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Shane Miller, Amazon Web Services Senior Engineering Manager will take on the job of the newly created Rust Foundation's first chairperson.

Slated for inclusion in version 5.13, due about three months from now. The Asahi Linux project, an effort to bring the Linux kernel to Apple’s M1 silicon, has merged its work and is on track to have it accepted in version 5.13 of the kernel.…

Whenever you're working with a group of programmers on a project, whether small or large, handling changes between multiple Git branches can become difficult. Sometimes, instead of combining an entire Git branch into a different one, you want to select and move a couple of specific commits. This procedure is known as "cherry-picking."

If we want the internet to be different we can’t keep following the same roadmap. I am celebrating a one-year anniversary at Mozilla this week, which is funny in a …

Joomla is a free and open-source content management system used to create, modify and manage the content of a website. In this tutorial, I will show you how to install Joomla CMS with Apache and Let's Encrypt on Debian 10.

The experts agree this Supreme Court decision was a victory for developers and open-source software.

Eurotech’s rugged “BoltGPU 10-31” edge AI and transport computer runs Linux on a Jetson Xavier NX and supplies 2x GbE, 2x USB 3.1 Gen2, DP, WiFi 6, 3x M.2, isolated CAN and DIO, and 4x GSML cam inputs. Eurotech announced a BoltGPU 10-31 “subsystem” for rugged edge AI applications including rolling stock, automotive, and heavy-duty […]

CloudWatch metrics for SQS queues are collected and pushed to CloudWatch at one-minute intervals automatically. These metrics are provided at no charge in CloudWatch for both standard and FIFO queues. In this article, we will create an alarm for the "NumberOfMessagesSent" metric.

If you use Git regularly, you might be aware that it has several reputations. It's probably the most popular version-control solution and is used by some of the biggest software projects around to keep track of changes to files. It provides a robust interface to review and incorporate experimental changes into existing documents. read more

Teases new ‘Hyperlaunch’ tech that will allow booting of whole VM fleets The Xen project has released another upgrade to its open source hypervisor.…

Many people consider hard drives secure because they physically own them. It's difficult to read the data on a hard drive that you don't have, and many people think that protecting their computer with a passphrase makes the data on the drive unreadable. This isn't always the case, partly because, in some cases, a passphrase serves only to unlock a user session. In other words, you can power on a computer, but because you don't have its passphrase, you can't get to the desktop, and so you have no way to open files to look at them. read more

Some folks like to rearrange furniture. Other folks like to try new shoes or redecorate their bedroom on the regular. Me? I try out Linux desktops. After drooling over some of the incredible desktop environments I've seen online, I got curious about one window manager in particular: bspwm.

Swarm programming with audio, video, and everyone editing at once – what could go wrong? JetBrains today pushed out Code With Me, formerly in preview, a plugin to support remote collaborative coding, as well as updates to its Java and Ruby IDEs.…

Erlang is a general-purpose programming language and runtime environment. In this tutorial, I will show you how to install Erlang on Debian 10.

On Linux, it's common to create shell scripts to automate repetitive tasks. Similarly, on FreeDOS, the open source implementation of old DOS operating systems, you can create a batch file containing several FreeDOS commands. Then you can run your batch file to execute each command in order.

What’s this got to do with Big Blue's hybrid cloud obsession? Cloudifying COBOL ... until you repent and go back to z/OS IBM has announced a COBOL compiler for Linux on x86.…

Learn how to use Stratis and Tang to manage disk encryption over the network at scale.

Advantech’s rugged, Mini Type 10 sized “SOM-7583” module ships with an 11th Gen Core CPU plus up to 64GB NVMe, a 2.5GbE controller, and an optional “SOM-DB5830” carrier board. The SOM-7583 is the first module we have seen that deploys Intel’s 11th Gen Tiger Lake UP3 on an 84 x 55mm COM Express Mini Type […]

Fedora test days are events where anyone can help make sure changes in Fedora Linux work well in an upcoming release. Fedora community members often participate, and the public is welcome at these events. If you’ve never contributed to Fedora before, this is a perfect way to get started. There are three upcoming test events […]

Advantech’s IP65-protected “One-to-One Visitor Thermal Screening Kiosk” runs Android on a Rockchip RK3288 and has a 11.6-inch touchscreen, a 2MP camera for face capture, and an Avalo thermal sensor. A year ago, we posted a story headlined Embedded Linux joins the Covid-19 battle, which covered various embedded solutions targeting a response to the coronavirus. Products […]