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Java is more than just a programming language: It's also a runtime. Applications written in Java are compiled to Java bytecode then interpreted by a Java Virtual Machine (JVM), which is why you can write Java on one platform and have it run on all other platforms.

Gentoo Linux allows you to create your own custom Linux distribution. Learn how to install Gentoo on your computer today.

No offense, but are you still using the same old standard FTP (File Transfer Protocol) to exchange files from a remote system? It’s been a five-decade since FTP came, now we have a more appropriate alternative with good security algorithms without compromising the speed.

Behind almost all Linux firewalls tools such as iptables; its newer version, nftables; firewalld; and ufw, is netfilter, which controls access to and from Linux's network stack. It's an essential Linux security program, so when a security hole is found in it, it's a big deal.

Could open organization principles successfully apply to entire societies? That's the question I asked as I read the book Open: The Story of Human Progress by Johan Norberg, which aims to examine the relative success of "open societies" throughout global history.

phpBB, also known as a “PHP Bulletin Board” is a free flat-forum bulletin board software that provides a space for people to gather and communicate with each other.

Arch Linux, arguably the most widely known rolling-release distribution, just celebrated its 20th anniversary. The project has commemorated its first public release, 0.1, with a snapshot of its original homepage.

In this tutorial, we will cover how to use the ip command to display or configure information about network interfaces, routing, and IP addresses.

SSHGuard is an open-source daemon that is used to enhance the security of ssh as well as other network protocols. In this tutorial, you will learn to install SSHGuard and configure the system to prevent brute force attacks in Ubuntu 20.04.

I've used the sudo command for years, and one of my favorite features is how it saves a record of everything happening in a terminal while running a command. This feature has been available for over a decade. However, sudo 1.9 introduced central session recording collection, allowing you to check all administrative access to your hosts on your network at a single location and play back sessions like a movie.

Huge step towards the project's goal of being a drop-in replacement for older Microsoft operating systems. ReactOS, the open-source project for creating a binary-compatible drop-in replacement for Windows, has crossed a crucial milestone with a first look at symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) support.…

Mekotronics is prepping an “R58X” mini-PC that features on an octa-core RK3588 with up to 16GB RAM, 2x GbE, WiFi/BT, HDMI in and out, DP, and 4x USB plus eMMC, SATA, and M.2 storage. Shenzhen-based Mekotronics has posted several preliminary shopping/product pages (without prices) for an industrial temperature mini-PC and signage player that runs Linux […]

The seventy-six installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending on March 13th, 2022, keeping you guys up to date with the most important things happening in the Linux world.

Every file system used in production has tools to try to recover from system crashes. To provide a better infrastructure for those tools, Collabora's kernel team developed FAN_FS_ERROR, a new fanotify event which monitors error notifications.

Lynis is a free and open-source security auditing tool and released as a GPL licensed project and is available for Linux and Unix-based Operating systems. In this tutorial, we will try to explore the Lynis audit report and learn to apply some of the reforms it suggests. Let's now get started with this guide.

APT – It’s likely that you’ve typed it hundreds, if not thousands of times. So why not use Nala to make things easier? Nala is a frontend for APT so that you can have prettier output, faster downloads of packages, and a history. Here’s how to use it.

Vecow’s “ESOM-MT-500” module runs Linux on MediaTek’s octa-core -A73 and -A53 i500 SoC with up to 4GB RAM and 16GB eMMC. A dev kit extends the module with 2x LAN, WiFi/BT, HDMI, MIPI-DSI/CSI, 2x USB, and mini-PCIe. Last week when we covered Vecow’s first compute module, the Elkhart Lake powered, Compact Type 6 VCOM-1600, we […]

Images are the fundamental component of docker. In this guide, we will discuss what docker images are, how to build them, how to manage them, and how to use them.

The possibilities for Raspberry Pi projects continue to perpetuate this Pi Day! The beloved single-board computer recently turned ten years old. To celebrate, we put together a list of recent Raspberry Pi tutorials written by members of the Opensource.com community.   read more

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