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On March 11, 2020 the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. Within days, practically the entire planet was on lockdown. We went indoors and online. So how did the sudden mass migration online impact browser extension usage? Pretty dramatically, it turns out. On this two-year mark of the start of the pandemic we looked back at Firefox extension installs and usage data to discover several compelling trends.

You know Block – but you may not know that you know the company. After changing their name in December from Square, Inc. to Block, the company is made up of Square, Cash App, TIDAL, Spiral, and TBD54566975. We are excited to announce that Block joined the Linux Foundation as a Silver Member.

Like a lot of folks who enjoy tinkering with technology, I now have a small but growing collection of Raspberry Pi boxes around my house. I've used them for various projects: A PiHole network ad blocker, an OctoPi 3D print server, and a Minecraft server, among others.

The new 'podman image scp' command makes it easier to transfer container images between users on the same system or machines over the network.

iWave’s rugged, IP67-protected “iW-639RH” panel PC is available in 7- and 10.1-inch sizes and runs Linux and Android on an i.MX8M Mini. Specs include 2x GbE, 2x CAN, 3x COM, 3x USB, DIO, ADC, and M.2 B-key.

Bagisto is a free and open-source eCommerce software written in Laravel PHP framework. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Bagisto eCommerce on the Debian 11 Bullseye. We will be using the PHP-FPM, Nginx web server, and MariaDB database.

Following discussion on the mailing list, the Fedora team is taking another small step away from x86-32 support, with developers urged to stop building i686 versions of "leaf packages" – in other words, packages that nothing else depends upon.

A couple of years ago, I decided I wanted a place to post my thoughts and play around with some emerging web technologies. I make my living working with and evangelizing Drupal. So there's definitely some applicability to the saying, "when your only tool is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail."

Terraform is a tool for building and maintaining a virtual server infrastructure; it supports multiple cloud providers in one project. Terraform achieves state management through a configured graph of states and modules which can be created, extended, and managed by users.

Ghost is free and open-source web server software that you can use to host a website. It’s a unique and elegant web publishing platform. Ghost provides a modern and sleek interface where you can publish articles, newsletters, and subscription-based content. It offers advanced features for monetizing your content. So, with Ghost, you can charge your subscribers a monthly fee similar to Patreon.

To save our system from the outside world, we need a dedicated software platform called “Firewall”. In this article, we will discuss some best-known open-source firewalls based on Linux to protect networks and computers from cyber security threats.

Browser maker Brave has developed a new way to ground "bounce tracking," a sneaky technique for bypassing privacy defenses in order to track people across different websites.

The entire systemd concept and implementation have introduced many changes since it began to replace the old SystemV startup and init tools. Over time, systemd has been extended into many other segments of the Linux environment.

Vendors' hardware compatibility lists detail the kit on which they guarantee their software will work at useful levels of performance. But what if you can't afford that kit for a home lab or other non-production project? Or have some hardware you think might do the job at work?

Homebrew is a package manager for macOS to install UNIX tools on macOS. But, it can be used on Linux (and Windows WSL) as well. It is written in Ruby and provides software packages that might not be provided by the host system (macOS or Linux), so it offers an auxiliary package manager besides the OS package manager.

Podman is a Linux-native tool for deploying applications using Open Container Initiative (OCI) containers and container images. It supports multiple container image formats, including Docker images and OCI container images.

Tales of Raspberry Pi SD card corruption are available online by the fistful, and are definitely a constant in Pi-adjacent communities. It’s apparent that some kind of problems tend to arise when a Raspberry Pi meets an SD card – which sounds quite ironic, since an SD card is the official and recommended way of booting a Pi. What is up with all of that?

OTRS is one of the more popular open-source ticketing systems you’ll find on the market. This ticketing and process management platform offers plenty of customizable features that make it a solid choice for help desks, call centers and IT service management.

The Launch is System76's first mechanical keyboard, but it could be the last keyboard you need. With hot-swappable mechanical switches, legends that won't fade, a durable build, and a pair of detachable cables, this tenkeyless board can evolve with you.

Many people ask me: "Which distributed version control system should I use for my programming project, GitHub or GitLab?" It's not that simple a question. Let's break it down, shall we?