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Given the recent surge in popularity of open source data science projects like pandas, NumPy, and Matplotlib, it’s probably no surprise that the increased level of interest is generating user complaints about documentation. To help shed light on what’s at stake, we talked to someone who knows a lot about the subject: Thomas Caswell, the lead developer of Matplotlib. read more

Here's a quick Apache administration rundown for when you get thrown an Apache server to suddenly maintain at work.

sudo is a command-line utility that allows trusted users to run commands as another user, by default root.

"Open" isn't just a way we can build software. It's an attitude we can adopt toward anything we do. And when we adopt it, we can move mountains. read more

Curious about how SSH establishes secure communication between two systems? We're here to help!

Doppler is a zero configuration remote monitoring tool for Linux systems. Doppler is lightweight tool and it doesn't require any additional configuration.

Previously, I put a lot of blame on impostor syndrome for delaying my first open source contribution. But there was another factor that I can’t ignore: I can’t make a decision to save my life. And with millions of open source projects to choose from, choosing one to contribute to is overwhelming. read more

This tutorial allows you to discover the top memory consumption processes on Linux.

This tutorial shows how to install OpenVas, an open-source vulnerability scanner for Linux, and then run your first vulnerability scan.

Linux has become a go-to operating system for much larger platforms, such as servers, supercomputers, and cloud computing, as well as the small, handy devices we keep on our persons at all times; smartphones.

There are loads of Linux books on the market today, covering a wide range of skill levels, many of which may not suit your unique situation. We’ve comprised this years top 10 best Linux books, sorted from beginner to expert...

In mid-October, System76 made an exciting announcement for open source hardware fans: It would soon begin shipping two of its laptop models, Galago Pro and Darter Pro, with the open source BIOS coreboot. read more

Plasma is the desktop environment for people who want modern looking, customizable, and want new features every now and then.

What training and certification opportunities should you seek as a Linux system administrator? Which ones should you look for if you want to hire a Linux system administrator? There are answers.

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.

A modular, open-spec “YABA DesktopBox” controller and IoT gateway has launched on Indiegogo with an RPi CM3 based control board and an Arduino based analog and digital I/O board. A USB 3.1 backplane supports LVDS/EtherCAT and I2C buses. A startup called YABA (Yet Another Backplane Architecture) based in Italy and Latvia has gone to Indiegogo […]

Google has released today the Android Security Patch for November 2019 to address various security vulnerabilities and fix bugs in its latest Android 10 mobile operating system.

The ‘useradd’ command in linux is a popular tool used to create or add user accounts.Much like the command ‘usermod’, the ‘useradd’ command affects many files when it is invoked to create a new user account, namely, /etc/shadow, /etc/passwd, /etc/gshadow , /etc/login.defs, /etc/group

When cloning a Git repository or creating new feature branches, you will have to set upstream branches in order to work properly. But what are upstream branches? Upstream branches are closely associated with remote branches. Upstream branches define the branch tracked on the remote repository by your local remote branch (also called the remote tracking branch)...

Conky is a system monitor for X originally based on torsmo. In this article, we will explain how you can install the Conky utility and the Conky Manager application through the Debian command line.

This article explains how to use FFmpeg to extract the audio stream from a video, either without re-encoding (keeping the original format), or converting the resulting audio file to CBR (constant bitrate) or VBR (variable bitrate) MP3 or Ogg Vorbis.