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Canonical's latest iteration to the Ubuntu operating system is Ubuntu 20.04 Focal Fossa, released on April 23, 2020. This is an LTS (long term support) release - the type of release that Canonical only publishes every two years, and continues to support for the next five.

This step by step guide explains how to install Ubuntu 20.04 LTS server.

Traditionally, email services send data in an unprotected way—whether you are sending emails via SMTP or receiving them via IMAP or POP, the defaults are in cleartext. With more online applications enforcing encryption and the general consensus to protect your data, it's best to secure your email services with a Secure Sockets Layer/Transport Layer Security (SSL/TLS) security certificate. read more

The widely used JavaScript framework is moving forward with a new release that adds diagnostic reporting and experimental WebAssembly features.

This tutorial describes how to install Ubuntu on a Raspberry Pi. Ubuntu is the most popular Linux distribution that can run on all kinds of hardware, from high-end computers to small devices such as Raspberry Pi.

OCRmyPDF adds an OCR text layer to scanned PDF files, allowing them to be searched. It’s free and open source software. OCRmyPDF uses Tesseract, GhostScript and other tools.

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) was released on April 23, 2020, and it will be supported for five years. It comes with a lot of new packages and major software upgrades, including the latest versions of OpenJDK, GCC, Python, Ruby, and PHP. This tutorial explains how to upgrade to Ubuntu 20.04 LTS from Ubuntu 18.04 or Ubuntu 19.10.

In this edition of our open source news roundup, we take a look at the rebirth of Mapzen, two new projects to bolster PyTorch, new open source object detection software, and more!

Canonical has released the latest version of Ubuntu only a few hours ago, and now this update is also live for Windows 10 users who want to download it from the Microsoft Store.

This guide explains how to fix "Unable to download video data: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden" Error When Downloading Media Files With Youtube-dl In Linux.

The Manjaro community announced today the release and general availability of Manjaro Linux 20.0, a major new series of their Arch Linux-based distribution that introduces new features and improvements.

Not every website is a blog, where the main feature is a list of posts, each with a specific timestamp that indicates how "fresh" it is. Sometimes, you just want a website. Maybe you are an amateur (or professional!) cook and want to show off your recipes. Maybe you are a poet and want a site to publish all your poems. Maybe you have strong opinions and want a place to store your rants, each in its timeless perfection. Here's where Sphinx comes in. read more

Manjaro Linux 20.0 Lysia has been released today, as the latest major refresh for this Arch Linux based distribution.

You are supposed to change the /etc/apt/sources.list file and replace the name of your previous release. On 18.04.4 replace every instance of bionic with focal. Just run simple 'sed' command performing replacement $ sudo sed -i 's/bionic/focal/g' /etc/apt/sources.list

Already powering over 30% of the internet, WordPress is the fastest-growing content management system (CMS) in the world—and it's not hard to see why. With tons of customization available through coding and plugins, top-notch SEO, and a supreme reputation for blogging, WordPress has certainly earned its popularity. read more

Version 2.7.18 is the last official Python 2 release, but it'll live on The final official release of Python 2 arrived on Tuesday, marking the end of two decades of work.…

Java is one of the most popular programming languages used to build different kinds of applications and systems. Java runs on all major operating systems and devices. You can find applications developed in Java on your laptop, phone, and game console. In this guide, we will describe how to install Java on Ubuntu 20.04.

A new study meant to investigate energy conservation of free and open source ad blockers has unexpectedly shown that Internet ads are wasting shocking amounts of your time. read more

This article explains how to install the Google Chrome web browser on Ubuntu 20.04.

We turn our attention to the Debian Project and Software in the Public Interest (SPI), knowing that they're vulnerable to cash that [cref 126498 groups recklessly take] without foresight (likely negative consequences)