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MSC unveiled the first module based on the 800-pin COM-HPC edge server standard with a Linux-ready, Intel 9th Gen equipped “MSC HCC-CFLS” that adopts the COM-HPC/Client spec. Adlink revealed a proof-of-concept module using the larger COM-HPC/Server variant. Adlink, Congatec, and Kontron are the chief sponsors of the proposed COM-HPC (Computer-On-Modules High Performance Computing) server-on-module standard, […]

Google finally released the Chrome OS 80 operating system for Chromebook devices, a major update that improves support for Linux apps and adds numerous other features from the Chrome 80 release.

A news aggregator is software which collect news, weblog posts, and other information from the web so that they can be read in a single location for easy viewing. With the range of news sources available on the internet, news aggregators play an essential role in helping users to quickly locate breaking news.

Banner grabbing is a common reconnaissance technique used in penetration testing. Let's take a look at some tools used to perform banner grabbing and how to launch your first grab.

The easiest way to get Linux system hardware information.

The Debian Project announced today on Twitter that the latest Debian GNU/Linux 10 “Buster” operating system series is now officially available in the AWS Marketplace.

How to use the ca-certificates package to manage Certificate Authority certificates for command-line utilities.

The choice of hosting provider makes a world of difference in the overall quality of a website. Anything from performance, uptime, responsiveness, and reliability can all be affected by the choice of hosting provider. It can also determine business efficiency, especially for small and medium-sized companies. If you have limited resources, choosing a hosting provider may seem like a daunting task. In this post, we’ll be covering what to look out for when choosing a hosting provider, and why a managed VPS hosting provider is usually the best choice.

How to add moving averages to a table using an ingenious AWK command.

InvoicePlane is a free and open-source invoicing application. This tutorial will show you how to install InvoicePlane on a FreeBSD 12 system.

The popular dock-like application Latte Dock is getting some new features in an upcoming release expected later this year, on-demand sidebars and vertical stick buttons.

Chromium Edge has been tweaked to prevent users installing PUA, Microsoft's going to Spain, plus there are a few more things about the gnomes at Redmond we didn't get around to revealing last week. First off, Microsoft has added a new feature into Chromium Edge in the form of protection against Potentially Unwanted Applications (PUA). Stuff like cryptomining software or adware that come unexpectedly along for the ride when a user downloads something free and seemingly innocuous.

How is it that our brains – the original face recognition program – can recognize somebody we know, even when they’re far away? As in, how do we recognize those we know in spite of their faces appearing to flatten out the further they are from us? Cognitive experts say we do it by learning a face’s configuration – the specific pattern of feature-to-feature measurements. Then, even as our friends’ faces get optically distorted by being closer or further away, our brains employ a mechanism called perceptual constancy that optically “corrects” face shape… At least, it does when we’re already familiar with how far apart our friends’ features are.

Recently, at a presentation I was giving on the newer features of MySQL 8.0, I noticed one person in the audience getting very upset. The more I talked about one feature, the more agitation I could see this one person getting. We're talking upset at a level where I was wondering if I was going to worry about my physical safety. The person in question finally snapped, "If I had known about that, it would have saved me four months of my life!"

German electronics manufacturer TUXEDO Computers announced today the availability of the new InfinityBook S 14 Linux-powered laptop.

What's in a name, you ask? Everything. It's how other systems, services, and users "see" your system. https://red.ht/2VGYibk via #EnableSysadmin

This brief tutorial explains different ways to remove unnecessary configuration files from Debian-based operating systems.

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.

While most operating system's file systems are different from each other, most come with a journaling feature. Find out what a journaling file system is.

With only a week before the GNOME 3.36 desktop environment is officially announced, I decided to take it for a spin on the upcoming Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) operating system and check out the new features and enhancements.