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ympd lets you use your web browser to interact with MPD. ympd runs without a dedicated web server or interpreters like PHP, NodeJS or Ruby.

As part of my role as a principal communication strategist at an enterprise software company with an open source development model, I publish a regular update about open source community, market, and industry trends. Here are some of my and their favorite articles from that update.

Escuelas Linux developer informs 9to5Linux today about the general availability of Escuelas Linux 6.11, a new major update to this educational oriented GNU/Linux distribution based on Bodhi Linux and Ubuntu.

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.

Ardour 6.4 free and multi-platform DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) software has been released two months after Ardour 6.3 for all supported platforms with many interesting changes.

As edge computing grows in importance, Red Hat is tweaking its leading Linux and Kubernetes to make the most of it.

KaOS Linux's November 2020 ISO update is now available for download packed with some of the most recent GNU/Linux technologies and the latest version of the KDE Plasma desktop environment.

When the COVID-19 pandemic began canceling live music events in spring 2020, it wasn't just the big arena shows, music festivals, and small, local venues that suffered—the big annual marching band competition leagues, like Drum Corps International (DCI) and WGI World Championships, were also called off. This was a huge disappointment for the thousands of musicians and band directors who were already preparing for the spring and summer competition season. read more

Wayland is still lacking proper consideration for color management & support for high dynamic range (HDR) imagery. However, a group of devs has begun an effort to fix this situation. This is their story.

In this article, we’ll discuss how to install Flask on Ubuntu 20.04 inside a Python virtual environment.

In one of the early guides, I explained the overall look and feel of the GNOME desktop. How you can visually change the look from a mundane desktop to something nice and better. This guide explains some steps which give you an idea of how you can Customize GNOME in Ubuntu 20.04 with a productive look.

When things aren't working correctly in your Linux environment, the easiest thing to do is disable Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux). Things suddenly begin to work, and you forget about it—but this is a common pitfall that means you've lost a very powerful security tool.

Asus is prepping a “Tinker Board 2” SBC that runs Linux on a Rockchip RK3399 with up to 4GB LPDDR4, GbE, WiFi/BT, optional 16GB eMMC, 3x USB, Type-C with DP, HDMI, MIPI-DSI/CSI, and 40-pin GPIO. In 2017, Asus launched its first maker-friendly SBC with an open-spec, community backed Tinker Board SBC. Now, French site Clubic […]

Btrfs is one of the "Copy on Write" filesystems that allows you to create snapshots. Check out this beginner’s guide to Btrfs to get started.

From the creator of Ubuntu Unity and UbuntuEd, here comes yet another unofficial Ubuntu flavor, Ubuntu Web Remix, which aims to be an alternative to Chrome OS or Chromium OS.

Some people still think that open source software security is inferior. Actually, security experts say it sets the bar for what computing security should be.

SolidRun’s iMX8M Plus CoM module runs Linux on the i.MX8M Plus with 2.3-TOPs NPU. The CoM is available as part of a new, $135-and-up, HummingBoard Mate Pico-ITX SBC and can run on the HummingBoard Pulse and Ripple. SolidRun has expanded its line of NXP i.MX8-family compute modules with an iMX8M Plus CoM equipped with NXP’s […]

Flatpak developer and maintainer Alexander Larsson announced today that the next major release of the popular Linux application sandboxing and distribution framework, Flatpak 1.10, entered development.

Ansible is one of the primary tools in the world of automation and orchestration because of its broad usefulness and flexibility. However, those same traits are the very reason it can be difficult to get started with Ansible. It isn't a graphical application, and yet it also isn't a scripting or programming language.

When you think of programming machine-learning PCs, hard-core developers dreams turn to high-priced powerhouse machines running Linux. But a recent benchmark by TensorFlow programmers showed that Macs powered by Apple's new M1 chip can give these boxes a run for their money.