every Thursday · Ravi Saive
Issue #29
October 29, 2026
Hi,
Here's what I published this week and one thing worth knowing if you work on Linux servers.
This week
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12 free Command Examples to Check Memory Usage in Linux A Linux server that shows almost no free memory is often perfectly healthy. The old way of reading free output makes that harder to recognize. Here’s how to interpret the current free command and use its options to monitor RAM and swap.
HTTPie – A Modern Curl Alternative to Test REST APIs in Linux Testing an API with curl often means writing long commands full of -H and -d flags, then dealing with a wall of unformatted JSON
8 CLI HTTP Clients to Test APIs and Download Files in Linux Testing an API or troubleshooting a web server that returns a 502 error shouldn’t require opening a browser or launching a heavy GUI application
11 Best Screen Recording Tools for Linux Many older Linux screen recorders were designed for X11 and may fail to capture the desktop correctly in a Wayland session. Depending on the tool and desktop environment, you might see a black screen, a missing capture option, or no recording at all.
5 Commands to Protect Critical Apps From the Linux OOM Killer Your database keeps disappearing overnight, and the only clue is a kernel line saying “Out of memory: Killed process”. Here’s how to protect it using choom, OOMScoreAdjust, MemoryMax, a swap file, and systemd-oomd.
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How to Set Up Restic for Encrypted, Deduplicated Backups on Linux In this article, set up Restic on Linux for encrypted, deduplicated backups to a local disk and SFTP server, restore files, and automate it with systemd.
5 Tiny Linux Terminal Tools That Save Time Every Day In this article, set up Restic on Linux for encrypted, deduplicated backups to a local disk and SFTP server, restore files, and automate it with systemd.
3 Modern Terminal Tools to Monitor Linux Server Logs Learn how to use lnav, tmux with journalctl, and LazyTail on Linux to follow, filter, and query server logs directly from the terminal without repeatedly grepping through raw log files.
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Ravi Saive
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