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With Linux Mint 20, the Mint dev team has decided to disable the snap support and block installation of Ubuntu snap packages by default. Now, if you want to enable snap support to install snap apps in Linux Mint 20, the usual command 'sudo apt install snapd' to install snapd will not work. Hence, in this article, I will guide you on how to enable snap support in Linux Mint 20 and install snap packages with or without deleting 'nosnap.pref 'file:

Each year brings new exploits, vulnerabilities, and attacks. You need to keep a close watch on how strangers can access your network.

Using machine learning to get rid of those awkward code breaks. Facebook researchers have applied recent advances they've made in the unsupervised machine translation of human languages to a source code conversion system.…

Mono is a platform for developing and running cross-platform applications based on the ECMA/ISO Standards. It is a free and open-source implementation of Microsoft’s .NET framework. This tutorial covers the steps required to install Mono on Ubuntu 20.04.

It is the responsibility of the Linux administrator to keep the system secure and prevent any attacks. To do so, there are hundreds of tweaks that a Linux administrator can make and CSF is one of them. The CSF Firewall will add additional layers of security to the Linux system.

This guide explains how to create persistent bootable USB using Ventoy in Linux.

After almost a month of development since the prior Escuelas Linux 6.8, we have the latest Escuelas Linux 6.9 available. This release brings some apps aligned with the ongoing COVID-19 situation in the world.

The latest release of GIMP is here with new features and more bug fixes. And it is immediately available for download for Linux, Windows, and Mac.

Setup Simple Samba File-Sharing for you Local Home Network.

Ubuntu 20.04 Focal Fossa is a fantastic release that’s been widely praised. However, the decision to change the Software Center to install snap-based applications is controversial. We’ll explain what that means for you.

The latest Linux kernel 5.7 series received today its first point release, which changes its status from ‘mainline’ to ‘stable’ on the kernel.org website, meaning it’s now ready for mass adoption.

The KDE Project has released the June 2020 Apps update, the second installment in the latest KDE Applications 20.04 open-source software suite.

Doc Searls talks with Simon Phipps and the president of OSI, Joshua R. Simmons. They discuss the past, present, and future of OSI and how this global non-profit has advanced in the past twenty years as well as how they continue to raise awareness and adoption of open-source software.

A step-by-step tutorial showing how to use the rclone command line tool to synchronize OneDrive in Linux.

When you log into a Linux shell, you inherit a specific working environment. An environment, in the context of a shell, means that there are certain variables already set for you, which ensures your commands work as intended. For instance, the PATH environment variable defines where your shell looks for commands. Without it, nearly everything you try to do in Bash would fail with a command not found error.

UK-based hardware manufacturer Star Labs revealed today on Twitter that it will now offer the elementary OS Linux distribution as an OS choice for all of its Linux laptops.

Docker is an open-source tool that allows you to create, test and deploy applications inside containers. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Docker CE on CentOS 8.

Open source software has taken over the world. From the early days of Linux and MySQL, open source is driving innovation like never before, with more than 180,000 public repositories on GitHub alone. For those of you who have not yet ventured into the open source world, here are the three reasons to start today.

With the aid of open source software, budding astronomers can learn how to ‘read’ the stars, to know which constellations lie overhead, their trajectory throughout the seasons, and the legends ascribed to them. In this series, we look at a range of home activities where Linux can make the most of our time at home, keeping active and engaged.