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When you create an LXC container, it will have the default username/password set up. The default username/password will vary depending on which LXC template was used to create the container. For example, Debian LXC will have the default username/password set to root/root. Fedora LXC will have the root password set as expired, so it can be set on the first login.

Carl Sagan once said, "We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology." Katrina Hayes is clearly an exception to that—she uses her knowledge and skills to great effect to debug code. Katrina took time from her busy schedule prior to her presentation, Logging in the debugger's toolkit at the upcoming ScaLE 14X to talk to Opensource.com. She talks to us about her surprisingly minimal use of tools and a bit about her debugging process. read more

The most interesting part of running Ubuntu on the Nexus 4 is the ability to check out the progress being made on convergence. Here's a short video I recorded to give you a taste of the current state of Unity 8 on the desktop.

Exploit takes a long time to cook Windows, but gives hackers a menu of evil options Shmoocon Foxglove Security bod Stephen Breen has strung together dusty unpatched Windows vulnerabilities to gain local system-level access on Windows versions up to 8.1.…

IRC, short for Internet Relay Chat, is a great way for individuals and teams to communicate and work together. Although there are new apps like Slack that mimic it, IRC itself has been around for decades. It’s a time-tested system with a... Continue Reading →

Audio when working can be an important factor when it comes to productivity and focus. Heres a clever little tool so you can get the best from your music.

Oracle today announced the release of the VirtualBox 5.0.14 open-source and cross-platform virtualization software for all supported operating systems, including GNU/Linux, Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows.

CIO of the Federal Communications Commission shares how he creates a culture of openness, diversity, and bottoms-up empowerment.

In this tutorial we will show you how to install ExpressionEngine on a Debian 8 VPS.

The Manjaro community, through team leader Philip Müller, was happy to inform all users of the Manjaro Linux 15.12 (Capella) operating system that a patch is now available for the zero-day Linux kernel vulnerability.

The Linux- and Android-friendly “JaguarBoard” SBC, based on a 64-bit quad core Atom processor, has won over 600 percent of its Kickstarter funding goal. Hong Kong-based Jaguar Electronic HK’s successful Kickstarter campaign for a $65 “JaguarBoard” SBC based on the quad-core Intel Atom Z3735G processor will end on Jan 22, having conjured up more than […]

Kubernetes and Docker are the latest buzz words in the IT sector. Businesses and IT enthusiasts alike are clamoring to learn more about containerization. I managed to grab Red Hat software analyst Jason Brooks, who will be speaking at SCaLE 14x about Kubernetes, to ask him a few questions about the software and container movement.

A new version of the Steam Beta client has been released, and it comes with fresh features and a few fixes for the Steam Controller.

What hasn’t been cool is the destruction of expensive things that occur when Monty’s has one of his moments. The 42 inch TV donated by Melissa’s church has a plexiglas shield in front of it, and the last two computers we’ve placed in Monty’s home were destroyed as well. The first computer we placed was a fairly powerful quad core desktop with a 22 inch monitor and built-in speakers. Monty broke his left foot trying to pick the computer up and smash it onto the floor. After Melissa and I spoke about it, it was decided that a laptop would be more practical, as it can be placed out of harm’s way when not in use.

In this week's edition of our open source news roundup, we take a look at IBM's flexible mainframes with Golang, Mozilla keeps FireFox OS in play for IoT, and other news.

Microsoft recently published an article in which they explain how they come to the idea for Continuum and how they pretty much “invented” it.

Plus: Why Linux gamers should hold off on preordering the Oculus Rift, and LinuxInsider reviews Deepin 15 (Depth OS).

Canonical promised this for a long time now, and it would appear that the London-based company behind the world's most popular free operating system, Ubuntu Linux, will finally unveil the first ever, real Ubuntu tablet device this year.

The Wine team members released version 1.8 of their project this week. The project has been in constant development since 1993 and reached version 1 only in 2008, so new releases are major events.

So, you want to start using that open source thing... read more