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Geary 40 released with responsive UI modes and many new changes. We take a look at the new features and how to install them.

GNOME’s annual GUADEC (GNOME Users And Developers European Conference) event is upon us and will take place in Summer 2021 between July 21st and July 25th.

ProFTPD is a popular and versatile FTP server that is available as open-source software and supports TLS (SSL) for secure connections. This article describes how to configure proftpd with TLS on Ubuntu server 20.04 LTS.

XAMPP is a cross-platform development environment consisting of Apache, MariaDB, PHP, and Perl. In this guide, we will see how to install XAMPP on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.

Kontron’s “KBox A-203-AI-GC” edge AI computer runs Linux on an Apollo Lake SoC and supplies a Coral Edge TPU, up to 8GB LPDDR4, DP, SATA, and a pair each of GbE, USB, serial, and mini-PCIe. The fanless, rugged, KBox A-203-AI-GC is the latest in Kontron’s line of compact KBox edge computers, including its Raspberry Pi […]

Debian developer and Collabora engineer Simon McVittie announced today the availability for public testing of Flatpak 1.11.1 as the first unstable release in the upcoming Flatpak 1.12 stable series of this popular Linux app sandboxing and distribution framework.

Here's a quick recap from this week's DebugPoint.com weekly roundup (Week Ending April 25, 2021). Have a quick read.

Cloud computing is a popular buzzword that refers to an on-demand technology that has taken over the technology world by storm and simplifies the way we provision IT resources and access data. To better understand and appreciate the concept of Cloud computing, let’s go back in time and see how the technology environment looked like before the advent of cloud technology.

The xargs Linux command allows a user to execute command lines from standard input. If that sounds confusing, it might be easier to look at a basic example. The following command would use xargs to cat all the files listed by the ls command.

Introduction The OpenAPI Initiative (OAI), a consortium of forward-looking industry experts who focus on standardizing how APIs are categorized and described, released the OpenAPI Specification 3.1.0 in February. This new version introduces better support for webhooks and adds 100% compatibility with the latest draft (2020-12) of JSON Schema. Complete information on the OpenAPI Specification (OAS) […]

Have you ever stopped to look at how much more ping can do for you beyond just a quick network connectivity test?

Alexandre Oliva announced today the release of the GNU Linux-libre 5.12 kernel for those who want to use a 100% free version of the Linux 5.12 kernel on their GNU/Linux computers.

Pandemic making permanent changes to developer remote working The world has more developers than ever, a new SlashData survey has reported - with 1.4 million more JavaScript developers than six months ago - and developer work patterns have been permanently altered by the COVID-19 pandemic.…

There are few Linux users who don't remember the first time they discovered you could boot a computer and run Linux on it without ever actually installing it. Sure, many users are aware that you can boot a computer to an operating system installer, but with Linux it's different: there doesn't need to be an install at all! Your computer doesn't even need to have a hard drive in it. You can run Linux for months or even years off of a USB drive. read more

Linux Kernel 5.12 is available for download. We give you a brief of the new features and how to install the latest Kernel.

The thirtieth installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending on April 25th, keeping you guys up to date with the most important things happening in the Linux world.

This series recommends what to choose when buying a refurbished mini PC to run Linux as a desktop computer. For this article we focus on the CPU.

In this tutorial, we will see how to create a new user in Ubuntu 20.04 and how to grant sudo access to the user. As you may aware, any users who want to run commands that require root privileges need to either switch to the root account and submit the command or they should be part of the sudo group.

New version adds Hyper-V fun, more support for ACRN IoT hypervisor, support for PlayStation controllers and ‘novelty port’ to ancient Nintendo. Linus Torvalds has emitted version 5.12 of the Linux kernel, and warned the next version looks like a whopper.…

Linus Torvalds officially released today the Linux 5.12 as the latest and greatest kernel series for Linux-based operating systems, bringing numerous new features and improvements for better hardware support.