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The latest Linux kernel 5.7 series received today its first point release, which changes its status from ‘mainline’ to ‘stable’ on the kernel.org website, meaning it’s now ready for mass adoption.

The KDE Project has released the June 2020 Apps update, the second installment in the latest KDE Applications 20.04 open-source software suite.

Doc Searls talks with Simon Phipps and the president of OSI, Joshua R. Simmons. They discuss the past, present, and future of OSI and how this global non-profit has advanced in the past twenty years as well as how they continue to raise awareness and adoption of open-source software.

A step-by-step tutorial showing how to use the rclone command line tool to synchronize OneDrive in Linux.

When you log into a Linux shell, you inherit a specific working environment. An environment, in the context of a shell, means that there are certain variables already set for you, which ensures your commands work as intended. For instance, the PATH environment variable defines where your shell looks for commands. Without it, nearly everything you try to do in Bash would fail with a command not found error.

UK-based hardware manufacturer Star Labs revealed today on Twitter that it will now offer the elementary OS Linux distribution as an OS choice for all of its Linux laptops.

Docker is an open-source tool that allows you to create, test and deploy applications inside containers. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Docker CE on CentOS 8.

Open source software has taken over the world. From the early days of Linux and MySQL, open source is driving innovation like never before, with more than 180,000 public repositories on GitHub alone. For those of you who have not yet ventured into the open source world, here are the three reasons to start today.

With the aid of open source software, budding astronomers can learn how to ‘read’ the stars, to know which constellations lie overhead, their trajectory throughout the seasons, and the legends ascribed to them. In this series, we look at a range of home activities where Linux can make the most of our time at home, keeping active and engaged.

When was the last time you tried to learn a new programming language? Do you stick with your tried and true, or are you one of the brave souls who tries out a new one as soon as it is announced? Either way, learning a new language can be extremely useful, and a lot of fun.

The popular NoSQL database management system Apache Cassandra promises to be faster and more stable than ever in its next release.

Many of us use password managers to securely store our many unique passwords. A critical part of a password manager is the master password. This password protects all others, and in that way, it is a risk. Anyone who has it can pretend to be you… anywhere! Naturally, you keep your master password hard to guess, commit it to memory, and do all the other things you are supposed to do.

In this guide, we will show you how to install Odoo 13 on Ubuntu 20.04. Odoo, also known as OpenERP, is a free and open-source ERP platform. It’s one of the most popular ERP platforms available thanks to its customizability and flexibility. Written in the Python programming language, Odoo is used for many business applications, including sales pipeline, project management, CRM, invoicing, accounting, inventory, and much more.

Sparky Linux has received the system upgrade powered by the latest Debian testing reports as of June 5, 2020, so you are supposed to get a lot of improvements with this release. You can also switch to Linux kernel version 5.7.1 via standard Debian's commands. Just keep in mind Sparky 2020.06 belongs the (semi-)rolling line.

In this article we will explain how to use the Ctrl+Alt+Del key combination for the same old function, i.e. to shut down your Debian system. This includes the following steps: disable the Ctrl+Alt+Del shortcut for logging out and then create a custom shortcut for shutting down.

Installing Opera browser on Ubuntu based distributions is really simple. Here’s how to do it graphically and via command line.

Chipping away at that OS image one component at a time. Microsoft has broken its long-running record of tedium with Windows 10 Insider builds by shunting the newly added Linux kernel into Windows Update.…

The GIMP 2.10.20 open-source and cross-platform image editor and viewer was officially announced today, and it looks like it packs some interesting new features and improvements.

The new CEO of Yugabyte, Bill Cook, explains why his distributed SQL database firm is growing as it raises its Series B round of funding with open source at the foundation.

In this article, we will see how to create reusable modules in Terraform. Modules allow us to avoid code duplication. It means the same code can be used to create resources of the same type. By using modules you do not need to copy-paste your code to create multiple resources of the same type.