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Snaps make short work of installing apps; in this tutorial, Jack shows how to install GIMP, for example.
Linux pstree Command Tutorial for Beginners (8 Examples)
Since every process (except the very first one) in a Linux system has a parent, it sometimes makes things easier to understand if all processes are displayed in a tree structure. You'll be glad to know there exists a command line utility - dubbed pstree - that displays a tree of processes.
A Brand Advertising Restoration Project
The GDPR is breaking advertising apart. . Never mind the specifics of the regulation. Just look at the effects. Among those, two are obvious and everywhere: 1) opt-back-in emails and 2) "consent walls" in front of websites. Both of those misdirect attention away from how an entire branch of advertising ignored a simple moral principle that has long applied in the offline world: tracking people without their knowledge, approval or a court order is just flat-out wrong.
Atari's Ubuntu powered gaming console conquers Indiegogo
Atari quickly jumped to $2 million in funding for its Ubuntu-based “Atari VCS” console. Aimed primarily at retro games, the $199 and up device has an AMD A1 CPU and an optional joystick and controller. Attempts to establish Linux as a gaming platform have failed time and time again, with Valve’s SteamOS being the latest high-profile casualty.
3 open source music players for Linux
As I described in my last article, when I'm using a Linux-based computer to listen to music, I pass that music through a dedicated digital-analog converter, or DAC.
Bring PDFtk back to life in a container
A colleague recently told me about one of his favorite utilities, PDFtk. Among other things, it lets you merge, split, and burst PDF documents, with or without encryption. You can learn more about it in this Opensource.com article.
Download an OS with GNOME Boxes
Boxes is the GNOME application for running virtual machines. Recently Boxes added a new feature that makes it easier to run different Linux distributions. You can now automatically install these distros in Boxes, as well as operating systems like FreeBSD and FreeDOS. The list even includes Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
How the Zephyr Project Is Working to Make IoT Secure
Fragmentation has been a big problem for IoT since the beginning. Companies were doing their own workarounds, there were no standardizations, and there was no collaborative platform that everyone could work on together. Various open source projects are working to solve this problem...
Red Hats only business plan is to keep changing plans
Red Hat's strategic planning isn't like yours, but with 64 straight quarters of revenue growth and continuing on course to become the first billion-dollar-a-quarter open-source company, the Linux and cloud power is clearly on to something.
Atari VCS Finally on Indiegogo, Free Software Directory Meet-up Tomorrow, Minifree Libreboot X200 Tablet Has Been FSF-Certified and More
News briefs for May 31, 2018.
How to create shortcuts in vi
Learning the vi text editor takes some effort, but experienced vi users know that after a while, using basic commands becomes second nature. It's a form of what is known as muscle memory, which in this case might well be called finger memory.
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You don't know Bash: An introduction to Bash arrays
Although software engineers regularly use the command line for many aspects of development, arrays are likely one of the more obscure features of the command line (although not as obscure as the regex operator =~). But obscurity and questionable syntax aside, Bash arrays can be very powerful.
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How to Install Shoutcast Server on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
SHOUTcast is a free, open source and cross-platform software application that can be used to stream media over the Internet. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install SHOUTcast media server on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver).
Atari Launches Linux Gaming Box Starting at $199
Attempts to establish Linux as a gaming platform have failed time and time again, with Valve’s SteamOS being the latest high-profile casualty. Yet, Linux has emerged as a significant platform in the much smaller niche of retro gaming, especially on the Raspberry Pi. Atari has now re-emerged from the fog of gaming history with an Ubuntu-based Atari VCS gaming and media streaming console aimed at retro gamers.
Linux sort Command Tutorial for Beginners (8 Examples)
Looking for a command line utility to sort content in text files? Look no further than Sort, a tool specifically built for this purpose. In this tutorial, we will discuss this command using some easy to understand examples.
Tesla starts to release its cars open-source Linux software code
Tesla is still a long way from fully releasing its cars' full open-source programs and Linux operating system code, but it's on its way.
Chrome 67 Released, New Version of RaspAnd, SEGA Mega Drive and Genesis Classics Now Available for Linux and More
News briefs for May 30, 2018.
The Fight for Control: Andrew Lee on Open-Sourcing PIA
When I learned that our new sister company, Private Internet
Access (PIA), was opening its source code, I immediately wanted to
know the backstory, especially since privacy is the theme of this month's
Linux Journal. So I contacted Andrew Lee, who founded PIA, and an interview
ensued. Here it is.
How to Install Trac Project Management Tool on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Trac is a free and an open source Web-based project management and bug tracking system that helps developers to write great software while staying out of the way. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Trac on Ubuntu 18.04.
3 Python command-line tools
This article was co-written with Lacey Williams Henschel.
Sometimes the right tool for the job is a command-line application. A command-line application is a program that you interact with and run from something like your shell or Terminal. Git and Curl are examples of command-line applications that you might already be familiar with.
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