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If you have been using GNU/Linux for any amount of time chances are pretty good that you have heard of git. You may be wondering, what exactly is git and how do I use it? Git is the brainchild of Linus Torvalds, who developed it as source code management system during his work on the Linux kernel. Since then it has been adopted by many software projects and developers due to its track record of speed and efficiency along with its ease of use. Git has also gained popularity with writers of all kinds, since it can be used to track changes in any set of files, not just code.

This is a howto guide to use btrfs snapshots combined with the send/receive commands to setup an incremental backup routine on Fedora.

Wireshark is an open-source network protocol analyzer. In this article, we will explain how to install Wireshark on the Ubuntu system. The installation procedures have been tested on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.

Plex is a powerful and feature-rich media streaming server that can be used to organize your video, music, and photo, and stream them to remote the remote devices from anywhere. In this tutorial, we will explain how to install Plex media server with Nginx as a reverse proxy on Ubuntu 20.04 server.

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.

Vecow’s rugged “ECX-2200/2100 Series” embedded computers run Linux or Win 10 on 10th Gen Comet-Lake-S CPUs with up to 64GB DDR4, 2x SATA, 2x or 6x GbE with optional PoE+, 3x M.2, and PCI or PCIe x16 slots. Vecow announced six embedded computers that follow its similarly 10th Gen Comet-Lake-S based ECX-2000 Series. The ECX-2200/2100 […]

ArchEX developer Arne Exton informs 9to5Linux about the availability of a new version of his Arch Linux-based ArchEX Linux distribution, which now ships with a dual-desktop setup and latest kernel release.

First notice that we are installing on Ryzen box with board MSI X570 A-PRO in UEFI mode with "kvm" enabled. First of all we intend to verify that kvm has been enabled $ dmesg | grep kvm => [ 4.376968] kvm: Nested Virtualization enabled => [ 4.376978] SVM: kvm: Nested Paging enabled => and proceed with installing Virtualization Host the same way we would do it on Debian “bullseye”

SinoVoip’s Raspberry Pi-style “Banana Pi BPI-M5” SBC runs Android or Linux on a quad-core -A55 Amlogic S905X3 and offers 4GB LPDDR4, 16GB eMMC, 4x USB 3.0, GbE and HDMI, and 40-pin GPIO. SinoVoip has posted specs for an upcoming, yet to be priced Banana Pi BPI-M5 SBC with the same Amlogic S905X3 SoC and many […]

Mark Text is a realtime preview editor for Markdown with various markdown extensions. You can simply write and edit text and Mark Text hides all unnecessary syntax elements.

In my first article in this series, I described a problem of dividing bulk supplies into hampers of similar value to distribute to struggling neighbors in your community. I also wrote about how I enjoy solving small problems like this with small programs in various languages and comparing how they do it. read more

Tmpmail is a command line utility that allows you to create temporary emails and receive the mails to these temporary email address in GNU/Linux and other Unix-like operating systems.

Be more efficient with this Linux directory navigation trick.

The lightweight desktop environment Xfce project announced the details about the next version Xfce 4.16. Here we take a look at the new features and release dates.

We’ll take you today in a tour on some Linux VPN providers, so that you can use them and increase your security and privacy online.

Development of the upcoming Xfce 4.16 desktop environment is progressing nicely, and now that the first preview release hit the streets, it’s time to look at the major new features and improvements.

In this installment of our "Managing with Open Values" series, I chat again with Braxton, Director of Pricing for a nationwide U.S. insurance company and people manager.

Here's the Linux Weekly roundup series, baked for you from the Linux and opensource world on app updates, new releases, distribution updates, major news, and upcoming highlights.

Deepin Linux distribution is one of the most popular Linux flavors among the Windows and macOS users due to its aesthetics and stability.