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For the 10th year in a row, the Finding Ada Network celebrates Ada Lovelace Day on the second Tuesday of October. It is a global celebration with flagship and grassroots events honoring the achievements and contributions of women in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). read more

By default Ubuntu has a built-in firewall known as UFW(uncomplicated firewall). For inexperienced users, It it difficult to use iptables in order to properly configure a firewall. UFW makes the configuration of a firewall very easy since it is a simple interface for the standard iptables in Ubuntu. Although it does not offer the powerful features of iptables, UFW allows to carry out basic firewalls tasks via its simple-to-use graphical interface.

Move over Cube World, there's a new open source voxel RPG in town under development called Veloren and it supports Linux too so there's a bonus point for you.

In his recent meeting with Torvalds, Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols talked to Linus Torvalds and several other of the Linux kernel's top programmers.

This primer will introduce you to basic Linux server security. While it focuses on Debian/Ubuntu, you can apply everything presented here to other Linux distributions. I also encourage you to research this material and extend it where applicable. 1. Update your server The first thing you should do to secure your server is to update the local repositories and upgrade the operating system and installed applications by applying the latest patches. On Ubuntu and Debian: read more

Learn how to encrypt Linux partitions with the Linux Unified Key Setup (LUKS).https://red.ht/2LTd2hX via #EnableSysadmin #RedHatAccelerator

The SparkyLinux community released today the SparkyLinux 5.9 rolling release operating system based on the latest Debian GNU/Linux 10 "Buster" repositories.

The Eternal Castle is a remaster of an old classic, except it kind of isn't. The story is a little peculiar but the game does look quite fantastic and it's available now on Linux.

And you shouldn't be either. Every company wants to rule Linux -- none of them can or ever will.

Windows 10 is already the number one desktop operating system, having reached 900 million active devices only recently, but on the other hand, Windows 7 remains a major pain in the neck for Microsoft.

Amanita Design are the developers of games including Machinarium, Botanicula, Samorost and more. Today, they released Pilgrims, a playful adventure game and it supports Linux.

In this tutorial, we will describe how you can log out of your Linux Desktop system using different ways. We will use Debian 10 for describing the procedure mentioned in this article.

Portwell’s rugged, Linux-friendly “Kuber-2000” embedded computers are based on Intel’s Apollo Lake and measure only 99 x 92 x 46mm. Different models are optimized for isolated I/O, CAN/automotive, PoE, soft PLC, and wireless. American Portwell Technology has launched a family of six Kuber-2000 industrial mini-PCs with different I/O packages aimed at specific applications.

If you're attending the All Things Open conference in Raleigh, NC this year be sure to check out our Lightning Talk series on Tuesday, October 15 at 12:45 pm EDT.

Redis also know as "Remote Dictionary Server" is an open-source and in-memory database that can be used as a database, cache and message broker. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install and secure Redis on Debian 10 server.

Now-removed personal website statement sparks confusion. On Monday, a group of maintainers of the GNU Project, the free operating system created by Richard Stallman, questioned Stallman's leadership and emitted a joint statement for rethinking how the project should be managed going forward.…

Here's a game that we've never really talked about here but that ends today. The competitive projectile fighting game, Lethal League, is a huge amount of fun.

In this tutorial, we will install Python pip on CentOS 8 using the yum package manager and cover the basics of how to install and manage Python packages with pip.

The Java Persistence API (JPA) is an important Java functionality for application developers to understand. It translates exactly how Java developers turn method calls on objects into accessing, persisting, and managing data stored in NoSQL and relational databases. This article examines the JPA in detail through a tutorial example of building a bicycle loaning service.

Athenaeum, which is described as a "libre replacement for Steam" by the developer just recently had a big new release out.