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Far2l is a port of the Windows text-based file manager Far. And to be clear, that's a lower-case L (as in "Linux") not a number 1. It runs in the terminal and is designed around a plug-in structure, enabling compatibility with SSH, WebDAV, NFS, and more. You can compile and run far2l on Linux, Mac, and BSD, or Far on Windows.

urBackup is an open-source client/server backup system. It supports both file and image backups to achieve data safety and a fast restoration process.

The Pixhawk RPI CM4 Baseboard from Holybro is a Flight Controller platform supporting an RPi CM4 and the new Pixhawk 5X & 6X. The Baseboard provides support for Pixhawk/Ardupilot protocols (i.e. GPS, Telemetry, CAN, etc.) in addition to a Mini HDMI port, a CSI connector and dedicated power ports for the FC and the RPI […]

Open source frameworks like Django, a Python-based web framework, allows more control for sending emails using functions and expressions. This article shows how to configure an SMTP server and send emails in Django using SMTP.

Forlinx released this week the FET3588-C System-on-Module based on the octa-core Rockchip 3588 which also integrates the Arm Mali-G610 MP4 GPU and a 6 TOPs NPU. Forlinx is also offering a dev. board to get access to peripherals as dual GbE LAN ports, multiple display interfaces, PCIe slots and optional wireless connectivity.   The FET3588-C […]

Rox-Filer is an open source file manager for Linux, once intended for the defunct Rox desktop but now a streamlined application for any window manager or desktop. There hasn't been much activity on the Rox project since 2014, and even then it is mostly in maintenance mode. And that's part of Rox-Filer's charm. In a way, Rox-Filer is a snapshot of an old desktop style that was progressive for its time but has given way to a more or less standardized, or at least conventional, interface.

Project Browser is one of the most exciting initiatives for Drupal. It is intended to make the platform genuinely easy for everyone. Read on to discover what the project goals are, why we're excited about it, how Project Browser works, and when you might see it in Drupal core.

Today, the KDE Plasma Desktop lists Konqueror as a web browser. Officially, file management has shifted over to Dolphin, but Konqueror is still capable of doing the job. For the full and classic Konqueror experience, you should try the Plasma Desktop 3.x fork TDE, but in this article I use Konqueror in KDE Plasma Desktop version 5.

By default, all PostgreSQL connections are insecure, which can cause security issues when run in high-traffic production environments. This tutorial will teach you how to enable SSL for PostgreSQL connections.

vnStat is a free, open-source, and console-based network traffic monitoring tool for Linux operating system. Lightweight and low CPU usage. This tutorial will show you how to install and use the VnStat tool to monitor network traffic on Ubuntu 22.04.

BIND or Berkeley Internet Name Domain is free and open-source DNS Server software. It's one of the most popular DNS server software used by more than 70% of DNS on the Internet. This tutorial will show you how to set up DNS Server with BIND on a Rocky Linux 9 server.

Another Linux OS – but this time it's all about the software packaging NixOS is a distro built with a new sort of software build tool. You can install it and it works, but oddly that isn't really the point.…

The popular Drupal open source content management system (CMS) reaches a significant milestone when version 10 is released on December 14. Personally, I think Drupal X sounds way cooler, but so far, my calls to name it that haven't gotten much traction. I enlisted the help of my friend Aaron Judd of Northern Commerce to give us a sense of how cool Drupal X could look:

In this tutorial, we will cover how to block certain packages from being installed or upgraded and how to block specific versions of packages or kernels from being installed.

If you are concerned about browsing discreetly, this makes it easier, The latest Tor Browser is a specially packaged version of Firefox 102 ESR which does all the hard work of setting up a TOR connection.…

Ranger is a terminal-based file manager that uses Vim-like keyboard commands. If you're working in a terminal all day, running Sed and Awk commands and using Vim, then you might want a way to manage files without leaving the comforting glow of your amber-on-black screen. There are, of course, the ls and cd commands, but sometimes you want to "walk through" your system, or maybe you want to mimic a graphical experience without the graphics.

Carbonio Community Edition (Carbonio CE) is an open source no-cost email and collaboration platform by Zextras. It provides privacy for organizations seeking digital sovereignty by using on-premises self-hosted servers. Using self-hosted servers offers a deeper level of control over infrastructure and data.

Containers are a popular way to distribute and run software on Linux. One of the tools included in Fedora Linux to work with containers is the Pod Manager tool, also known as Podman. This article describes the use of the Ansible Podman Linux System Roles to automate container management. With Podman, you can quickly and […]

Machdyne recently unveiled two general-purpose computers built around the Lattice ECP5 FPGA. The Noir and the Konfekt boards are equipped with 2MB NOR flash, 1x MicroSD card reader, 1x USB-C port, etc. Both boards can run Linux as well. Both Noir and Konfekt computers can be configured with the ECP5 FPGA variant that includes 25K […]

The Fintech Open Source Foundation has found banks and other financial organizations are no longer just using open-source software, they're building and sharing it.