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The new IBM Secure Service Container brings a new layer of security to IBM LinuxONE and Z mainframes. Within Cloud Private, IBM claims SSC takes advantage of today's mainframes hardware embedded capabilities to help protect your data, guard against internal and external threats and simplify your data compliance initiatives.

VIA unveiled a “VIA ALTA DS 3 Edge AI” mini-PC that runs Android 8.0 on a Snapdragon 820E. VIA previously announced it is bringing FogHorn’s Lightning IoT edge intelligence platform to its Edge AI systems. VIA Technologies, which earlier this year released a VIA Smart Recognition Platform board powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 has […]

One of the first commands I learned in Linux was ls. Knowing what’s in a directory where a file on your system resides is important. Being able to see and modify not just some but all of the files is also important. read more

RabbitMQ is an open source message-broker software written in Erlang programming language with client support for all major programming languages. In this tutorial, I will show you how to set up a RabbitMQ Cluster consisting of 3 servers on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.

Katherine Druckman talks to Doc Searls about digital privacy, wizards and muggles, and boiled frogs.

Alicia Gibb is the face of open hardware right now. She went to library school where they taught her that freedom of information and access to it is the most important thing. She's been in love with "open source" ever since and eventually got into open hardware through hackerspace meetups. Her favorite thing is when an LED lights up. "It's the 'Hello World' of hardware. You know something is working." read more

Swift is a general-purpose programming language built using a modern approach to safety, performance, and software design patterns. It aims to be the best language for a variety of programming projects, ranging from systems programming to desktop applications and scaling up to cloud services. Read more about it and how to try it out in […]

As Linux adoption expands, it’s increasingly important for the kernel community to improve the security of the world’s most widely used technology. Security is vital not only for enterprise customers, it’s also important for consumers, as 80 percent of mobile devices are powered by Linux. In this article, Linux kernel maintainer Greg Kroah-Hartman provides a glimpse into how the kernel community deals with vulnerabilities.

Apache Kafka is a distributed streaming platform developed by Apache Software Foundation and written in Java and Scala. Apache Kafka was originally developed by LinkedIn, and was open sourced in 2011. In this tutorial, we will show you how to step-by-step install and configure Apache Kafka on Ubuntu 18.04.

News briefs for October 2, 2018.

Recently, Facebook has open-sourced its machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) framework: PyTorch. Now, it's matured to the point that a beta of PyTorch 1.0 has been released. Facebook is pushing forward with its own open-source machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) framework.

When it comes to accessing socket related information through the command line in Linux, the first tool that comes to mind is netstat. However, there's another utility that can do this work for you. It's called ss.

Advantech-Innocore announced a Linux-ready “DPX-E265” gaming and lottery board based on AMD’s Ryzen V1000 that features 4x DP++ ports, 2x SATA, plus M.2, PCIe x16, and PCIe x4 expansion. Advantech-Innocore announced the DPC-E140 casino gaming platform board in February in conjunction with AMD’s Ryzen Embedded V1000 announcement and followed up with an Intel 7th Gen […]

No matter what your reasons for starting a small business, the key to keeping that business going is getting paid. Getting paid usually means sending a client an invoice. It's easy enough to whip up an invoice using LibreOffice Writer or LibreOffice Calc, but sometimes you need a bit more. A more professional look. A way of keeping track of your invoices. Reminders about when to follow up on the invoices you've sent. read more

Years ago, I decided to set up an extra computer (I always have extra computers) so that I could access it from work to transfer files I might need. To do this, the basic first step is to have your ISP assign a fixed IP address. read more

You may have already seen the article here in the Magazine about upscaling bitmap images with better quality. That article covered a few utilities to achieve good results, but there’s always room for enhancement. Meet Waifu2x, a sophisticated tool that uses deep convolutional neural networks, or machine learning for short. Therefore it benefits from trained […]

In this guide, we’ll learn how to install and configure the latest version of Typo3 CMS in Debian 9. Typo3 is a powerful open source content management system with most parts written in PHP programming language.

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Whether absolute beginner or seasoned programming novice, we all need a helping hand remembering those key commands. I use a Raspberry Pi every day, but I rely on sticky notes and web searches to get by, so I put together this handy cheat sheet on the basics.   This Raspberry Pi cheat sheet covers what you need to boot your Pi, how to install the operating system, how to enable SSH and connect to WiFi, how to install software and update your system, and includes links for where to get further help.   read more

Over a dozen events taking place alongside Open Source Summit and ELC+OpenIoT Summit Europe offer attendees even more ways to increase skills and connections - all in one trip. 300 conference sessions, 2000 attendees, 13 co-located events and dozens of event experiences; if you're not registered yet, now is the time.