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In Learning to love systemd, the first article in this series, I looked at systemd's functions and architecture and the controversy around its role as a replacement for the old SystemV init program and startup scripts. In this second article, I'll start exploring the files and tools that manage the Linux startup sequence. I'll explain the systemd startup sequence, how to change the default startup target (runlevel in SystemV terms), and how to manually switch to a different target without going through a reboot.

You couldn’t get anything more candy like than oneko, a program that creates a cat chasing after your mouse cursor. Makes me want to watch some Tom & Jerry cartoons.

Schools are closed in many countries around the world to slow the spread of COVID-19. This has suddenly thrown many parents and teachers into homeschooling. Fortunately, there are plenty of educational resources on the internet to use or adapt, although their licenses vary. You can try searching for Creative Commons Open Educational Resources, but if you want to create your own materials, there are many options for that too.

Any project of GNU going into GitHub is making it seem or feel acceptable for GNU projects to be ‘outsourced’ to Microsoft; so what does it mean to have some of GNU inside the proprietary software jail of Microsoft? The first part deals with GNU projects that have GitHub dependencies.

As tech conference organizers ramp up for the fall season, you may be seeing calls for papers (CFP) landing in your email box or social media feeds. We at All Things Open (ATO) have seen a lot of presentation proposals over the years, and we've learned a few things about what makes them successful. read more

Nginx pronounced “engine x” is an open-source, high-performance HTTP and reverse proxy server responsible for handling the load of some of the largest sites on the Internet. It can be used as a standalone web server, load balancer, content cache, and reverse proxy for HTTP and non-HTTP servers. Compared to Apache, Nginx can handle a much large number of concurrent connections and has a smaller memory footprint per connection. This tutorial describes how to install and manage Nginx on Ubuntu 20.04.

In this second of the two-part DNS troubleshooting series, gain more insight into DNS and its moving parts and what to do when they don't move.

Google Analytics is the most popular website analytics tool. Millions of developers and creators turn to it to collect and analyze their website statistics. More than 53% of all sites on the web track their visitors using Google Analytics. 84% of sites that do use a known analytics script use Google Analytics. read more

Cp is the command in Linux that is used to copy a file from one location to another. But what if we need to copy a file to multiple locations. There is a way I can show how to achieve that in Linux.

As we know already, the majority of keyboards come with a dedicated Windows key because most manufacturers have partnered with Microsoft to optimize their peripherals for the company’s operating system.

In times like these, it becomes all the more important to take a closer look at tools like Zoom, Slack, and Facebook Messenger. read more

Mattermost is an open-source messaging system that can be used as a Slack alternative. Mattermost brings team communication to a single place and makes it accessible from your Desktop PC, Android devices, and iPhone.

Everybody loves a VPN these days. Whether you use it to connect to the office while working from home, or to connect to your own home server, or to encrypt your traffic on an otherwise unsafe network, a Virtual Private Network (VPN) is a vital component to dynamic and secure modern computing. Got VPN? Check out a better solution with Tailscale and WireGuard.

Paul Cormier talks hybrid cloud growth and independence with El Reg. Interview Red Hat’s new CEO is feeling confident. It’s a pretty good time to be the head of a company whose entire business is virtual: virtual machines, hybrid cloud, operating system support, Kubernetes containers. These are boom times.…

WebP is an image format developed by Google in 2010 that provides superior lossless and lossy compression for images on the web. Using WebP, web developers can create smaller, richer images that improve site speed. A faster loading website is critical to the user experience and for the website's marketing effectiveness.

Kubernetes is a new way to deploy Linux. It really is a tight collaboration but what we're really focused on is the customer experience. The post Linux and Kubernetes: Serving The Common Goals of Enterprises appeared first on Linux.com.

If you are looking to upgrade to Fedora 32, there are several ways to do it. We'll show you both the command line and the Gnome Software methods.

Visual Studio Code is a powerful open-source code editor developed by Microsoft. It has built-in debugging support, embedded Git control, syntax highlighting, code completion, integrated terminal, code refactoring, and snippets. Visual Studio Code Core is cross-platform, available on Windows, Linux, and macOS. This guide shows two ways of installing Visual Studio Code on Ubuntu 20.04.

The Python Software Foundation (PSF) had to cancel its popular PyCon US event in response to COVID-19. I interviewed Ewa Jodlowska, Executive Director of the PSF, to talk about the experience and see what we all can learn, and how we can be supportive of the non-profit that supports one of my favorite programming languages.

This guide is tested on Google Cloud Platform and it will work fine on AWS, Azure or any VPS or Dedicated servers. Install FREE SSL using Let’s Encrypt with Apache on Ubuntu 20.04.