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Meanwhile: Another kernel dev is 'unfscking' the source code, with predictable results Linus Torvalds has stuck to his “no swearing” resolution with his regular Sunday night Linux kernel release candidate announcement.…

Leadership works differently at Red Hat. In our open organization, people don't just receive the status of "leader" when appointed to a position or given a title. Instead, leaders earn their leadership positions when they adopt a certain combination of behaviors and mindsets. read more

Another kernel dev is “unfscking” the source code, with predictable results Linus Torvalds has stuck to his “no swearing” resolution with his regular Sunday night release candidate announcement. Probably the most important aspect of the release is that it implements the important “STIBP” performance fix.…

EFCO launched four Linux-ready “Eagle Eye” embedded machine vision computers with Intel 7th/6th Gen Core or Atom processors. The high-end systems support PoE+ IP cameras and EFCO’s AI-infused EKit hardware monitoring platform. EFCO’s Intel-based Eagle Eye systems are designed for machine vision and video applications, as well as other industrial, space-constrained IoT applications. Like its […]

Chances are many of you are thinking about what to get others for the upcoming holiday season as well as what to add to your own wishlist. Regardless of the reason or the season, though, these eight books are ones our writer community recommends to give and receive for any occasion or time of the year.

News briefs for December 3, 2018.

Well, friends, we've almost reached the end of 2018. Before we count down to the New Year, Opensource.com is counting down 24 days of fun Linux command-line tricks. Our first three articles have already published.......

It's December, and if you haven't found a tech advent calendar that sparks your fancy yet, well, maybe this one will do the trick. Every day, from now to the 24th, we're bringing you a different Linux command-line toy. What's a command-line toy, you ask? It could be a game or any simple diversion to bring a little happiness to your terminal. You may have seen some of these before. We hope you'll find something new, too. Either way, we hope you have fun following along. read more

When did open source begin? In February 1998, when the term was coined by Christine Peterson? Or in 1989, when Richard Stallman drew up the "subroutinized" GNU GPL? Or perhaps a little earlier, in 1985, when he created the GNU Emacs license? How about on March 6, 1665? On that day, the following paragraph appeared...

Typesetter is a free, open source and PHP-based CMS intended for use by small-medium volume websites. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Typesetter CMS on Ubuntu 18.04 server.

"Does anybody really know what time it is? Does anybody really care?" – Chicago, 1969 read more

You can share NFS home directories without enabling Kerberos for more secure authentication. But with the standard system authentication, it’s trivial for a remote user to change the UID of a local account on their PC and gain access to someone else’s home directory. Kerberos adds a requirement that the end user have a special […]

In the DevOps CALMS model (which stands for Culture, Automation, Lean, Measurement, and Sharing), Sharing is often overlooked or misunderstood. While each element of CALMS is just as important as the others, sharing knowledge is something that we often neglect. read more

It's December, and every Linux terminal user deserves a reward just for making through the year. So we're bringing you a sort of advent calendar of Linux command-line toys. What's a command-line toy? It might be a game, a pointless little time waster, or just something to bring you joy at the terminal. Today's Linux command-line toy is a suggestion from Opensource.com community moderator Ben Cotton. Ben suggested sl, which is short for steam locomotive.

We've tested the most promising laptops pre-installed with Linux, and featured reviews of them in our 2018 Linux Laptop Buyer's Guide. Download your copy now to read what you need to know when shopping for your next Linux laptop. 

On the 2nd of December, the Kdenlive team will be holding an open bug-squashing day in preparation for the major refactoring release due in April 2019. Everybody is invited!

It's the holiday season, and every Linux terminal user deserves a little gift. It doesn't matter whether you celebrate Christmas, another holiday, or nothing at all. So I'm gathering together a collection of 24 Linux command-line toys over the next few weeks for you to enjoy and share with your friends. Let's have a little fun and add a little joy to a month that, at least here in the northern hemisphere, can be a little bit cold and dreary. read more

Let’s take a look at five of the minimal browsers that can be installed on Linux. I’ll be demonstrating these browsers on the Elementary OS platform, but each of these browsers are available to nearly every distribution in the known Linuxverse. Let’s dive in.

Nowhere is this never-ending quest for speed more apparent than in the high-performance computing (HPC) space. Built to handle some of the most computationally demanding work ever conceived by man, these supercomputers are growing faster by the day—and Linux is right there, powering just about all of them.

Joomla, which independent review site CMS Critic named the Best Free CMS of 2018, is one of the world's most popular website content management systems (CMSes). Like WordPress, Joomla can usually be installed in less than a minute with its web host installer tools. read more