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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. read more

The default CentOS repositories contain a package group named "Development Tools" that includes the GNU compiler collection, GNU debugger, and other development libraries and tools required for compiling software.

Recent versions of Raspbian OS are using systemd which means it's possible to use it for disabling graphics mode on Raspberry Pi.

I am one of those people who immediately opens a terminal window after my computer boots up. It's not out of necessity at this point, but the habit is there. I spent most of my career learning its magical incantations, and I find navigating through my daily tasks on the terminal makes for a more enjoyable day at work. That all said, it's nice to try something new once in a while. read more

This brief guide explains different ways to repeat your last command in Linux operating systems with practical examples.

Discover alternatives, which creates, removes, maintains, and displays information about the symbolic links comprising the alternatives system.

Clonezilla Live 2.6.5 has been released as the newest stable version of this live system for disk imaging and cloning tasks with major enhancements and bug fixes.

Syndaemon is command line program that monitors the keyboard activity and disables the Touchpad when the keyboard is being used.

Many people say they want to learn Emacs, but many of them shy away after the briefest encounter. It's not because Emacs is bad or even that complex. The problem, I believe, is that people don't actually want to learn Emacs; they want to be comfortable with Emacs traditions. They want to understand the arcane keyboard shortcuts and unfamiliar terminology. They want to use Emacs as they believe it's "meant to be used."

Rudder is a free and open-source continuous auditing and configuration tool that can be used to automate your IT Infrastructure. It is a web-based and multi-platform solution that makes your IT infrastructure more reliable and easier to manage.

The Mozilla Firefox 74 web browser is now available to download for all supported platforms, including GNU/Linux.

Skype is one of the most popular communication application developed by Microsoft. It allows for instant messaging and audio, video calls. This tutorial shows two ways to install Skype on Debian 10.

LibreOffice templates save you time by making it easy to open a blank copy of documents you use often, such as budgets, form letters, and slideshow presentations. This not only serves as a quick and easy starting point for repetitive work, but it can also ensure consistency when working in groups or in a large organization. LibreOffice ships with some templates already available, but you can also create your own.

Seco’s “COMe-C89-CT6” COM Express Type 6 and “COMe-C42-BT7” Type 7 modules run Ubuntu or Win 10 on AMD’s Ryzen R1000 and Epyc 3000 SoCs, respectively. New ATX dev kits are also available. As part of Seco’s Embedded World announcement, which was headlined by a SBC-C90 SBC and Linux-based Edgehog distro. the Italian embedded firm announced […]

The current hype about robotic process automation comes with questions, concerns, and misconceptions about what RPA can and can't do. This article examines 5 key facts business leaders should understand.

GitScrum is a free and open-source Laravel task management application that helps you to manage your projects easily. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install GitScrum project management software on Debian 10 server.

Zbigniew Konojacki announced the general availability of 4MLinux 32.0, a new major release of this independent GNU/Linux distribution.

Fish (friendly interactive shell) is a smart and user-friendly command line shell that works on Linux, MacOS, and other operating systems. Use it for everyday work in your terminal and for scripting. Scripts written in fish are less cryptic than their equivalent bash versions.

Applications are complex collections of code and configuration that have a lot of nuance to how they are installed. Like all open source software, they can be installed from source code, but most of the time users want to install something simply and consistently. That’s why package managers exist in nearly every operating system, which manages the installation process. read more

Most of the modern Linux Desktop systems come with Nvidia driver pre-installed in a form of the Nouveau open-source graphics device driver for Nvidia video cards. Hence depending on your needs and in most of the situations there is no need for an additional Nvidia Linux Driver installation procedure.