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With the release of Fedora 24 Alpha just around the corner, it will be the first time for many to get a good look of how the final wallpaper for Fedora 24 will look on their desktop. Masha Leonova from... Continue Reading →

The page load time gets more and more important for websites to provide a better user experience and it is important for the search engine ranking as well. Google has developed the apache module "mod_pagespeed" to optimize and streamline the content delivery of the apache web server which reduces the load times of pages, especially when they use many assets like CSS files, javascript includes and images.

For many years, the open source software community has made the distinction between "free as in freedom" (the software can be used or modified as the user sees fit) and "free as in beer" (the software is available at no cost). Some have added a third type of free: "free as in puppy". Like a puppy, adopting open source software has ongoing cost. read more

Korora is Linux distribution that aims to make it easier to install and use for new Linux users, while still providing power-users with the tools and openness that they want. Originally, Korora was built on Gentoo, but in 2010, the team redid the whole thing as a Fedora Remix, with the goal of making the system "just work," from first boot. read more

In an exclusive interview with TIME, Cook discusses your privacy, America’s security, and what’s at stake in the battle over encryption

Named after the really fast bullet train. Geddit? Google will open-source its super-duper load balancing Maglev tool to developers – a move that will also bolster its own infrastructure developments.…

Portwell’s “NANO-6050” Nano-ITX SBC offers a 5th Gen Core CPU, plus SATA, mSATA, mini-PCIe, and dual GbE, and is available in the form of an industrial PC. Portwell’s NANO-6050 is very similar to its Atom E3800-based NANO-6060 SBC, but instead offers a choice of dual-core, 5th Gen Intel Core U-series i5 and i3 processors. Both […]

Here's how to nuke this persistent menace Microsoft uses techniques similar to aggressive malware to promote its “Get Windows 10” offer.…

One of the most important resources that an open source project can provide to potential contributors is contributor guidelines. When eager new contributors rush over to your project to make their first open source contribution, they rely on your contributor guidelines to be their guiding hand. That means that contributor guidelines should be easy to read, thorough, and friendly. You'll find a template for contributor guidelines for a particular git workflow below. In case you are interested in developing your own, here are some tips and tricks: read more

Researchers are tracking a massive spam campaign pelting inboxes with Locky ransomware downloaders in the form of JavaScript attachments. The huge spike, reported by security firm Trustwave, represents an extraordinary uptick in the attempted distribution of the Locky ransomware.

This tutorial shows how to install and configure a TYPO3 (version 7) web site on a Debian 8 (Jessie) server that has Nginx installed as web server and MariaDB as the database server. Typo3 is an enterprise class CMS system written in PHP which has a large user and developer community.

While I was putting together slides for my lightning talk at Great Wide Open (happening March 16-17), Not that Weird: Open Source Tools for Creatives, I remembered that in the last half of 2015 we had a bit of a loss from our open source creative toolbox. read more

Richard Clarke tells NPR that the FBI just wants precedent and could have data already.

So here are some FOSS alternatives Open-source software is not possible without collaboration and collaboration is not possible without communication. Collaborative communication in open source projects typically means some form of distributed chat.…

Last year, around Pi Day, I authored an article here on Opensource.com on how to set up a music light show with your Raspberry Pi. Before creating the light show, I encouraged the reader to learn about breadboards and the CanaKit as a way to do some prototyping controls with the Raspberry Pi and LEDs. read more

You may have heard the news recently that the MAME project has been licensed under the GPL version 2. read more

My Linux story started in 1998 and continues today. Back then, I worked for The Gap managing thousands of desktops running OS/2 (and a few years later, Warp 3.0). As an OS/2 guy, I was really happy then. The desktops hummed along and it was quite easy to support thousands of users with the tools the GAP had built. Changes were coming, though. read more

If you're running below version 2.7.3, you're at risk Code dive A chap who found two serious security bugs in Git servers and clients has urged people to patch their software.…

Introduction If you store or track storage across lots of different places, you may have heard of ownCloud. This open source product lets you manage and share data across locations seamlessly. The project is a popular one, and there’s even a commercial service built... Continue Reading →

Powerful offsite backup solution for Linux with support for rsync, SSHFS and more launched by ElasticHosts