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JavaScript is a language developed for the web, but its usefulness has gone far beyond just the Internet. Thanks to projects like Node.js and Electron, JavaScript is as much a general-purpose scripting language as a browser component. There are JavaScript libraries specially designed to build command-line interfaces. Yes, you can run JavaScript in your terminal.

Solar photovoltaic technology, which converts sunlight directly into electricity, has fallen in cost so far that it is now the most inexpensive method of getting electricity, period. If you have any money in the bank and own your home or business, consider investing in solar power for yourself now, as you can do some good for the planet and your wallet simultaneously.

Memcached is an open-source and distributed memory object caching system that holds the most frequently queried data in memory. In this tutorial, I will show you how to install Memcached on Debian 11.

In this article we will see the steps to implement a simple CI/CD  pipeline using  Jenkins. We will be using a sample Java Code and we will be deploying that code onto Apache Tomcat Web-Server as a .war file.

Cruft removed to improve performance. Version 13 of the Google-sponsored Angular JavaScript framework is here and the old View Engine renderer is gone, as is IE11 support, making Angular faster and smaller.…

MariaDB is a robust, scalable, and reliable SQL server. It is an enhanced, drop-in replacement for the MySQL relational database management system. In this guide, I will show you how to install and secure MariaDB on Debian 11.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (shortened to RHEL) 8.4 is now available for the Linux customers. RHEL 8.4 has various updates and enhancements for developers, designers, and production teams. So now you can download the latest version from Red Hat’s official site.  But before downloading RHEL 8.4 you might want to have a sneak peek at all the new features offered by this model. This article will explain that and then will take you through the upgrade procedure using the dnf command-line option.

Python is a popular language for many applications. Those that run as backend services, now in the 2020s, are often run inside containers. For that to work, though, you have to build a container. Often, with microservice architectures, it makes sense to build a "root" base image, which all of your services get built on. Most of this article focuses on that base image since this is where it is easiest to make mistakes. However, I also cover the applications themselves because a good base without good applications isn't of much use. read more

Netdata is an open-source web-based real-time Linux system performance and health monitoring system. in this tutorial, I will show you how to install Netdata on Debian 11.

This article will show you how to backup and restore an Elasticsearch cluster on Ubuntu Linux. A shared NFS directory is used as storage for the backup.

Also SMB3 server in the kernel, and new DAMON memory monitor. Linus Torvalds released version 5.15 of the Linux kernel yesterday with a new NTFS driver, an SMB3 server and an advanced memory monitor among the features. 5.15 is likely to be an LTS release unless 5.16 squeezes in before year end.…

Here we go! Fedora Linux 35 is now officially released. I know I say it every time, but: this is a good one! You'll want to get it (or upgrade) right away.

sysPass is a web-based password management application written in PHP. It is secure, reliable, and runs in a multiuser environment for business and personal use. In this tutorial, I will show you how to install sysPass password manager on Debian 11.

Happy Halloween Open SOURCE-rers! Here's a tale as old as epoch time. Since there has been C and Unix, and (later on) Linux, we've had zombies. Specifically, there are processes that get marked as a zombie process. Misunderstood by some, ignored by others, and immune to the efforts of so many of us trying to kill these processes without much success. Why is that? read more

Red Hat's recent decision to discontinue CentOS 8 has left a critical void in the enterprise Linux market, shifting the spotlight onto other enterprise-ready Linux distributions. One distro that stands out as a viable CentOS 8 replacement among respected enterprise Linux distributions such as Ubuntu, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), AlmaLinux and SUSE is ''unbreakable'' Oracle Linux , an OS compiled from the same open-source code as RHEL.

What's really in that program? Codenotary can show your customers what's inside your software.

Python is a widely used multi-purpose programming language. Today’s tutorial will show you how to install Python 3.9 on a Rocky Linux 8 system.

Mozilla’s Firefox is thrilled to be named one of the nearly 100 brands within Fast Company Magazine’s inaugural and high-profile, Brands That Matter 2021 ranking and recognition program for companies and nonprofits that have had an undeniable impact on business and culture. Mozilla’s Firefox was recognized by Fast Company specifically for “continuing to do what […]

Ruby on Rails is a free, open-source, and one of the most popular application stacks used for creating sites and web apps. It is written in Ruby programming language and follows the MVC concept.

Vercel boss Guillermo Rauch speaks to The Reg about Rust, WebAssembly, Node TypeScript, and more. Interview Next.js 12 is out with a range of new features including built-in middleware and support for ECMAScript (ES) modules.…