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Some data is ephemeral, stored in RAM, and only significant while an application is running. But some data is meant to be persistent, stored on a hard drive for later use. When you program, whether you're working on a simple script or a complex suite of tools, it's common to need to read and write files. Sometimes a file may contain configuration options, and other times the file is the data that your user is creating with your application. Every language handles this task a little differently, and this article demonstrates how to handle data files with Lua. read more

In this week’s blog, we look at some of the ways you can run programs from different operating systems on the Lenovo M93. We examine hardware virtualization, dual booting, as well as using a compatibility layer.

There are many reasons people want to create computer clusters using the Raspberry Pi, including that they have full control over their platform, they're able to use an inexpensive, highly usable platform, and get the opportunity to learn about cluster computing in general. read more

Look beyond generating certificate signing requests and see how OpenSSL commands can display practical information about certificates.

Writing a robust, bug-free bash script is always challenging even for a seasoned system administrator. While you cannot prevent all errors in your bash script, at least you should try to handle potential error conditions in a more predictable and controlled fashion. This tutorial introduces basic tips to catch and handle errors in bash.

Many servers use one or more virtual machines (VMs), e.g. to isolate a public service in the best possible way and to protect the host server from compromise. This article explores the possibilities of deploying Fedora Cloud Base images as a VM in an autonomous Fedora 33 Server Edition using version 3 of virt-install. This […]

UK-based Linux and Mac games publisher Feral Interactive announced today the release of the Total War: THREE KINGDOMS – Fates Divided DLC on Steam for Linux and macOS platforms.

This guide explains what is Usbrip program, how to track the details of connected or disconnected USB devices and also how to show USB devices event history using Usbrip tool in Linux.

Ansible is an open-source automation tool used for software provisioning, configuration management, and application deployment. It allows you to install, configure and deploy applications across multiple systems automatically.

If the license doesn't fit, you must commit The maintainers of Rails, a Ruby-based framework for making web apps, have released three new versions to resolve a software licensing conflict that surfaced last week.…

If you've played around with Kubernetes, you are aware of the rapid evolution of the most widely used container orchestration platform. Red Hat OpenShift is an enterprise-ready application platform built on Kubernetes and ready for production environments. Quick tips for the OpenShift oc client

That thousands of people will sign an open letter that proclaims a human being guilty based on twisted pseudo-evidence says more about their respect for due process, fair trials, justice and science, than about the human being they seek to burn at the stake. Do they even know who Galileo Galilei and Giordano Bruno were?

The Arch Linux inspired and independently developed KaOS Linux distribution has a new ISO release today versioned 2021.03, which incorporates all the latest GNU/Linux technologies and updated packages.

Instructor-led course now includes hands-on labs with a RISC-V based emulated development target By Behan Webster We are surrounded by electronic devices that make the modern world work. Almost all of these devices and the systems they run are “Embedded Systems”, which are small purpose-built computers designed to solve specific problems. These computers don’t look […]

Time is crucial in any Linux system. Multiple services such as crontab, anacron, backup and restore services depend on accurate time to carry out their tasks as expected.

In a recent announcement, the Edge dev team enabled the Sync, Sign-in, and Vertical tabs in the Linux build of Edge browser. Here's how to enable.

The twenty-sixth installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is out, for the week ending on March 28th, keeping you guys up to date with the most important things happening in the Linux world.

The distributed SQL database vendor is out with a new version of its CrateDB database that brings improved security and management features for on-premises and cloud deployments.

I was recently asked by a reader to review the latest Xfce (version 4.16).

When many different services and applications are deployed across multiple servers, pulling all their logs and drawing meaningful operational insights from them are not an easy task. That is where the ELK stack comes to the rescue. This tutorial will help you get started with the ELK stack by showing how to configure the ELK stack on a single Ubuntu 20.04 development server.