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These days everyone seems to be speaking about Big Data - but what does it really mean? The term is used quite ambiguously in a variety of situations. For the purposes of this article, and the series, we will refer to big data whenever we mean ‘a large amount of textual data, in any format (for example plain ASCII text, XML, HTML, or any other human-readable or semi-human-readable format). Some techniques shown may work well for binary data also, when used with care and knowledge.

mpdevil is a GTK front-end for MPD. It’s written in Python and published under an open source license.

Ceph is an open source software storage platform that provides object, block, and filesystem storage in a unified storage cluster. I first used Ceph when I integrated it with OpenStack. At first, I was confused about why I should use Ceph since storage devices are widely available. read more

In this tutorial, we will see how to find last logged in users in Linux using last, lastb and lastlog commands with examples.

In 2021 you are deciding to buy a laptop, but you are dubious about choosing which laptop you should purchase to use for your day-to-day work with the Linux preinstalled. A number of manufacturers that manufacture the best laptop for Linux compatibilities such as Dell, Hp, Lenovo, Acer, and completed dedicated for Linux are System 76, Lambda, Pine Pro. Not to worry much we have shortlisted some of the top Linux laptops that are specially built for the Linux eco-system.

Here's something we missed with the latest NVIDIA driver updates on Linux - turns out that NVIDIA had multiple security issues that they put out in a recent security bulletin.

Here's this week's roundup series, curated for you from the Linux and open-source world on application updates, new releases, distribution updates, major news, and upcoming highlights. Have a look.

The KDE team announced the first 2021 update today (Jan 9) with many new additions to the Plasma Desktop. And some of them are going to fundamentally change your Plasma desktop experience.

It happens many time to me. When I have to use windows for MS Office or Photoshop. Then suddenly, I get the need for a Linux system. In between work, I have to switch back to Linux. So, I set up my Linux machine on VMware, and during installation, I set it up with disk size 20GB. However, it would be required much more now. Today, I will guide you on how to increase defined disk size in VMware machine.

BIND also know as the “Berkeley Internet Name Domain” is one of the most popular Domain Name System (DNS) now a day. It an open-source and provides DNS services on Linux operating systems. Generally, it helps you to resolve a fully qualified domain name into an IP address or IP address to a domain name. It can be used as an authoritative name server and provides several features like load balancing, dynamic update, split DNS, etc.

The KDE Project announced today the release of the KDE Frameworks 5.78 open source software suite for the KDE Plasma desktop environment, a monthly update brining numerous improvements, new features, and bug fixes.

As you are performing your sysadmin tasks, some users may try to connect to your server in order to perform their daily tasks.

However, in some cases, you may find that something has changed on your server. As a consequence, you are wondering who performed the change.

Luckily for you, there are many ways to find who last logged in on your server.

The Linux Mint project just opened today the upgrade path from Linux Mint 20 "Ulyana" to their newest release Linux Mint 20.1 "Ulyssa."

Here are the 6 best office suites for Linux in 2020 that you can use now (for free).

The upcoming KDE Plasma 5.21 desktop environment series will ship with numerous new features and improvements, including a brand new Kickoff applications menu. Here’s a first look at it!

Jack Wallen shows you how to quickly convert your CentOS 8 deployments to CentOS 8 Stream.

Like nearly everyone, 2020 was a bit rough on me, with many unexpected changes. That meant I missed every single event this year, even though all of them were virtual. As things settled down a bit over the holidays, I started looking around to find out what I missed. In case you're in the same position, I'll walk you through the virtual events that you should have seen in 2020. The good news is, since they were all virtual, you can still watch them. read more

AWS SNS is a Simple Notification Service. It can be used by Cloudwatch to send alert emails. In this article, we will create an SNS topic using Cloudformation and subscribe to an email endpoint.

This article provides an overview of Java development on Fedora Linux. It includes a demonstration using the game Shattered Pixel Dungeon.

KeePass is a free and open-source password manager. Check out how to install and use KeePass on Ubuntu.