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While the use of systemd by most Linux distros remains a subject of controversy, the recent vote by Debian members to support systemd while exploring other alternatives seems to indicate the init system is gaining acceptance.

When we think about what needs to be in place for an open source project to function, one of the first things to come to mind is probably a license. For one thing, absent an approved Open Source Initiative (OSI) license, a project isn’t truly open source in the minds of many. Furthermore, the choice to use a copyleft license like the GNU General Public License (GPL) or a permissive license like Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) can affect the sort of community that grows up around and uses the project.

Are you a talented, passionate photographer or graphics artist? Well, then you’re in luck if you want the world to see your creations as the Ubuntu Studio team has officially open the wallpaper contest for the upcoming Ubuntu Studio 20.04 LTS operating system.

An in-depth look at the three commands that allow you to manipulate the directory stack. How to add, remove, view and clear the directory stack as well as some interesting uses.

2DayGeek: This tutorial shows the difference between DNF vs YUM.

The “OS war” may be over (Linux — typically with GNU — as de facto standard in most technical sectors including Microsoft's), so the war on this inevitable paradigm change has shifted to licensing and GitHub is a major attack vector

Many of the text games we’re covered on LinuxLinks have focused on the roguelike genre. But how about a real-time terminal-based game? And a space shooter to boot? Interested? If so, why not check out Terminal Phase, a fast paced, action-packed game.

There are two ways to play a tabletop role-playing game (RPG): You can play an adventure written by the game's publisher or an independent author, or you can play an adventure that is made up as you go. Regardless of which you choose, there's probably prep work to do. One player (generically called the game master) must gather monster or enemy stats, loot tables, and references for rules, and the other players must build characters and apportion (pretend) equipment.

The OpenMandriva Lx 4.1 operating system has been officially released as the latest and greatest version of this RPM-based GNU/Linux distribution that keeps the Mandriva and Mandrake spirit alive.

If you have an older NVIDIA GPU, chances are you've been using the 340 legacy series. Well, NVIDIA have said that it's no longer getting updates.

Python has a few built-in modules that allow you to delete files and directories. This tutorial explains how to delete files and directories using functions from the os, pathlib, and shutil modules.

In Linux, we copy files as we do in any other operating system available today. We open up a file manager, select a file to copy, and paste it anywhere we want. But what if you want or need to do copy files or directories in Linux through command line or apply some additional filters before copying? Well, that’s easy.

The Wine 5.1 development release is now available for download as the first step towards the next major version of the open-source compatibility layer for running Windows programs on Linux-based operating systems.

In this tutorial, we will show you how to install WonderCMS with Nginx on a CentOS 7 VPS. WonderCMS is a free and open-source flat file CMS. It’s built with PHP, jQuery, and HTML/CSS, and is aimed to be an extremely small, lightweight, and straightforward CMS solution. No initial configuration is required. The installation process is quite simple and if you follow the instructions provided in this tutorial, you will have WonderCMS running on your server in less than 10 minutes.

What is Git? Git is the most commonly used Distributed Version Control System nowadays. Now the question that comes in your mind is ” What is Distributed Version Control System?”. In this tutorial for beginners (Part I), we will have a basic understanding of Git.

The ability to connect devices without physical access to them, also makes it hard to control who has that access. In this tutorial, we will go through various methods of gaining access to protected wireless networks, which will give you the needed know-how that will help you to set up your wireless environment as secure as possible. Due to the open nature of Linux, there are loads of ready made Linux distributions out there, whose sole purpose is penetration testing, and among them there are a few specialized in wireless field.

The Debian Project published today a new security bulletin to inform users about a Sudo vulnerability that affects the Debian GNU/Linux 9 “Stretch” operating system series.

Virtual Network Computing (VNC) is a graphical desktop sharing system that allows you to use your keyboard and mouse to remotely control another computer. This article covers the steps to install and configure a VNC server on CentOS 8. We’ll also show you how to securely connect to the VNC server through an SSH tunnel.

Smart websites should be fine – if you're being scummy, beware Next week Google is scheduled to release Chrome 80 to its stable channel, and says only "a very modest amount of breakage" of websites is expected.…

In this edition of our open source news roundup, we take a look ProtonVPN apps going open, Microsoft's code analysis tool, Mozilla Thunderbird's new home, and more!

ProtonVPN apps go open source

People wanting to use the internet securely and privately do the deed using a Virtual Private Network (VPN). But which VPNs can you really trust? The company behind the popular ProtonVPN service made a big move to gain that trust by releasing the source code for all its apps.

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