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Recently, we published an article about why developers prefer to code at night. Author Matt Shealy highlighted the many benefits of nocturnal programming including the quiet time and space for creative thinking.

Using the correct timezone is essential for many systems related tasks and processes. For example, the cron daemon uses the system’s timezone for executing cron jobs, and the timestamps in the log files are based on the same system’s timezone. On CentOS, the system’s timezone is set during the install, but it can be easily changed at a later time. This article describes how to set or change the timezone on CentOS 8 systems.

Youtube, Facebook, twitter and most web hosting providers are using MySQL. As an open source freely available (RDBMS) Relational Database Management System, MySQL is an essential component of almost every open PHP application. Joomla, Magento, WordPress and Drupal are are all relying on the reliability and robustness of MySQL to handle and process large numbers of complex SQL statements. Your website is most likely managed in the background by MySQL.

Sometimes a Python package or script is not available in PyPI. In such cases, you can install those Python package directly from GitHub on Linux as described here.

To help you spend your time during the quarantine, we’ve prepared a list of 7 unusual Linux distributions that you can have fun with. We’e also added URLs to online in-browser testing pages so that you can try them before you actually download them to your PC. Enjoy!

Community building is table stakes in the success of any open source project. Even outside of open source, community is considered a competitive advantage for businesses in many industries—from retail, to gaming, to fitness. (For a deeper dive, see "When community becomes your competitive advantage" in the Harvard Business Review.)

CyberPanel is an open-source web hosting control panel that uses OpenLiteSpeed as a web server. CyberPanel is a next-generation web hosting platform specially designed for speed, security, and stability. CyberPanel is completely free and supports an unlimited number of domains/subdomains. In this tutorial, we are going to provide you with step-by-step instructions on how to install as well as configure the CyberPanel control panel on an Ubuntu 18.04 VPS.

Everyone knows they shouldn't take shortcuts, especially in their work, and yet everyone does. Sometimes it doesn't matter, but when it comes to code development, though, it definitely does. As any experienced programmer knows, building your code the quick and dirty way soon leads to problems down the line. These issues might not be disastrous, but they incur a small penalty every time you want to develop your code further.

With ventilators in dangerously short supply during the COVID-19 pandemic, a number of DIY groups have begun working on open source designs that could be made at home.

Examining files from the command-line is generally an easy thing to do. You just run the command you want, followed by a list of files to be examined. Dealing with binary files, however, is more complicated. These files are often packaged up into archives, tarballs, or other packaging formats. The run-on-binaries script provides a convenient way to run a command on a collection of files, regardless of how they are packaged. The invocation of the script is quite simple: read more

You should never discard logs - instead you can configure RSyslog server to filter incoming messages and put them into separate files.

R is an open-source programming language and free environment that specializes in statistical computing and graphical representation. It is supported by the R Foundation for Statistical Computing and mainly used by statisticians and data miners for developing statistical software and performing data analysis.

Robotic Process Automation should be a positive – a chance to reduce drudge work. But when some people hear RPA, they think job loss: Here are 5 ways leaders can manage fears.

Java 14, a major update to the programming language, introduces features for optimizing developer productivity.

Sublime Text is one of the most popular code editors around. Here's how to install Sublime Text on Ubuntu, enable Package Control, and install packages.

Fondo wallpaper app allows you to browse thousands of beautiful wallpapers from Unsplash website. Usin Fondo, you can easily find and set beautiful wallpapers for your Linux desktop.

We not only don't know how many people have coronavirus in the US, but we also don't even know how many have been tested. So, researchers, using open-source tools, are digging out the real numbers for us.

Why settle for boring Bash? You can customize every aspect of your shell and this article gets you started.

Scary idea, but can work if IT bods are there to hold their hands. It has been the subject of hype and overblown expectations, but that is not set to dampen investment in robotic process automation – the idea that simple software “robot” can carry out annoying admin tasks. But as organisations begin to understand how best to exploit RPA, IT departments will be finding a new role.…

It's been nearly nine months since the marriage between IBM and Red Hat was finalized. We decided to check in and see how the newlyweds are getting along.