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Canonical released a new kernel live patch for all its supported Ubuntu Linux operating systems to address several critical security vulnerabilities discovered by various researchers lately.

On September 16, 2018, Linus Torvalds released the 4.19-rc4 version of the kernel, and he also announced he was taking a break from Linux development in order to consider his own behavior and to come up with a better approach to kernel development. This was partly inspired by his realization that he wasn't looking forward to the Kernel Summit event, and he said that "it wasn't actually funny or a good sign that I was hoping to just skip the yearly kernel summit entirely."

Contributing to an open source project can be... Nervewracking! Magical. Boring? Regardless of how you felt that first time you contributed, the realization that the project is open and you really can contribute is quite awesome. read more

Our systems also maintain a list of DNS records so that we can access our frequently visited websites faster through quick resolution of IP addresses. This cache on our system needs to be flushed from time to time. So let us see how we can flush the DNS cache on our Ubuntu Systems.

When people think of labels, the first thing that comes to mind is lines of text like addresses or tab markers. But these are just the simplest uses for labels. Photos, greeting cards, business cards, inserts for CD jewel cases

Ada Lovelace, daughter of the English poet Lord Bryon and Anne Isabella Noel Byron (née Milbanke), was arguably the world's first computer programmer. read more

Using the command line on a Linux PC allows you to have more control of your system. Here are 12 useful Linux commands you should know as a Linux user.

GNU/Linux and Open Source software developer Arne Exton announced over the weekend the release of what it would appear to be the first Linux distro based on the upcoming Ubuntu 18.10 (Cosmic Cuttlefish) operating system.

Flatpak is the new way to install and run applications on Linux. Unlike distribution maintained applications, flatpak is a great way to deploy Linux applications without worrying about "which" Linux distro specifically.

In the latest Usability & Productivity weekly report, KDE developer Nate Graham reveals some of the improvements and new features coming to the KDE Plasma 5.15 desktop environment, as well as the KDE Applications 18.12 and KDE Frameworks 5.51 software suites.

Redis put some of the program's code under the anti-open-source Common Clause license. Now, developers are counterattacking by forking the code.

Pi Supply is Kickstartering Iot LoRa Gateway and IoT LoRa Node pHAT add-ons for the Raspberry Pi, as well as a LoRa Node that works with the Micro:bit. An Arduino node is also in the works. Pi Supply, which has produced a variety of Raspberry Pi add-on boards including the Papirus E-Paper display and Flick […]

Alexander Tratsevskiy announced the release of Calculate Linux 18, a major version of his Gentoo-based operating system targeting the Russian Linux community.

Blockchain trends you should be watching in the months ahead

We’ll show you how to install NextCloud 14 on an Ubuntu 16.04 VPS. NextCloud is an open-source software suite that allows users to store their data such as files, contacts, calendars, news feed, TODO lists, and much more on their personal servers. It is a popular alternative to another widely used file hosting application called ownCloud. However, unlike ownCloud, NextCloud is fully open-source. Installing Nextcloud 14 on your Ubuntu 16.04 server is a fairly easy task, follow the steps below and you should have Nextcloud 14 installed on Ubuntu 16.04 in less than 10 minutes. Let’s get started with the tutorial!

Pain avoidance is a powerful motivator. Some studies hint that even plants experience a type of pain and take steps to defend themselves. Yet we have plenty of examples of humans enduring pain on purpose—exercise often hurts, but we still do it. When we believe the payoff is worth the pain, we'll endure almost anything. read more

Variables expansion is one of the most common feature used in the shell: when a variable exists and is part of a command, it is "expanded", so that is substituted by its value. The expansion of empty variables, is one of those things, that if not well managed, could cause serious damage to a system.

Day four exceeds all expectations as Microsoft steps back from brink Microsoft has taken the unprecedented step of pulling a Windows 10 release a mere four days after its arrival amid a clamour of users complaining about files not being where they had left them.…

In this article, we will explain how to change the current time zone of an Ubuntu 18.04 LTS system through the command line and through the GUI.

Some weeks ago, Steam announced a new addition to Steam Play with Linux support for Windows games using Proton, a fork from WINE. This capability is still in beta, and not all games work. Here are some more details about Steam and Proton. According to the Steam website, there are new features in the beta release: […]