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For science fiction fans, it feels like video chat was a long time coming, but now it's safe to say that a video call is indeed a great way to communicate remotely. Just as advertised by Star Trek and countless Philip K. Dick novels, the human face conveys a lot of information that the human voice doesn't. There's a human connection established through a video call that doesn't quite happen with text or even voice chats. It's a triumph of modern technology. read more

A new monado-service binary and out of process compositor has landed in Monado, the fully Open Source OpenXR runtime for Linux! Here's a demo of the compositor's new abilities running with the new Blender OpenXR VR Session.

Bucklespring is a program that is used to emulate IBM Model M space saver bucklespring keyboard sound in Laptops and Desktops while typing.

"There are 10 types of people in this world: those who understand binary and those who don't." We work with binaries daily, yet we understand so little about them. By binaries, I mean the executable files that you run daily, right from your command line tools to full-fledged applications. Linux provides a rich set of tools that makes analyzing binaries a breeze! Whatever might be your job role, if you are working on Linux, knowing the basics about these tools will help you understand your system better. read more

We took Gnome Boxes for a quick spin—it has promise but needs more work.

During the Red Hat Summit 2020 virtual conference that took place online between April 28-29, Red Hat announced the general availability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2.

In this strange and difficult time of a global pandemic, we are all called upon to do things differently, to change our routines, and to learn new things. read more

Git is the world’s most popular distributed version control system used by many open-source and commercial projects. It allows you to collaborate on projects with your fellow developers, keep track of your code changes, revert to previous stages, create branches, and more.

In this article, we will explain three ways to change your computer name, also known as hostname, through both the graphical user interface and the command line.

Folder Color is a simple program that is used to change the folder color or emblem instantly in Ubuntu and its derivatives like Linux Mint.

Askbot is a free, open-source and highly-customizable question and answer forum software written in Python and Django. It is simple, lightweight and very similar to other forum software StackOverflow and YahooAnswers.

This guide discusses why data is important and how to protect it from prying eyes, with the help of efficient data protection strategies, methods and tools.

Expand your sysadmin skills with this introduction to the parted command.

ParrotSec announced today the release of Parrot 4.9, a new major release of their security-oriented GNU/Linux distribution for penetration testing and ethical hacking.

If it smells like a rotten plot, then it might as well be one; software freedom won’t be guarded by companies that internally ban the GPL and coordinate public smear attacks on it (as well as its creator)

Raspberry Pi Ltd. has launched a $50 “High Quality Camera” for the Raspberry Pi. The 12.3-megapixel, HD camera ships with optional 6mm CS-mount ($25) and 16mm C-mount ($50) lenses. Raspberry Pi Ltd. has sold 1.7 million units of its circa 2016, 8-megapixel v2 Raspberry Pi Camera after discontinuing its original 5-megapixel camera. Raspberry Pi has […]

Sochip has launched a $440 V831 development kit for the new Allwinner V831 IP Camera SoC. The Linux-driven, single Cortex-A8 SoC supports H.265 encoding of single HD or lower-res dual-stream video, and features a 0.2-TOPS NPU. Sochip collaborates with Allwinner on Allwinner-branded low-power camera SoCs such as the 1.2GHz, single Cortex-A7 Allwinner S3 found on […]

A new Debian Buster Linux security update has been released to address five vulnerabilities discovered lately by various security researchers.

Ansible is a widely used configuration management tool written in Python language that helps to configure single or multiple machines at the same time. This tutorial shows how to install Ansible on CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu.