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Gadgets that need Flash now have another alternative OS Version 10.4 of FreeBSD has landed, with the headline feature being support for eMMC.…

Take note, indie game developers: We're less than a week away from the start of the first-ever Open Jam, a 72-hour game jam dedicated to promoting open source games and game development tools. What is a game jam? Game jams are hackathon-like video game creation events. They come in many shapes and sizes, but usually have a theme to base the games on, a set amount of time to complete them, and a judging process that helps creators get feedback. read more

Intrinsyc’s “Open-Q 660 HDK” dev kit runs Android 7 on the Snapdragon 660 with 64GB eMMC, and extensive wireless, camera, and sensor features. Intrinsyc’s Open-Q 660 HDK development kit showcases Qualcomm’s new 14nm fabricated Snapdragon 660, the most powerful member of the Snapdragon 600 family. The 170 x 170mm Mini-ITX style kit costs $999 without […]

A traditional approach to documentation is to explain everything, down to the features of the user interface. My first project as an intern trying to write good documentation is a great (by which I mean terrible) example of how messy this approach can be. But there’s more to it than that—once you start documenting everything, it becomes easy to lose sight of what the user needs, what the user wants to do, and what task the user is having trouble completing.

Guitarix is the best virtual amplifier and effect emulator for Linux, so if you are a guitar or a bass player the following quick guide on how to set it up and use it is for you.

When most people start learning about Ansible, they begin by downloading a pre-baked playbook from Ansible Galaxy. Admittedly, it's a wonderful resource for accomplishing elaborate tasks with minimal effort. And, although I'm normally a big fan of learning by picking apart the work of others, in the case of Ansible, starting with roles and playbooks can be a big mistake. The ad hoc mode of Ansible is so powerful, it's all some people ever need. read more

GIMP, the GNU Image Manipulation Program, is first and foremost, as its name suggests, a photo manipulation program; however, sometimes the lines blur between photo manipulation and airbrushing, material emulation, graphic design, and even layout. In other words, GIMP isn't just for photos.

At At Mozilla we were born out of, and remain a part of, the open source and free software movement. Through the Mozilla Open Source Support (MOSS) program, we recognize, celebrate, and support open source projects that contribute to our work and to the health of the Internet.

Kolab is a full featured web-based groupware software application that provides solutions for an email server, directory service, web service, Calendar, Task management, address books and more. Klab is released under an OpenSource license. This tutorial shows the Kolab installation on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.

It's no secret that I love classic gaming. It seems like every other month, I write about an emulation project or some online version of a 1980s classic. The system that defined my youth was the Nintendo Entertainment System, or the NES. Its chunky rectangle controller and two-button setup may seem simple today, but back then, it was revolutionary.

Yet another product cull raises questions about Microsoft's commitment to... anything, really... A promise to stay in consumer games consoles today is worth as much as the promise to stay in mobile.

Summary The Fedora Project just released the beta version of Fedora 27, including Fedora Workstation and Fedora Atomic Host. Since Fedora ships with three editions, you may be wondering: where’s Fedora 27 Server beta? The short answer: it’s coming soon.... Continue Reading →

From the desk of Fedora Project Leader Matthew Miller: The Fedora Project is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Fedora 27 Beta, the next big step towards our exciting Fedora 27 release in November. Visit Get Fedora to download the... Continue Reading →

Do you have five, 10, or even 15-year-old consumer electronic devices that still work but are not connected to the internet and don't get software updates from the manufacturer? Should you just swap those tired, old devices for new Internet of Things-enabled versions—even though they still work? Of course not! The rise of the open source hardware movement and the availability of free and open source software allows us to bring new life into our retro electronic devices. read more

Google wants Android devices to survive four OS upgrades, even if LTS releases make Linus a bit grumpy Long-term-support (LTS) editions of the Linux Kernel will henceforth be supported for six years, up from the current two.…

The Open Organization Ambassadors recently released the Open Organization Maturity Model, a framework for organizations can use to "level up" on five characteristics: transparency, inclusivity, adaptability, collaboration, and community. Inspired by the effort that my fellow ambassadors and I invested to produce that valuable tool, I recently applied the maturity model concept to README development. read more

A multi-year effort to update the internet's overall security has been put on hold just days before it was due to be introduced, over fears that as many as 60 million people could be forced offline.

If you ask a group of people about the qualities of good documentation, you'll probably get many different answers, but accuracy and ease of reading should be high on everyone's list. Chances are your docs are 100% accurate and super-easy to read the day you publish them, but they inevitably get less so as the product they describe evolves. That's right, even the docs get old. If that's happening with your content, it's time to do a documentation audit. What is a documentation audit? Auditing your docs typically involves: read more

What with all the furor around containers and orchestrators, it can be easy to lose sight of some of their highly useful features. The portability and extensible nature of containers is a modern convenience to be cherished, but from my professional perspective it's sometimes all too easy to get carried away and pay less attention to security.

Axiomtek’s rugged “ICO300-83B” is a fanless DIN-rail PC with a Celeron N3350 SoC, 2x mini-PCIe, 4x USB 3.0, and up to 4x isolated RS-232/422/485 ports. Axiomtek’s Intel Apollo Lake based ICO300-83B computer can be considered a more advanced version of its entry-level, Bay Trail Atom based ICO-300-MI, but it has more in common with the more advanced, Braswell based ICO310 design.