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What D-Bus is D-Bus serves various purposes aiming to facilitate the cooperation between different processes in the system. This article will describe D-Bus and how it performs this function. From the D-Bus creators definition: D-Bus is a message bus system, a simple way for applications to talk to one another. In addition to interprocess communication, […]

As much as the Web continues to inspire us, we know that sites put up with an awful lot of abuse in order to stay online. Denial of service attacks, fraud and other flavors of abusive behavior are a constant pressure on website operators. One way that sites protect themselves is to find some way […]

In the digital age, data is the cornerstone of our virtual existence, and its protection is paramount. In the Linux ecosystem, backing up data is not just a precaution; it's a necessity. This article delves into the Linux backup strategies, focusing primarily on two stalwarts – rsync and tar – while also exploring a range of other essential backup utilities.

Nextcloud AIO stands for Nextcloud All in One. It is a docker-based installer that makes deploying Nextcloud a breeze.

Pure-FTPd is a free (BSD-license), secure, production-quality and standard-conformant FTP server. This guide provides a step-by-step process for installing and configuring Pure-FTPd on Ubuntu.

Latest version of Mozilla's web browser brings something different depending on your machine Version 121 of Mozilla's Firefox web browser, released yesterday, has changes that affect Linux, Windows, and Mac users differently.…

The first full-fledged desktop distro for M-chip Macs, Fedora Asahi Linux is a giant step forward in bridging the gap between Linux and Apple silicon hardware.

Take an M1 or M2-powered Mac and turn it into a fast ARM64 PC, if that's what you fancy The Asahi Linux team has released the first version of its Fedora 39 remix for Apple Silicon Macs – at least the first couple of generations.…

InfluxDB offers very complete query capabilities, and it is also pretty good at storing time series data. In this article I will demonstrate how you can use existing performance collection tools with InfluxDB as the storage for the captured metrics. What you will require for this tutorial Running an InfluxDB server from a container This is maybe the […]

In the rapidly evolving landscape of software development and deployment, container technology has emerged as a revolutionary force. At the forefront of this transformation is Kubernetes, an open-source platform designed for automating deployment, scaling, and operations of application containers across clusters of hosts. This article delves into the synergy between Kubernetes and Ubuntu Server, a popular choice for hosting these containers.

Bad news for several downstream distros, but good news for NetBSD. After a recent meetup in Cambridge, Debian developers are discussing how to start gradually dropping x86-32 support.…

Back in August, we announced that Fedora Linux would soon be available on Apple Silicon Macs. We unveiled the Fedora Asahi Remix at Flock. This is a distribution developed in close collaboration with the Fedora Asahi SIG and the Asahi Linux project. Today we are happy to announce that Fedora Asahi Remix 39 is now […]

This is not a post about privacy, browser cookies, keeping you safe online and all that good stuff. You can find a plethora of information on that in some other articles and resources. This post is about actual Fedora cookies and trying to put a smile on people’s faces while inspiring them to contribute to […]

Peter Smails talks community, licensing, and AI pragmatism. Interview Open source companies do not run on goodwill alone, and industry veteran SUSE is walking the tighrope between pleasing the community and charging cold hard cash for some of its wares.…

The ED-IPC3020 is an industrial computer engineered around the latest Raspberry Pi 5, featuring the Broadcom BCM2712, a 2.4GHz quad-core 64-bit Arm Cortex-A76 CPU. This device is equipped with various I/O serial ports and includes PoE support. The system offers two memory configurations: 4GB and 8GB of LPDDR4X-4267 SDRAM, targeting diverse performance requirements. In terms […]

Today, Mozilla announced more than 400 new extensions (software that adds new features or functionality to the browser) to users on Firefox for Android at Mozilla’s AMO Android page. This milestone marks the launch of a new open extension ecosystem on mobile where developers are now free to create and publish extensions and users can […]

Visual Studio Code extension preview has a bunch of limitations for now. A preview of Microsoft's Windows AI Studio has landed – a set of tools and models from catalogs, including Azure AI Studio and Hugging Face – however you'll need Linux to run it.…

At the heart of effective log management lies Logrotate, a robust utility designed to simplify the maintenance of log files that tend to grow endlessly. This tool automates the process of rotating, compressing, and managing log files, ensuring that they remain manageable and useful.

Browser history also deposited under the Christmas Tree in new release. Vivaldi – the browser for users who just can't get enough settings – has launched version 6.5 of its software on desktop and mobile.…

DokuWiki is a free, open-source, and powerful Wiki software application written in PHP. This tutorial will show you how to install DokuWiki with Nginx on Alma Linux.