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bat is a simple command line tool for easily setting and checking the ASUS battery charging stop threshold, in order to help extend battery life.

We know that live patching has real benefits because it significantly reduces the downtime associated with frequent patching. But live patching is relatively difficult to achieve without causing other problems and for that reason live patching is not implemented as frequently as it could be. After all, the last thing sysadmins want is a live patch that crashes a system.

For years, the GCC and the FSF were connected at the hip, but after Richard M. Stallman's return to the FSF board, the GCC steering committee had enough.

 New tool will enable those registered for a certification exam to experience the test environment before sitting for their exam  SAN FRANCISCO, June 2, 2021 – The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, and the Cloud Native Computing Foundation® (CNCF®), which builds sustainable ecosystems for cloud native software, have announced […]

Linkerd developer points to hidden overhead costs in Istio, suggesting that the most popular service mesh isn't right for everyone.

Docker is a tool that is used to run software in a container. It's a great way for developers and users to worry less about compatibility with an operating system and dependencies because the contained software should run identically on any system.

By default, SSH already uses a secure data communication between remote machines, but if you want to add some extra security layer to your SSH connections, you can add a Google Authenticator (two-factor authentication) module that allows you to enter a random one-time password (TOTP) verification code while connecting to SSH servers.

In my introductory article about chaos engineering, one of the main things I covered was the importance of getting the steady state of your working Kubernetes cluster. Before you can start causing chaos, you need to know what the cluster looks like in a steady state. read more

New visuals, simplified menus, though Mozilla has yet to fully state its position on 'privacy preserving ads' Mozilla has released Firefox 89, proclaiming it a "fresh new Firefox," though it comes amid a relentless decline in market share.…

This series looks at emulating home computers. This article looks at emulating the Amstrad CPC range.

Lynis is an open-source and much powerful auditing tool for Unix/Linux-like operating systems. It scans the system for security information, general system information, installed and available software information, configuration mistakes, security issues, user accounts without a password, wrong file permissions, firewall auditing, etc.

Drupal is a free, scalable, and open platform used to create and manage website content. In this guide, we will show you how to deploy multiple Drupal instances with Nginx on Ubuntu 20.04.

The latest stable version of openSUSE Linux distribution - openSUSE Leap 15.3 is now available. In this post, we round up the release with changes and download details.

There are a few commands that should always be in your sysadmin toolbox. Get to know these 7 essential networking commands.

This brief guide explains how to fix if vagrant up hangs when mounting NFS shared folders in Linux operating system.

Vecow’s compact “VAC-1000” runs Ubuntu Server on a Foxconn FXN3102 with 24 Cortex-A53 cores and a choice of Lightspeeur 2801S and Hailo-8 NPUs. Features include 16GB DDR4, 64GB eMMC, 2x GbE, 2x USB 3.0, SATA, and M.2 expansion. Like most embedded system manufacturers, Vecow focuses on Intel-based products. Yet earlier this year the Taiwan-based company […]

Simplifying AGL's existing Wayland-based graphical stack and avoiding the use of modules that aren't maintained upstream has lead to the creation of a new compositor based on libweston, bringing more reliable and fine-grained system control.

The Blender Foundation released today the Blender 2.93 LTS open-source, cross-platform and free 3D modeling software for GNU/Linux, macOS, and Windows platforms.

It's not me, it's GNU The GCC (GNU Compiler Collection) Steering Committee has lifted a long-standing requirement that all code contributions must be assigned to the FSF (Free Software Foundation).…

Do you know how your system will respond to an arbitrary failure? Will your application fail? Will anything survive after a loss? If you're not sure, it's time to see if your system passes the Litmus test, a detailed way to cause chaos at random with many experiments.