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The well-known founder of GNU software and free software resigned as president and board member of the FSF in 2019.

The Secure Copy tool (scp) is an easy way to securely copy files to and from remote computers. But frustration can easily set in when scp does not work correctly due to spaces in file names and/or folder paths.

The Fedora Project announced today the release of the beta version of the upcoming Fedora Linux 34 operating system to give the Linux community an early look at the major new features and improvements.

Cross-platform appeal outweighs performance penalty, argues Linux flinger. With an aim to expand the Linux app ecosystem, Ubuntu desktop engineering manager Ken VanDine has popped up in marketing material for Flutter to say that Google's cross-platform framework is Canonical's "default choice for future desktop and mobile apps".…

'We’re aware of at least one case where an entity voted more than once'. The Open Source Initiative (OSI) on Friday said it will redo its recent Board Election after uncovering a voting irregularity that affected the results.…

Let’s see how you can backup data using Rclone from your Synology NAS with an automatic Cron script.

A Python virtual environment allows you to create a logically isolated software environment for a particular Python project, and choose a version of Python interpreter as well as install any necessary libraries for the project. The idea is for every project to have its own virtual environment. This means that Python tools installed for different projects within their own virtual environments will not interfere with one another. This tutorial describes how to create virtual environments in Python 3 using the built-in venv module.

The KDE Project officially unveiled today KDE Gear as the new name of their open-source software stack formerly known as KDE Applications.

As part of my role as a principal communication strategist at an enterprise software company with an open source development model, I publish a regular update about open source community, market, and industry trends. Here are some of my and their favorite articles from that update. read more

'Some of you will be happy at this, and some might be disappointed' Richard M Stallman, founder and former president of the Free Software Foundation (FSF), announced at the organisation's LibrePlanet virtual event that he has rejoined the board and does not intend to resign again.…

If you hate performing repetitive tasks, then I have a proposition for you. Learn Ansible! Ansible is a tool that will help you do your daily tasks easier and faster, so you can use your time in more effective ways, like learning new technology that matters. It's a great tool for sysadmins because it helps you achieve standardization and collaborate on daily activities, including: read more

Bash for loops aren't life-changing for everyone, but they certainly can enhance your productivity.

We live in a busy world and can save time and effort by using the ls command when we need to look for files and data. But without a lot of tweaking, the default ls output isn't quite soothing to the eyes. Why spend your time squinting at black and white text when you have an alternative in exa? Exa is a modern-day replacement for the regular ls command, and it makes life easier. The tool is written in Rust, which is known for its parallelism and safety. read more

If you want to disable any user to prevent that the user logs into his/her account on Ubuntu or lock the user’s account so he/she won’t be able to log in and access the privileged rights, you can do it in three ways through command line input (CLI). This article will explain and demonstrate these 3 ways through which you can perform the specified task.

The pandemic changed how many people prefer to do business—probably permanently. Restaurants and other local retail establishments can no longer rely on walk-in trade, as they always have. Online ordering of food and other items has become the norm and the expectation. It is unlikely consumers will turn their backs on the convenience of e-commerce once the pandemic is over. read more

The Mozilla Firefox 87 web browser is now available to download for all supported platforms, including GNU/Linux, macOS, and Windows.

Journald provides a centralized way of handling the logs regardless of where the messages are originating from.

Application launchers are a category of productivity software that not everyone is familiar with, and yet most people use the basic concepts without realizing it. As the name implies, this software launches applications, but they also other capablities. Examples of dedicated Linux launchers include dmenu, Synapse, and Albert. On MacOS, some examples are Quicksilver and […]

In this tutorial, we will learn about an interesting Vim feature i.e. how to edit multiple files at the same time using Vim editor in Linux.

Gentoo-based Porteus Kiosk 5.2 was announced today by developer Tomasz Jokiel as the latest release of this GNU/Linux distribution optimized for web kiosks.