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Original Arm operating system relicensed under Apache 2.0 . Not to be outdone by the open sourcing of an early version of MS-DOS for Intel chippery, version 5 of RISC OS – arguably the original commercially successful Arm operating system – is going fully open source.…
Latest Lime SDR board builds on Raspberry Pi CM3
The open spec, 125 x 65mm LimeNET Micro is Lime’s first fully embedded SDR board, featuring the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 3, MAX 10 FPGA, u-blox GNSS, RF transceiver, Ethernet with PoE, and optional enclosures. UK-based Lime Microsystems has returned to Crowd Supply to launch its first fully autonomous, embedded software defined radio (SDR) platform, and the first to include integrated PoE and GNSS.
PC version of Linux 4.19 lands with PC version of Linus Torvalds: Kernel handed back to creator
And the updated code of conduct is now live, too
Woke Linus Torvalds has returned from a four-week self-imposed exile to once again steer the Linux kernel, the widely used software project he founded nearly 30 years ago.…
Linux Kernel 4.19 Released, Linus Torvalds Is Back, Linspire 8.0 RC1 Is Out, IPFire 2.21 Now Available and Recently Discovered Apache Vulnerability
News briefs for October 22, 2018.
Learn to Work with Bash, Linux, and Git
Use of open source software leads to better and faster development, and wider collaboration, and open source skills are a very valuable form of currency in the job market. That’s why it’s worth checking out the Introduction to Open Source Software Development, Git and Linux, an online training course from The Linux Foundation.
Stealthy UK startup drops veil on next frontier of speech wizardry
The power's in the phone, not the cloud. If you've been amazed by Amazon's Alexa, Microsoft's Cortana and Google Assistant, you might think continuous speech recognition is done and dusted – and that there are no mountains left to climb. However, a young British company has developed a radical new approach with spectacular results, based on low-level signal processing.…
Tiny NanoPi Duo2 SBC offers camera connector
FriendlyElec has launched a tiny, under $20 “NanoPi Duo2” board that updates the original Duo with an Allwinner H3, Bluetooth, a camera connector, and an optional 2G carrier board. FriendlyElec has spun out a modest upgrade to last year’s $13 (previously $8) NanoPi Duo.
How to install Paperwork DMS on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Paperwork is a free, open-source and self-hosted personal document manager that can be used to manages scanned documents and PDFs. In this tutorial, we will install Paperwork on Ubuntu 18.04 server.
How to Compile Brotli from Source on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Brotli is a generic-purpose lossless compression algorithm that compresses data using a combination of a modern variant of the LZ77 algorithm, Huffman coding and 2nd order context modeling, with a compression ratio comparable to the best currently available general-purpose compression methods.
Review: System76 Oryx Pro Laptop
My last MacBook Pro is now four years old, so it was time to shop
around again. After being underwhelmed by this generation of MacBooks,
I decided to take the risk on a Linux laptop again. Oh my, an awful lot has changed in 15 years!
Improve login security with challenge-response authentication
Introduction Today, Fedora offers multiple ways to improve the secure authentication of our user accounts. Of course it has the familiar user name and password to login. It also offers additional authentication options such as biometric, fingerprint, smart card, one-time password, and even challenge-response authentication.
The code's crashed again, but why? Tell us your war stories of bugs found – and bugs fixed
We need your help in understanding how software issues are solved in production environments
Reader study Even the best software goes wrong from time to time. So, what exactly happens when it throws a wobbly, especially when it's a key component in a production environment?…
Bash by example, Part 2
In his introductory article on bash, Daniel Robbins walked you through
some of the scripting language's basic elements and reasons for using bash. In
this, the second installment, Daniel picks up where he left off and looks at
bash's basic constructs like conditional (if-then) statements, looping, and
more.
6 JavaScript books you should know
If there was ever the potential for a giant book list it's one based on our favorite Javascript books. But, this list is short and easy to digest. Maybe it will help you get started, gently. Plus, check out three of our top Javascript articles with even more books, resources, and tips.
Linus Torvalds is back in charge of Linux
VIDEO: After a few weeks off to reconsider his role in the Linux community, Linus Torvalds is back in the saddle.
How to set up WordPress on a Raspberry Pi
WordPress is a popular open source blogging platform and content management system (CMS). It's easy to set up and has a thriving community of developers building websites and creating themes and plugins for others to use. Although getting hosting packages with a "one-click WordPress setup" is easy, it's also simple to set up your own on a Linux server with only command-line access, and the Raspberry Pi is a perfect way to try it out and learn something along the way.
5 tips for choosing the right open source database
So, your company has a directive to adopt more open source database technologies, and they've recruited you to select the right direction. Whether you are an open source technology veteran or a newcomer, this is a daunting and overwhelming task.
What is an SRE and how does it relate to DevOps?
Even though the site reliability engineer (SRE) role has become prevalent in recent years, many people—even in the software industry—don't know what it is or does. This article aims to clear that up by explaining what an SRE is, how it relates to DevOps, and how an SRE works when your entire engineering organization can fit in a coffee shop.
Vendors confirm products affected by libssh bug as PoC code pops up on GitHub
throughout the week, some companies have stepped forward and published security advisories for products that use vulnerable versions of the libssh library. The first to go public was OS maker Red Hat. "This vulnerability affects libssh shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extras," the company said in an advisory.
To BeOS or not to BeOS, that is the Haiku
Back in 2001, a new operating system arrived that promised to change the way users worked with their computers. That platform was BeOS and I remember it well. What I remember most about it was the desktop, and how much it looked and felt like my favorite window manager (at the time) AfterStep.
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