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This article explains how to completely disable Tracker, so it no longer indexes any files, and stop having any Tracker process running in the background. Tracker is a file indexing and search tool for Linux. Gnome makes use of it for some of its functionality, and as a result, Tracker is installed by default on quite a few Linux distributions.

Trying to survive the carnage AWS and the like are causing in the Big Data space, Cloudera is open sourcing its entire product line.

OpenLiteSpeed is a free, open-source and lightweight HTTP server developed by LiteSpeed Technologies. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install OpenLiteSpeed with MariaDB and PHP on Debian 10 server.

In this article, we are going to learn how to use email encryption with Thunderbird, OpenPGP, and Enigmail in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.

2DayGeek: csf firewall prevents Linux server from unnecessary attack.

I recently encountered a problem at work where a client’s Windows 10 PC lost trust to the domain. The user is an executive and the hindrance of his computer can affect real-time mission-critical tasks. He gave me 30 minutes to resolve the issue while he attended a meeting. Needless to say, I’ve encountered this issue […]

Randal Schwartz and Jonathan Bennett talk to Leo Laporte about FLOSS's history and the TWiT Network.

I have spent the first three parts of this series describing the evolution and current state of Flash storage. I also described how to configure an NVMe over Fabric (NVMeoF) storage network to export NVMe volumes across RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE) and again over native TCP. But what does the future of memory technologies look like? As memory technologies continue to evolve, the method in which you plug that technology into your computers will evolve with it.

Recently, I bought and started using a Tuxedo Book BC1507, a Linux laptop computer. Ten years ago, if someone had told me that, by the end of the decade, I could buy top-quality, "penguin-ready" laptops from companies such as System76, Slimbook, and Tuxedo, I probably would have laughed. Well, now I'm laughing, but with joy!

This article explains how to use timedatectl to change the timezone and enable automatic synchronization of the system clock with a remote server using the NTP (Network Time Synchronization) protocol on Linux.

We’re always looking for interesting stories from people who use KDE software at their workplace, in school, or in government institutions. You can imagine our delight, then, when we met Sergi Blanch-Torné at this year’s FOSDEM. Sergi is a Controls Software Engineer at ALBA, a KDE user, and a Free software advocate and contributor. Not only was he willing to tell us about his favorite KDE apps, but he also works at one of the most amazing places on Earth! In this interview, he tells us what it’s like to work at ALBA, and answers the burning question: “what even is a synchrotron?”.

HackMD.io is an open source, collaborative Markdown editor. It allows people to share, comment, and collaborate on documents. As open source software, users can choose between using the online platform or installing it as a local service using the upstream project CodiMD.

Times New Roman, Arial, are one of the most popular fonts that are created by Microsoft. Solus, by default, does not include the major Microsoft fonts So in this tutorial i will show you how to install MS Fonts pack on Solus.

News briefs for July 19, 2019.

Maestral is a new open source Dropbox client for macOS and Linux, that's currently in beta. Its porpose is to have a Dropbox client that supports syncing to drives which use Btrfs, Ext3, ZFS, XFS or encrypted filesystems. It's also a lot lighter than the official Dropbox client.

Often, a kernel developer will try to reduce the size of an attack surface against Linux, even if it can't be closed entirely. It's generally a toss-up whether such a patch makes it into the kernel. Linus Torvalds always prefers security patches thatreally close a hole, rather than just give attackers a slightly harder time of it.

GitLab finds 68% of security professionals feel that less than half of developers can spot security vulnerabilities, but most people feel it's a programmer's job to write secure code.

If you use Manjaro and you like to have a harmonic and beautiful Linux system from boot to desktop, follow me as i will show you in this tutorial how to enable and configure the bootsplash screen on Manjaro. Let's go

News briefs for July 18, 2019.

Katherine Druckman and Doc Searls talk to Linux Journal's Danna Vedder about the current state of advertising.