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Ubuntu 20.04 “Focal Fossa” heads toward its final release later this month with the Beta release. Ubuntu 20.04 Beta version is available to download with a number of changes & new features in the base system.

Do you have a lot of shell scripts in a directory? This brief guide explains a couple methods to run all scripts in a directory in Linux.

First things first: What are proxy servers, and why use them? read more

Embedded Linux is combating the coronavirus in thermal imaging devices such as the Kogniz’ Health Cam and a Raspberry Pi based FluSense device that analyzes coughs. We also look at open source ventilator projects and products from Aaeon, Advantech, and Seeed. AI surveillance devices that use facial recognition and other technologies to identify and track […]

Gumstix has launched four customizable carriers for Nvidia’s Jetson Nano including a Nano Snapshot model with 4x GbE-switched Nano modules for driving up to 16x HD streams via RPi cameras. A Yocto SDK includes TensorFlow support. Gumstix has launched a quartet of carrier boards that build on Nvidia’s Jetson Nano module, joining other Nano carriers […]

In a move many will find surprising, Huawei is joining the Linux and Open Invention Network, the leading US-based open-source patent non-aggression group.

Arne Exton released today a new version of his ExTiX “The Ultimate Linux System” distribution with a “Mini” flavor featuring the lightweight LXQt desktop environment.

What's the first question you ask your surgeon when you're discussing reconstruction options after breast cancer? "How many USB ports can you give me?" is probably not the one that comes to mind for many people! Although the remark was said jokingly, it sparked a thread that would ultimately become SenseBreast—an early prototype of a sensing mastectomy prosthetic, based on open hardware.

In Linux, dotfiles are hidden text files that are used to store various configuration settings for many such as Bash and Git to more complex applications like i3 or VSCode. Most of these files are contained in the ~/.config directory or right in the home directory. Editing these files allows you to customize applications beyond […]

Mattermost is a free, open-source and self-hosted enterprise team collaboration messaging system. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Mattermost with Nginx reverse Proxy on CentOS 8.

The Kernel is the core of the Linux operating system. This guide will show you how to update the kernel in the CentOS 8.0 environment.

Using the correct timezone is essential for many systems related tasks and processes. For example, the cron daemon uses the system’s timezone for executing cron jobs, and the timestamps in the log files are based on the same system’s timezone. On Debian, the system’s timezone is set during the install, but it can be easily changed at a later time. This article covers how to set or change the timezone on Debian 10 Linux.

Mini-howto for using history in Bash shell: how to find history file, how to add timestamps, where to update settings.

This guide explains how to create a montage from images in Linux using Imagemagick suite. ImageMagick's Montage tool is used to create a composite image by combining several separate images.

With great power comes great responsibility. Recently a WordPress plugin with as many as 100,000 installations was taken down from WordPress plugin repository due to a severe vulnerability.

The Bash shell is definitely not the only shell out there, but it's one of the most powerful. This makes it a popular choice for systems administrators needing to develop serious applications that go beyond a simple "laundry list" of commands to run on a system. There are lots of great uses for other shells (I default to Tcsh for Git hooks, for instance), but Bash is an easy choice for serious scripting, and here's why. read more

Capturing network traffic packets provides insight into what's happening on your network but you don't want just anyone to do it.

Choosing a specific operating system for Raspberry Pi can save plenty of time and effort in setting up your project. Here are some of the best Raspberry Pi OS choices.

"How do I make plots in Python?" used to have a simple answer: Matplotlib was the only way. Nowadays, Python is the language of data science, and there's a lot more choice. What should you use? read more

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Beta has been released today by Canonical to give the community an early taste of the new features and changes in the upcoming “Focal Fossa” release.