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Stacer is an application that is used for many tasks. I often use this application to see info about running computer systems, delete repositories, delete cache, and many others.

President Donald Trump wants to protect America's power-grid by forbidding US companies from buying electrical equipment from possible enemy countries. That's easier said than done. But open-source offers a safe way forward.

The codies over at Collabora announced the release of xrdesktop 0.14, a Valve Software sponsored effort to bring Linux desktops into the VR world.

A firewall is a tool for monitoring and filtering incoming and outgoing network traffic. It works by defining a set of security rules that determine whether to allow or block specific traffic. This article describes how to use the UFW tool to configure and manage a firewall on Ubuntu 20.04. A properly configured firewall is one of the most important aspects of overall system security.

Axiomtek’s 3.5-inch “CAPA13R” SBC features AMD’s Ryzen Embedded V1000 and offers quad display support, 2x M.2 slots, and up to 4x Gigabit Ethernet ports. Axiomtek has launched a 3.5-inch SBC that offers a choice of two quad-core members of AMD’s Ryzen Embedded V1000 family: the 3.35GHz/3.8GHz V1807B and 2.0GHz/3.6GHz V1605B. The CAPA13R is only the […]

FreeBSD is a great operating system, but, by design, it does not come with a desktop environment. Without installing additional software from FreeBSD's ports and packages collection, FreeBSD is a command-line only experience. The screenshot below shows what logging into FreeBSD 12.1 looks like when every one of the "optional system components" is selected during installation. read more

Learn to get the most out of your ZFS filesystem in our new series on storage fundamentals.

Are your backups running too long? Would the time required for a full recovery put your business at risk? Here's a better solution.

Silverblue is an operating system for your desktop built on Fedora. It’s excellent for daily use, development, and container-based workflows. It offers numerous advantages such as being able to roll back in case of any problems. If you want to update to Fedora 32 on your Silverblue system, this article tells you how. It not […]

This excellent Linux command line book is more than cubicle decoration, it's a secret super power.

This brief guide explains how to find if a user is using password-based or key-based SSH authentication in Linux.

Is there anything better than a warmly flickering Linux terminal? Sure there is: two warmly flickering Linux terminals. In fact, the more, the better. read more

In the first two articles in this series, I explored the Linux systemd startup sequence. In the first article, I looked at systemd's functions and architecture and the controversy around its role as a replacement for the old SystemV init program and startup scripts. And in the second article, I examined two important systemd tools, systemctl and journalctl, and explained how to switch from one target to another and to change the default target. read more

According to Net Applications, desktop Linux is making a surge. But, Windows still rules the desktop and other data suggests that macOS, Chrome OS, and Linux are still way behind, while we're turning evermore to our smartphones.

SparkyLinux 2020.05 has been released as a new monthly update of the unstable series based on the upcoming Debian GNU/Linux 11 “Bullseye” operating system.

"Having gone to all this trouble, I can absolutely tell you: "Most of them only use github for a mirror" is completely untrue!"

If there is only a specific icon you'd like to swap, Gnome 3 provides a simple way to do that. Learn how you can easily change icons in Gnome 3.

Is your project destined to fail? These first six of twelve indicators might say otherwise.

And we’ll even pay you if you manage to do it, company says.

As part of my role as a senior product marketing manager at an enterprise software company with an open source development model, I publish a regular update about open source community, market, and industry trends for product marketers, managers, and other influencers. Here are five of my and their favorite articles from that update.