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'An almost surreal endorsement by Microsoft on the importance of open source'. BUILD2016 Microsoft is bringing the Linux Bash shell command line to Windows 10, running as a native Ubuntu binary on a Windows subsystem.

Ubuntu, but not Linux per se, will be running on in the next major Windows 10 update, Redstone.

Advantech has launched a pair of modules based on a new, rugged, RTX 2.0 spec for computer-on-modules: the AM3352-based ROM-3310 and i.MX6-based ROM-3420. The ruggedized, open-spec RTX 2.0 (Rugged Technology eXtended) form-factor for ARM computer-on-modules is first being implemented in board-level products by Advantech.

Attackers frequently use lost, stolen, weak or default credentials to escalate their privileges after they have infiltrated your network. While two-factor authentication can greatly reduce infiltration, there are other means of gaining entry such as malware. This tutorial shows how to add radius to sudo for Centos 7 and Ubuntu 14.04 for two-factor authentication with the WiKID Strong Authentication server.

Pinboard founder wigs out over terms of service that make API dependency toxic Bookmarking site Pinboard has discovered one of the downsides of the so-called “API economy”: that moment when lawyers get in the way of a service.…

Flaws not fully patched in latest versions, says researcher Code dive Apple's rootless security mechanism in OS X can be evaded even in the latest version of the operating system, according to a top researcher.…

My first brush with open source came while I was working for my university as a part-time system administrator in 2001. I was part of a small group that created business case studies for teaching not just in the university, but elsewhere in academia. As the team grew, the need for a robust LAN setup with file serving, intranet applications, domain logons, etc. emerged. Our IT infrastructure consisted mostly of bootstrapped Windows 98 computers that had become too old for the university's IT labs and were reassigned to our department. read more

Apple Watch may be the media’s darling, but Android Wear has quietly been gaining ground, as evidenced by numerous recent watch and software introductions. The Apple Watch drew the media’s attention last week with the announcement of a $50 price drop. Collectively, however, there has been more recent news about Google’s Android Wear. A more […]

Using open-source software is easy, getting your company to integrate open-source development is hard. The Linux Foundation and the TODO Group aim to change this.

So much more than the Unity bit. Review Ubuntu 16.04, named after a type of African ground squirrel, Xenial Xerus, is here – in beta.

Files appeal in epic 'Who owns Linux' case against IBM The Santa Cruz Organisation (SCO) just doesn't know when it's dead: the company that thinks it owns Linux is having another try at milking IBM for money.…

Need a design for a garden bed you can print and construct yourself? Or, perhaps you live on an urban farm and are looking for a small run for your chickens? AKER provides these modular designs and others to help build "ecologically resilient, healthy communities." And, as a member of a community-supported agriculture project myself, I also have a keen interest in solving the unique problems presented by our rapidly growing world population and the need to feed it with heallthy food. read more

The U.S. Department of Commerce has just created a Board of Advisors for topics related to the Digital Economy.  I will participate as one of the two co-chairs, along with Zoë Baird, President and CEO of the Markle Foundation.

Turn the tables on tables. Analysis Despite being assaulted from all sides, the relational model for databases is still the king of the hill and it looks like it will not only survive, but thrive as well.

SolidRun is prepping a tiny, Linux-friendly COM based on Intel’s “Braswell” processors, and featuring SATA, GbE, HDMI, USB3.0, PCIe, 4K video, and more. SolidRun’s Intel Braswell MicroSOM family will launch in April with a new computer-on-module form factor that measures a wee 53 x 40mm. The Intel Braswell MicroSOM features a unique reverse-power design that […]

Due to its syntactic simplicity and flexibility, JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) has become pretty much the de-facto standard data exchange format in many web applications. As JSON becomes widely used to represent structured data with a great degree of flexibility, the need arises for being able to "validate" JSON representations. Thus there came something called […]Continue reading... The post How to validate JSON from the command line on Linux appeared first on Xmodulo. Related FAQs: How to look up dictionary via command line on Linux How to parse JSON string via command line on Linux How to access Linux command cheat sheets from the command line What are useful CLI tools for Linux system admins What is a good command-line calculator on Linux

You'll soon be able to run Ubuntu on Windows 10.

The Internet of Things isn't just a buzzword, it's a rapidly expanding reality. read more

In my last article, I started discussing how to optimize a Web application, looking at the different aspects of an app and where the slowness might come from.

OwnCloud offers you the ability to run a cloud storage service that you administer and control yourself. The latest version, ownCloud 9.0, was released on March 8. Let's look at the process of installing ownCloud 9.0 on a system running Debian Jessie.