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Are your backups running too long? Would the time required for a full recovery put your business at risk? Here's a better solution.

Silverblue is an operating system for your desktop built on Fedora. It’s excellent for daily use, development, and container-based workflows. It offers numerous advantages such as being able to roll back in case of any problems. If you want to update to Fedora 32 on your Silverblue system, this article tells you how. It not […]

This excellent Linux command line book is more than cubicle decoration, it's a secret super power.

This brief guide explains how to find if a user is using password-based or key-based SSH authentication in Linux.

Is there anything better than a warmly flickering Linux terminal? Sure there is: two warmly flickering Linux terminals. In fact, the more, the better. read more

In the first two articles in this series, I explored the Linux systemd startup sequence. In the first article, I looked at systemd's functions and architecture and the controversy around its role as a replacement for the old SystemV init program and startup scripts. And in the second article, I examined two important systemd tools, systemctl and journalctl, and explained how to switch from one target to another and to change the default target. read more

According to Net Applications, desktop Linux is making a surge. But, Windows still rules the desktop and other data suggests that macOS, Chrome OS, and Linux are still way behind, while we're turning evermore to our smartphones.

SparkyLinux 2020.05 has been released as a new monthly update of the unstable series based on the upcoming Debian GNU/Linux 11 “Bullseye” operating system.

"Having gone to all this trouble, I can absolutely tell you: "Most of them only use github for a mirror" is completely untrue!"

If there is only a specific icon you'd like to swap, Gnome 3 provides a simple way to do that. Learn how you can easily change icons in Gnome 3.

Is your project destined to fail? These first six of twelve indicators might say otherwise.

And we’ll even pay you if you manage to do it, company says.

As part of my role as a senior product marketing manager at an enterprise software company with an open source development model, I publish a regular update about open source community, market, and industry trends for product marketers, managers, and other influencers. Here are five of my and their favorite articles from that update.

'Extra time for you to test,' you lucky, lucky developers. Google has applied the brakes to Android 11, pushing things out by a month as it grapples with a world that is much changed since planning for the release began.…

Gumstix has launched a $145 “Verdin EdgeAI” carrier for Toradex’s Linux-driven, $138 Verdin i.MX8M Mini module. The board has an M.2 slot designed for an Google card equipped with its Edge TPU, and supports customization within the Geppetto service. Gumstix has opened $145 pre-orders for its Verdin EdgeAI carrier board for Toradex’s Verdin iMX8M Mini […]

Digital artists’ Linux distribution Ubuntu Studio is switching to KDE from its usual Xfce desktop. Find out why they made this decision.

Kubernetes is the dominant technology for infrastructure today, and that means sysadmins need to be familiar with administering it. I have been managing Kubernetes clusters every day for years now, and I picked up a few tricks that I highly recommend for others looking to simplify their admin experience. read more

How to Install Java on Ubuntu 20.04. Java is one of the most popular programming languages which is widely used to built applications. It runs on all major operating systems and devices.

Until recently, I was content using the Uncomplicated Firewall that comes built-into Ubuntu. And it's called uncomplicated for a reason: its complicated counterpart – the iptables. It's not to say that iptables are difficult to comprehend or even impossible to use, but is rather massive. In other words, it has immense capacity and functionality, and as such is perhaps a lot more complicated.

In this article, we will give you some examples that will help you to understand the correct use of the CAT command to combine and merge text files. While we used Debian to test the commands, the examples should work on any Linux distribution.