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GNU Emacs is a very famous editor, but not everyone knows that emacs is a tradition of text editors rather than just one specific application. The term "emacs" is actually a portmanteau of "Editor Macros," and the first one was programmed in 1976 as a set of macros for the TECO editor. read more

Despite recent takedown efforts, the operators behind the malicious botnet are back with a new module call "Trickboot" that detects UEFI/BIOS firmware vulnerabilities.

An Interface in C# is a contract between Interface and class that implements it. This contract says any class that implements this interface will provide the implementation for the members of the Interface. Unlike, Abstract class, Interface in C# can only contain declaration not implementation. Because all the members of the Interface are abstract and cannot have an implementation. The keyword abstract will not be used with the members of the Interfaces but the compiler will treat them as abstract members.

Just like Abstract and other special classes, Interfaces also come with some rules. Lets discuss those rules now.

If you're experiencing slow package downloads or updates, here is a workaround to speed up DNF package manager in Fedora, RHEL, and CentOS.

When I saw Stack Overflow Chief Product Officer (CPO) Teresa Dietrich on the list of speakers at the All Things Open conference this year, I jumped at the chance to get an update. We all know the value of Stack Overflow: the information that's been created there over the past twelve years is nothing short of vital for programmers, developers, and other technologists. Just the other day one of our contributors shared how critical it was to his process for starting to learn a new programming language quickly. read more

The rolling release based Linux distribution Manjaro releases its latest stable version Manjaro 20.2. Let's take a look at what's new and give you instructions on how to download and install Manjaro 20.2.

Pogo is billed as a fast and minimalist audio player for Linux. It’s written in Python and uses GTK+ and GStreamer, the latter is a pipeline-based multimedia framework that links together a wide variety of media processing systems to complete complex workflows.

In June 2020, the Secretary-General of the United Nations published a "Roadmap for Digital Cooperation." In this report, he expanded on recommendations made a year before, calling on all actors, including the Member States, the United Nations system, the private sector, and others, to promote digital public goods. He says to realize the benefits of increased internet connectivity, open source projects in the form of digital public goods must be at the center. read more

System76 is teasing today the upcoming launch of the AMD-only “Pangolin” Linux laptop powered by AMD Ryzen 4000 series of processors and featuring integrated AMD Radeon graphics.

Application secrets or credentials can be stored using the AWS Secret Manager securely. Secrets can be rotated, managed, and retrieved throughout their lifecycle using AWS Secret Manager.

2DayGeek: This quick article shows you how to administrate CloudLinux OS from command line.

Chill, people. Your Docker skills haven't suddenly become useless. Here's what's really going on.

Andes unveils four new Linux-focused RISC-V cores: The 32-bit A45MP and 64-bit AX45MP support up to 4x cores at up to 2.4GHz and offer optional L2 cache while the 32-bit A27L2 and AX27L2 also add optional L2. Last December when Andes Technology announced its RISC-V architecture AndesCore 27-series of Linux-ready CPU cores, we somehow missed […]

This article will show you how to install PHP 8 on Ubuntu 20.04 and integrate it with Nginx and Apache.

Whether you know it as Vim, Neovim, gVim, nvi, or even Elvis, the quintessential Unix editor is easily Vi. Included in probably every Linux and BSD distribution, Vi is a lightweight and minimalist text editor that many users love for its simple and succinct keyboard shortcuts and dual-mode design.

The way we handle client-server architecture in the modern web is completely backwards from how it should be.

2DayGeek: This quick article shows you how to remove physical volume from a volume group in LVM.

The PCLinuxOS Magazine staff is pleased to announce the release of the December 2020 issue.

The UBports Foundation announced today that the next version of the Ubuntu Touch mobile operating system, OTA-15, will arrive on December 16th with more improvements for Ubuntu Phone users.

Linux Kernel 5.10 is planned for LTS (long term support) Kernel release. Kernel 5.10 is the 21st stable release following the current Kernel 5.4 LTS. And the Kernel 5.10 RC6 is out now.