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We look back on 2019 using our 2020 hindsight at some of the important happenings during the last year in the world of Linux and open source.

When Opensource.com launched in 2010, Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst said the site "is one of the ways in which Red Hat gives something back to the open source community." And that community has always included the growing number of people who are new to open source. In 2019, we published many articles about the open source way of thinking, choosing hardware, the contribution process, and other topics geared toward newbies. If you're new to open source, this list of Opensource.com's top 10 articles from 2019 about getting started with open source should put you on the right path. read more

Cheat sheets are perfect for the new coder just starting out on the command line. However, even the most experienced programmers need to lean on references every once in a while. If that pesky keyboard shortcut is just at the tip of your finger, a cheat sheet is perfect to have nearby. Here’s a roundup of our downloadable guides that will set you up for success in 2020. read more

For this week's blog, I’m looking at straightforward video playback from locally stored media. Does the RPI4 have sufficient grunt to be a capable video player?

YUM or Yellowdog Updater Modified is a utility for managing of rpm packages & is available for all Redhat OS & other Linux distros based on Redhat. It is used to install, remove, update & to gather information…

In this article, we will see how to use a Gnome shell’s secret screen recorder. It is designed to be as straightforward in use as possible and it possesses a minimal user interface. I will use Debian10 for describing the procedure mentioned in this article.

RPM (RedHat Package Manager) is the default package manager for RedHat & for many other Linux distributions based on it like CentOS, Oracle Linux, and Amazon Linux among others. RPM is used for processing the packages with .rpm…

Modern organizations are adopting key elements from open source software. By leveraging the "open" in open source, leaders can help shape a more responsive and productive enterprise. Check out these top 10 articles from 2019 that can help you develop your own path in open leadership.

NextCloud is a free and open-source file hosting and file sharing server forked from ownCloud project. It is very similar to other file sharing services like Google Drive, Dropbox and iCloud. In this tutorial, we will explain how to install NextCloud and secure it with Let's Encrypt SSL on Debian 10.

VMware has wrapped 2019 with the addition of Pivotal to its ever growing family. The post VMware Wraps 2019 With Pivotal Acquisition appeared first on Linux.com.

No matter where you are in your programming journey, there are things for you to learn in Opensource.com's top 12 programming articles from 2019.

Java is still one of the most influential programming languages today. It only recently dropped from #2 to the third most used programming language on GitHub. You may say usage is not everything, but Java also remains popular.

Most FOSS leaders came into prominence during the 1980s and 90s and are now approaching, or have passed, the age when most people retire. Are free software organizations ready for the change that appears to be just around the corner?

MySQL is a popular Open Source Relational Database System aka RDBMS. MySQL uses a relational database & structured query language (SQL) to manage all the data. It’s used for developing all sorts of web-based applications. It’s one of the most widely used database servers in the world & also the main component of the LAMP stack. In this tutorial, we will learn how we can install MySQL on Ubuntu.

Drupal is a free, open-source and scalable content management system that can be used by individuals to create and manage any types of websites. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Drupal 8 on CentOS 8 server and secure it with Let's Encrypt free SSL.

I am an avid reader, but I go through periods where I'm so busy that it's hard to find the time to keep up with my reading list. Even during my busiest times, I try to stay up to date on DevOps news since it's one of my areas of focus.

If security is a process (and it is), then it stands to reason that different projects (and contributors) are in different places. Some applications have years of security testing, with design done by people who have worked in information security for decades. Others are brand new projects by developers working on their first open source project. It comes as no surprise that Opensource.com's top security articles of 2019 represent this range of experience.

This year saw a wide range of really helpful Ansible articles. Whether you are just starting out with Ansible or a seasoned pro, there is something for everyone here to learn from. A good number of these articles are worthy of your bookmarking and perhaps a cron (or maybe a Tower/AWX job) reminder to reread them periodically.

The year is still ending and the perfect time to reflect and look back at some Magazine articles continues. This time, let’s see if the editors chose some interesting ones from 2019. Yes, they did! Red Hat, IBM, and Fedora IBM acquired Red Hat in July 2019, and this article discusses how nothing changes for […]

This was the year when, once and for all, it became clear that the future of technology belongs to Linux and open-source software.