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LeMaker Guitar review

With a remarkably familiar form-factor and intriguing name, does the LeMaker Guitar fill a hole in the computer-on-module market?

Working with Command Arguments

In this article, I want to cover a more fundamental aspect of shell scripting: working with command arguments. I suspect that most shell scripts go through an evolution with their command flags, a

An intro to Linux commands, the EU's open source mathematics toolbox, and more news

  • Opensource.com (Posted by bob on May 28, 2016 9:33 PM EDT)
  • Groups: Linux; Story Type: News Story
In this week's edition of our open source news roundup, we take a look at an open source toolbox for mathematics, some reasons Linux is a growing trend in business, an introduction to the Linux command line, and more. read more

Secure Desktops with Qubes: Installation

This is the second in a multipart series on the Qubes operating system. In my first article, I gave an overall introduction to Qubes and how it differs from most other desktop Linux distributions, namely in the way it focuses on compartmentalizing applications within different VMs to limit what attackers have access to in the event they compromise a VM.

CentOS 6.8 Released

CentOS 6.8 was released this week. With a number of security and performance updates, it provides a more stable and secure experience for CentOS 6 users.

Top 5: turns 19, an Arduino giveaway, and more

  • Opensource.com; By Alex Sanchez (Posted by bob on May 28, 2016 8:16 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Roundups; Groups: Community
Jen is out this week, but she'll be back June 3 with her usual top 5 video. In the meantime, here's a look at some of this week's best articles.

Secure Desktops with Qubes: Introduction

This is the first in a multipart series on Qubes OS, a security-focused operating system that is fundamentally different from any other Linux desktop I've ever used and one I personally switched to during the past couple months.

Rugged Tegra X1 module stack is loaded with I/O options

CEI’s “TX1-SOM and Carrier” combines Nvidia’s Jetson TX1 COM with a rugged carrier board featuring GbE, USB 3.0, MIPI-CSI, and an M.2 socket with PCIe. Like Connect Tech’s Astro carrier board, the “TX1-SOM and Carrier” from Colorado Engineering Inc. (CEI) expands upon Nvidia’s Ubuntu-ready Jetson TX1 computer-on-module, which launched last November.......

Rise of Open Cloud Architecture and Over-the-Top (OTT) Network Services

To meet greater traffic demands and lower operating costs, some of the world’s largest service providers today are looking at open source software to deliver new network services using OpenStack and Linux containers.

Turn Your Old Laptop into a Chromebook

  • Linux.com - Original Content (Posted by bob on May 27, 2016 7:21 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Linux
ou don’t have to buy a brand new laptop to use Chrome OS; you can now easily convert your old laptop or PC into a powerful Chromebook.

Shellmo: Aquatic 3D printed robot for fun and education

  • Opensource.com (Posted by bob on May 27, 2016 5:27 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
Recently I came across a very interesting open hardware project called Shellmo. What caught my eye was that it's a 3D printed crustacean that seems to have no apparent real world use, though with a little creativity I can see educational implications. read more

How to Use Incron to Monitor Important Files and Folders

  • Linux.com - Original Content (Posted by bob on May 27, 2016 4:01 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Linux
What if you knew of a tool that could monitor files for change and then report the changes within /var/log/syslog or take some action when a file was modified? There is such a tool.

How to Setup MySQL Master-Master Replication

  • Howtoforge Linux Howtos und Tutorials (Posted by bob on May 27, 2016 2:35 PM EDT)
  • Groups: MySQL, Linux; Story Type: News Story
This article consolidates information from several sources into the format I use to setup MySQL Master/Master Replication. The beauty of Linux and open source is that there are many different ways to do this. Please take a look at my references and use them to accommodate any needs you may have.

Researcher Pockets $30,000 in Chrome Bounties

  • threat post; By Michael Mimoso (Posted by bob on May 27, 2016 1:10 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Security
Security researcher Mariusz Mlynski is having a good month. Having cashed in earlier in May to the tune of $15,500, Mlynski pocketed another $30,000 courtesy of Google’s bug bounty program after four high-severity vulnerabilities were patched in the Chrome browser...

Font improvements in Fedora 24 Workstation

Cantarell is the default font in Fedora Workstation. It comes courtesy of the GNOME desktop community, which designed and chose Cantarell. Recently the maintainers of Canatrell have done a great deal of work on the typeface to improve readability and appearance. There are... Continue Reading →

SuperTux 0.4 review

  • Linux User & Developer – the Linux and FOSS mag for a GNU generation (Posted by bob on May 27, 2016 10:01 AM EDT)
  • Groups: GNU, Linux, Developer; Story Type: News Story
This classic Linux game finally sees an update

Open Source Bridge attracts unique speakers and attendees

Next month, Open Source Bridge is kicking off its 8th year in Portland, Oregon from June 21-24, 2016. The Open Source Bridge conference focuses on topics surrounding building open source community and citizenship. read more

How to set up Zimbra mail server on CentOS

In this tutorial, we will examine the process of installing Zimbra mail server in CentOS Linux environment. Zimbra is my personal favorite when it comes to open-source mail servers as it comes with a number of useful features such as built-in calendar support, email filtering rules, a modern interface for both users and admins, spam ...

Arduino Uno-like board controls three-phase EV motors

Uniti’s “Uniti ARC” is an open source, Arduino Uno compatible microcontroller board, designed for controlling three-phase motors in electric vehicles. Swedish electric car startup Uniti calls the Uniti ARC “the world’s first open-source commercial development board for three phase motors with Arduino Uno compatibility.”

News: Linux 4.7 Set to Boost Live Patching, Security and Power Management

We're just about at the end of the two week merge cycle for the Linux 4.7 kernel and many of the subsystem maintainers have sent Linus Torvalds their git pull requests.

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