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Flarum is a free, open-source and next-generation forum software that makes it easier for you to start and grow a successful online community. It is simple, lightweight, fast and mobile-friendly software based on PHP.

Here is a list some useful console services for Linux users. All of the console services are accessible from command line via http, https and other network protocols like ssh and telnet.

The KDE-empowered version of Ubuntu, Kubuntu, now has a high-powered laptop to call its own: The Kubuntu Focus.

Lua is a minimalistic, lightweight language implemented as a C library. It's fast and simple to learn, efficient to run, embeddable, and tiny (its source code download is under 500 KB, and it's just over 1MB compiled). You can use Lua to create an API for your application or as a scripting language, for quick prototyping, or as the foundation of your software project. read more

Should they be allowed to grab our stuff just cos it's 'popular' and it works? Not to be outdone by Google in ominous warnings over the future of software, Oracle has declared to American Supreme Court justices that no company would make an "enormous investment" like it did in Java SE if rivals get a free pass to copy code simply because it is "popular" and "functional".…

Opinion: It was incompetence, not politics, that led to the Iowa caucus app misfiring. Above all, it was poor programming. Open-source software techniques could have prevented this blunder.

If you ask most developers when they prefer to work, many will say their most productive hours are at night. This may be especially true for open source contributors who are contributing to projects outside of their day job (though hopefully within healthy limits to avoid burnout). Some like to start in the evening and work till the early hours while others get up super early—say, 4 a.m.—to get most of the programming work done before the daily grind kicks in. read more

In this article, we will explain how to recover lost files on Debian by using the TestDisk utility. We have run the commands and procedures mentioned in this article on a Debian 10 Buster system.

The next-generation of Dell's high-end Linux laptops will come with up to 32GB of RAM.

Take your Bash scripting to a new higher level using libraries with automation.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is rotting away as an advocate against software patents; Patents on algorithms are still being granted (even when courts repeatedly reject these) and Red Hat’s Chief Patent Counsel remains Manny Schecter, one of the loudest proponents of such patents (citing the likes of Adam Mossoff this week, in effect Koch operatives); this is a very big problem because Free software projects come under a barrage of lawsuits, using patents like those IBM lobbies ferociously to legitimise

Canonical released today Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS as the fourth of five point releases planned for its latest long-term supported Ubuntu 18.04 LTS “Bionic Beaver” operating system series.

Linux system administrators deal with a lot of interesting issues during a career. But what do you wish you knew before you became one?

In this tutorial, we will explain how to install and configure Askbot on a CentOS 7 VPS with Nginx. Askbot is an open-source question and answers forum system written in Django and Python. It is simple, easy-to-use, and very similar to StackOverflow. It is a powerful and highly-customizable software that allows you to create your own question and answer forum on the internet. Many companies, such as Fedora, OpenStack, and LibreOffice use Askbot for their Q&A sections.

In this tutorial , we will learn how to extend disk space of AWS EC2 Linux Instance with zero downtime. Before Starting I would recommend you to take AMI backup of the instance or Snapshot of the Volume.Taking backup is recommended for safety purpose.

Vivaldi Technologies announced today a new version of their Chromium-based web browser for GNU/Linux, macOS, and Windows platforms, Vivaldi 2.11.

Django is an open-source web application framework that helps you to develop dynamic websites and applications. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install the Django web framework with PIP on Debian 10. We will also learn how to create a Django application and connect it with a database.

Composer is a dependency management tool for php, much like cpan for perl. If you have read the tutorial about installing cpan, the architecture will be somewhat familiar. Composer, as a command line tool is the client that can fetch and update the php libraries we mark as needed, as well as the libraries these depend on, etc.

Alejandro Díaz informs 9to5Linux today about the general availability of Escuelas Linux 6.7, the first release of this educational-oriented GNU/Linux distribution in the new decade.

Different OSS licenses have been created for different - and sometimes incompatible - reasons. Before incorporating OSS into a product you need to know the differences and how to be sure you play by the rules.