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News briefs for July 8, 2019.

Fedora, like all Linux based systems, comes with a powerful set of security features. One of the basic features is permissions on files and folders. These permissions allow files and folders to be secured from unauthorized access. This article explains a bit about these permissions, and shows you how to share access to a folder […]

Why attempts to protect your project with legal voodoo are likely to backfire on you. I have a little list (they never will be missed) of stupid things that open-source projects should stop doing. High on this list are CLAs (Contributor License Agreements) and their cousin the mandatory CA (Copyright Assignment).

The article What is a Linux user? by Anderson Silva made it clear that these days people are as likely to use Linux (in some way) as they are to use Windows, as long as your definition of "using Linux" is sufficiently broad. Still, if you don't have enough Linux in your life, now is a great time to try Linux in a way you've never tried before. Here are 10 ways to get started with Linux. Try one or try them all. 1. Join a free shell read more

Linus Torvalds has announced today the release and general availability of the Linux 5.2 kernel series, a major release that adds several new features, updated drivers, and many improvements.

Last night I upgraded Xubuntu 18.04 with the latest package, but there are some error notifications when new packages are installed. Based on info from system notifications, the Window Manager (xfwm4) that I use on Xubuntu crashes. And this causes the desktop environment (xfce4) on Xubuntu become an error.

After more than two years of development, the new Debian stable version, Debian 10 codenamed Buster, was released on July 6, 2019, and it will be supported for 5 years. This release comes with a lot of new packages and major software upgrades. Debian 10 buster ships with Linux 4.19 LTS kernel, uses the nftables framework as the default iptables backend, supports UEFI Secure Boot and has AppArmor enabled by default.

The PCLinuxOS Magazine staff is pleased to announce the release of the July 2019 issue.

The Debian Project has officially announce today the release and general availability of the Debian GNU/Linux 10 "Buster" operating system series as the new stable version of Debian.

After 25 months of development the Debian project is proud to present its new stable version 10 (code name buster), which will be supported for the next 5 years thanks to the combined work of the Debian Security team and of the Debian Long Term Support team.

In Linux, a group is a collection of users. The main purpose of the groups is to define a set of privileges like read, write, or execute permission for a given resource that can be shared among the users within the group. Users can be added to an existing group to utilize the privileges it grants. This tutorial explains how to show all groups a user is a member of. We will also explain how to list all members of a group.

As to the specifics of why Microsoft wants access to this closed list, Levin explained the issue by suggesting that while Microsoft has a "decades-long history of addressing security issues via MSRC," and is "able to quickly (<1-2 hours) create a build to address disclosed security issues," it requires extensive testing and validation before those patched builds can be made public. "Being members of this mailing list would provide us the additional time we need for extensive testing," Levin concluded.

I wrote this, based on the problem that I found when using Ubuntu with the XFCE4 desktop environment. In XFCE4, the panel is one of the important things that can be used to manage several features such as menu selection, volume settings, network, time, and others.

Backup snapshots are a must have. Find out how to create them in Linux with Timeshift.

Fledgling social network Gab has migrated to an open source Matadon base, in the process becoming the largest Mastadon node.

Retort follows nomination fior internet villain for helping people bypass UK web filters. Mozilla says its baffled by the UK Internet Services Providers’ Association following the trade group's decision to nominate of the public benefit browser maker as the internet's 2019 villain of the year.…

Microsoft-friendly ‘journalists’ like the now-arrested Microsoft Peter want us to think that “Microsoft loves Linux” — a valuable Big Lie that’s designed to help Microsoft gain greater control over its “most potent operating system competitor,” according to Bill Gates

OpenCV (Open Source Computer Vision Library) is an open source computer vision library and has bindings for C++, Python, and Java. It is used for a very wide range of applications including medical image analysis, stitching street view images, surveillance video, detecting and recognizing faces, tracking moving objects, extracting 3D models and much more.