Showing all newswire headlines

In a 2019 blog post I tinkered with two alternatives to BASH brace expansion. Alternatives might be needed because strings with spaces cause problems unless separately quoted, and (I thought) you can't put shell variables inside the braces because BASH does brace expansion first when executing a command. But with the help of eval, a BASH built-in, you can brace-expand variables with ease, and a simple conversion lets you brace-expand BASH arrays.

Websites are an excellent resource for open source software projects. A website provides an ideal opportunity for users to learn more about your project. Project websites can share additional information, screenshots, sample code, videos, and other resources that developers and users will find useful. If you are interested in starting your own website, this article is for you. read more

Gradle is a free and open-source build tool primarily used for Java projects. It helps you to automate, build and deliver software efficiently. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install the Gradle Build Tool on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.

In this brief guide, we will discuss about a simple BASH function to rename files without typing full name twice in Linux operating systems.

Remote work is challenging but here are five tips to keep your workflow in good shape.

Aaeon is prepping a compact, Jetson Xavier NX-based “Boxer-8251AI” embedded PC based on a recent Jetson Nano-based “Boxer-8221AI.” Also in the works is a larger “Boxer-8240AI” system based on the AGX Xavier with 4x PoE ports. Aaeon has posted preliminary product pages for Boxer-8251AI and Boxer-8240AI embedded computers, which run Linux on Nvidia’s new Jetson […]

Using Python and some graphing libraries, you can project the total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19, and also display the total number of deaths for a country (this article uses India as an example) on a given date. Humans sometimes need help interpreting and processing the meaning of data, so this article also demonstrates how to create an animated horizontal bar graph for five countries, showing the variation of cases by date. Projecting confirmed cases and deaths for India This is done in three steps. read more

Survey shows preference for Linux, some aversion to Microsoft Azure The Go team's latest developer survey shows that most "Gophers" like the language but highlight poor debugging tools and lack of generic support as top issues for improvement.…

The expand utility is part of the GNU Core Utilities and perfect for people who are on "team spaces". It allows you to easily convert all tabs to spaces with options to limit the number and only convert leading tabs.

The Linux 5.5 kernel series has reached end of life (EOL) and everyone using it should upgrade to the latest Linux kernel 5.6 series.

The spread of disease is a real concern for a world in which global travel is commonplace. A few organizations track significant epidemics (and any pandemic), and fortunately, they publish their work as open data. The raw data can be difficult for humans to process, though, and that's why data science is so vital. For instance, it could be useful to visualize the worldwide spread of COVID-19 with Python and Pandas. read more

In this article, we will explain how to install and use a drop-down Tilda console. We have run the commands and procedures mentioned in this article on a Debian 10 system.

Michael Tremer announced today the general availability of Core Update 143 of the IPFire 2.25 open-source Linux firewall distribution. The monthly Core Updates for the IPFire 2.25 Linux firewall distribution continue with version 143, which ships with an updated toolchain based on GNU C Library 2.31, GCC (GNU Compiler Collection) 9.3.0, and GNU Binutils 2.34. IPFire 2.25 Core Update 143 also optimizes the build system to take advantage of large amounts of memory on computers to use less I/O resources by no longer writing large temporary files to disk.

IEI’s “IDS-310-AL” mini-PC for rugged signage applications runs Linux or Win 10 on an Apollo Lake SoC with triple HDMI displays, 2x GbE, 3x USB 3.0, SATA, mini-PCIe, and M.2. IEI has produced several compact embedded PCs based on Intel’s Apollo Lake SoCs, including the ITG-100AI with optional Myriad X VPU cards and the CANBus […]

BleachBit, the open-source disk space cleaner, privacy manager, and computer system optimizer software has reached a major milestone, version 4.0, which brings many improvements and major changes. One of the major changes of BleachBit 4.0 is support for Python 3 to ensure the application will work well on the latest releases of the popular Ubuntu Linux distribution, such as Ubuntu 19.10 or the upcoming Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, which dropped support for Python 2.

KVM(Kernel-based Virtual Machine) is an open-source virtualization technology built into the Linux kernel. It allows you to run multiple isolated guest virtual machines based on Linux or Windows. Each guest has its own operating system and dedicated virtual hardware such as CPU(s), memory, network interfaces and storage. This guide explains how to install and configure KVM on Ubuntu 18.04 desktop.

Elastic Beanstalk is one of the "computer" services in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud. It allows us to easily manage and deploy applications. We don't have to understand or learn the services required to run our application. With Elastic Beanstalk, we only need to upload our application and Elastic Beanstalk takes care of the rest. Elastic Beanstalk supports applications developed in Java, .NET, Go, PHP, Python, Node.js and Ruby.

Kodi's library feature lets you browse your videos in a much friendlier and more visually appealing form. Kodi fetches cover artwork and descriptions for your videos, including more readable movie and show titles. It's simple to set up, and Kodi does most of the work automatically.

In 2005, Linus Torvalds created Git to replace the proprietary distributed source control management solution that he had previously used to maintain the Linux kernel. Since then, Git has become a dominant version-control solution for open source and cloud-native development teams. read more

Adobe Flash Player is still an essential browser plug-in used to play audio, streaming video, and other miscellaneous multimedia content. In this article, you will learn how to install Adobe Flash Player on CentOS 8 using the terminal.