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New research article type embeds live code and data

  • Opensource.com (Posted by bob on Aug 3, 2019 10:44 AM CST)
  • Story Type: News Story
While science is supposed to be about building on each other's findings to improve our understanding of the world around us, reproducing and reusing previously published results remains challenging, even in the age of the internet. The basic format of the scientific paper—the primary means through which scientists communicate their findings—has more or less remained the same since the first papers were published in the 18th century. read more

LibreOffice handlers defend suite's security after 'unfortunately partial' patch

  • The Register (Posted by bob on Aug 3, 2019 8:55 AM CST)
  • Story Type: Interview
When is a macro not a macro? When it comes with the product, apparently Interview The Document Foundation, custodian of LibreOffice, has defended the suite's security after attempts to patch a code execution flaw turned out to be "partial".…

Understanding file paths and how to use them in Linux

  • Opensource.com (Posted by bob on Aug 3, 2019 3:29 AM CST)
  • Groups: Linux; Story Type: News Story
A file path is the human-readable representation of a file or folder’s location on a computer system. You’ve seen file paths, although you may not realize it, on the internet: An internet URL, despite ancient battles fought by proprietary companies like AOL and CompuServe, is actually just a path to a (sometimes dynamically created) file on someone else’s computer. read more

Linux heads for space in hardened Ai-RIO computer

Aitech announced that its VxWorks-driven “Ai-RIO” computer, which is available in separate Space and Mil/Aero configurations, now offers a Linux BSP. The rugged Ai-RIO runs on a PowerPC-based NXP P1020 and offers radiation resistance and modular I/O expansion. Commercial space travel is on the verge of becoming a major market for embedded computing. Much of […]

IBM ships software portfolio into containers thanks to Red Hat providing the packaging

Spreads the Openshift love around for Cloud Paks. There are many reasons for IBM’s recent purchase of Red Hat, but one of them became apparent today - the Big Blue has announced that it has packed more than 100 products across its software portfolio into containers, designed for Red Hat’s OpenShift.…

GNOME and KDE work together on the Linux desktop

  • ZDNet | open-source RSS; By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols (Posted by bob on Aug 2, 2019 4:04 AM CST)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: GNOME, KDE, Linux
Fragmentation has long been a problem for the Linux desktop, but now the two biggest open-source desktop foundations are joining forces.

Machine vision controller offers PoE and real-time vision I/O

Axiomtek’s “IPS962-512-PoE” embedded vision PC supports 6th or 7th Gen Intel chips and offers 4x PoE-ready GbE, PCIe, 4x USB 3.0, modular I/O expansion, and real-time vision-specific I/O with microsecond-scale and LED lighting control. Axiomtek has launched a IPS962-512-PoE machine vision controller with modular I/O expansion, isolated I/O interfaces, and real-time controls. The latter include […]

Valve proposes game-friendly changes to the Linux kernel

  • ZDNet; By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols (Posted by bob on Aug 2, 2019 1:36 AM CST)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Kernel, Linux
Valve has long wanted Linux to be a serious gaming platform. It's now taking its efforts into the Linux kernel itself.

How to migrate from Microsoft Exchange Server to ONLYOFFICE

ONLYOFFICE is an open-source solution that comprises online editors for text documents, spreadsheets, and presentations combined with the groupware platform: mail, projects, CRM, calendar, chat. In this tutorial, we’ll learn how to switch from MS Exchange and transfer users, mailboxes, and messages to ONLYOFFICE.

Failure is a feature in blameless DevOps

  • Opensource.com (Posted by bob on Aug 1, 2019 4:55 PM CST)
  • Story Type: News Story
DevOps is just another term for value stream development. What does value stream mean? Value is what arises during our interactions with customers and stakeholders. Once we get into value stream development, we quickly realize that value is not an entity. Value constantly changes. Value is a process. Value is a flow. Hence the term stream. Value is only value if it's a stream. And this streaming of value is what we call continuous integration (CI). read more

GitHub Pages is a CI/CD pipeline

  • Opensource.com (Posted by bob on Aug 1, 2019 10:44 AM CST)
  • Story Type: News Story
One of GitHub's superpowers is the ability to magically turn your documentation into a website. If you configure a GitHub Page for your docs/ folder on your AwesomeProject website, you'll end up with yourname.github.io/awesomeproject, showing your documentation, all for free. read more

Install Automad CMS with Nginx and Let's Encrypt SSL on Ubuntu 18.04

  • Howtoforge Linux Howtos und Tutorials (Posted by bob on Aug 1, 2019 8:15 AM CST)
  • Story Type: Tutorial; Groups: Linux, PHP, Ubuntu
Automad is an open-source file-based content management system (CMS) and a template engine written in PHP. All content is stored in human-readable text files instead of a database.

Linux permissions 101

  • Opensource.com (Posted by bob on Aug 1, 2019 7:01 AM CST)
  • Groups: Linux; Story Type: News Story
Understanding Linux permissions and how to control which users have access to files is a fundamental skill for systems administration. This article will cover standard Linux file systems permissions, dig further into special permissions, and wrap up with an explanation of default permissions using umask. read more

Continuous Integration/Continuous Development with FOSS Tools

One of the hottest topics within the DevOps space is Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD). This attention has drawn lots of investment dollars, and a vast array of proprietary Software As A Service (SaaS) tools have been created in the CI/CD space, which traditionally has been dominated by free open-source software (FOSS) tools. Is FOSS still the right choice with the low cost of many of these SaaS options?

Running Blockchain Applications in Hyperledger Explorer

  • Linux.com (Posted by bob on Aug 1, 2019 12:49 AM CST)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Linux
Hyperledger Explorer is a powerful utility that allows users to create user-friendly web-based applications. It is a blockchain dashboard and provides the ability to view, invoke, deploy, and query raw blockchain data and network information, including block details, chain codes, and transactions stored in the ledger.

The VR Linux desktop is on its way

Want to use the GNOME or KDE Linux desktops on your virtual reality headset? A new open-source project aims to let you play games and use your Linux desktop with your VR head-mounted display.

Multi-monitor wallpapers with Hydrapaper

  • Fedora Magazine (Posted by bob on Jul 31, 2019 5:23 PM CST)
  • Groups: Fedora; Story Type: News Story
When using multiple monitors, by default, means that your desktop wallpaper is duplicated across all of your screens. However, with all that screen real-estate that a multiple monitor setup delivers, having a different wallpaper for each monitor is a nice way to brighten up your workspace even more. One manual workaround for getting different wallpapers […]

Bash aliases you can't live without

  • Opensource.com (Posted by bob on Jul 31, 2019 2:54 PM CST)
  • Story Type: News Story
A Bash alias is a method of supplementing or overriding Bash commands with new ones. Bash aliases make it easy for users to customize their experience in a POSIX terminal. They are often defined in $HOME/.bashrc or $HOME/bash_aliases (which must be loaded by $HOME/.bashrc).

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