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ZED, a game that might make your own head spin a bit, as you assume the role of an aging artist whose mind isn’t quite all there. Now on Linux, plus an interview.

If you are using multiple LXD containers on the same system, it makes sense to limit the amount of resources each component can use. Here's how you can do so.

Last year, I decided to try out Endless OS, a lightweight, Linux-based operating system developed to power inexpensive computers for developing markets. I wrote about installing and setting it up. Endless OS is unique because it uses a read-only root file system managed by OSTree and Flatpak, but the Endless company is unique for its approach to education.

The Qt Company and LG are collaborating to integrate LG’s Linux-based webOS Open Source Edition with the Qt development platform for automotive, smart home, and robotics. The Qt Company announced “a significant expansion of its long-standing partnership” with LG Electronics to extend the reach of the webOS Open Source Edition, which LG launched in early […]

How to Install MySQL 8.0 on Ubuntu 18.04. MySQL is an open source database management system used to store and retrieve data for a wide variety of popular applications.

If you are someone who’s interested in creating 2D animation, whether as a hobby or part of your job, then you would be glad to know that there are many open source 2D animation software to use.

While I'm of two minds when it comes to smartphones and tablets, I have to admit they can be useful. Not just for keeping in touch with people or using the web but also to do some work when I'm away from my computer. For me, that work is writing—articles, blog posts, essays for my weekly letter, e-book chapters, and more. I've tried many (probably too many!) writing apps for Android over the years. Some of them were good. Others fell flat. read more

Linux systems can be shutdown in many ways. Shutting down a server can be a daunting task if there are many users connecting to the server. Starting the server in various modes to allow for maintenance while preventing users from connecting to it can also be an important task. For an Administrator these abilities can be extremely important.

SUSE has announced the general availability of the first Service Pack (SP1) release for their latest and most advanced SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 operating system series.

Last year he thought smartphones and servers were five and 10 years away, respectively, but he's had to "pull in his targets."

Advantech’s IP66-protected “TPC-71W” industrial panel PC runs Linux or Android on an i.MX6. There’s a 7-inch capacitive touchscreen, GbE with optional PoE, CAN 2.0, mini-PCIe, and -20 to 60°C support. Advantech announced what appears to be its first Arm-based touch-panel computer. The rugged, industrial TPC-71W system runs on an NXP i.MX6 and is aimed at […]

There are many emulators for game consoles for use on Linux. I have recently looked into a Playstation 3 emulator called RPCS3. I

The new SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 Service Pack 1 is positioned as the operating system for servers, datacenters, and the cloud.

Discourse is a free and open source discussion forum application that can be used as a mailing list and chat room. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install and configure Discourse forum on Ubuntu 18.04 server.

Remember a.out binaries? They were the file format of the Linux kernel till around 1995 when ELF took over. ELF is better. It allows you to load shared libraries anywhere in memory, while a.out binaries need you to register shared library locations. That's fine at small scales, but it gets to be more and more of a headache as you have more and more shared libraries to deal with. But a.out is still supported in the Linux source tree, 25 years after ELF became the standard default format.

Tr is a command line utility in Linux and Unix systems that translates, deletes and squeezes characters from the standard input and writes the result to the standard output. The tr command is usually used in combination with other commands through piping and can perform operations like removing repeated characters, converting uppercase to lowercase, and basic character replacing and removing. In this tutorial, we will show you how to use the tr command through practical examples and detailed explanations of the most common options.

In this article, we will explain how you can install PlayOnLinux both through the command line and the graphical user interface. Then, we will explain how you can install Winamp through this application.

The podcast discusses Python's past and future in the wake of BDFL Guido Van Rossum stepping down.

Due to recent escalations, Canonical updated their view on the removal of support for the i386 (32-bit) architecture for Ubuntu 19.10 and future releases to assure users 32-bit apps will still run on the Linux-based operating system.

As a computer user, sometimes I miss for the times when I was using a tube screen computer. The first time I got to know a computer was when playing at a friend's house. At that time I was in elementary school. My friend introduced an old computer device with a black and white screen. We both often play Prehistorik 2 and car racing games on weekends.