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We are on our quest to learn python programming and this bring us to one of the most fundamental topics. Variables are everywhere, every programming language has variables at its core. We will learn about variables and also see some basic operation and applications of variables in python.

Widely used and deploy technology vendor used for making open source applications easy to install, is now coming into the VMware fold.

The Debian Project has released patched versions of its Linux kernel and intel-microcode packages for the stable Debian GNU/Linux 9 "Stretch" operating system series to address the recently disclosed Intel MDS security vulnerabilities.

With just a little Node.JS, you can get your Alexa devices to do just about anything you can imagine by simulating Wemo smart plugs. Use the on/off requests of your "fake plug" to trigger the open and close of your garage door, launch a program on your computer or start and stop services. You're limited only by your imagination. Check out this tutorial to get you started automating things you never could before!

Eye of Gnome or the Image Viewer is the default picture/image viewing application in Ubuntu. It allows to view the images in a fullscreen slideshow mode or set an image as the desktop wallpaper.

Intel's Clear Linux OS project have launched new developer bundles tailored towards Linux developers for their Linux-based operating system optimized for the Intel Architecture.

In the following tutorial, we’re going to go through the process of installing and configuring a simple DNS (BIND) server on your Debian 9 VPS. This will allow you to host/manage the DNS records for your domain/s

Pico is an open source simple and fast flat file CMS written in PHP. In this tutorial, we will install Pico CMS with Nginx on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS system.

Michael Crosby is one of the most influential developers working on Docker containers today, helping to lead development of containerd as well as serving as the Open Container Initiative (OCI) Technical Oversight Chair.

Virtualization and emulation software is big these days. With cheaper RAM memory comes the possibility to ditch dual-booting and install several operating systems in QEMU or VMWare and use them alternatively whenever you feel like it. Since Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 is fresh you might want to test it in VMWare before installing it on its own partition. So here is a guide to do just that.

In my search of a Docker GUI that can be used remotely I came across Portainer Community Edition, a lightweight, free and open source web-based Docker GUI that can be used to manage containers, images, networks, and volumes.

News briefs for May 15, 2019.

2DayGeek: xsos is a sosreport examiner that helps admin to read sosreport with syntax highlighting.

There’s a good range of EDA tools out that are released under an open source license which let developers customize, and create their latest designs. To provide an insight into the quality of software that's available, we’ve compiled a list of 8 high quality free Linux EDA applications. Hopefully, there will be something of interest here for anyone who wants to design electronic systems.

Imagine you're a new DevOps engineer in a growing agile environment, and recently your company has experienced phenomenal growth. To support expansion, the company increased hiring by 25% over the last quarter and added 5,000 more servers and network devices to its infrastructure. The company now has over 13,000 users, and you need a tool to scale the existing infrastructure and manage your large number of users and their thousands of files and directories. read more

Canonical has released today new updates for all of its supported Ubuntu Linux operating system series to mitigate the recently disclosed Microarchitectural Data Sampling (MDS) security vulnerabilities in Intel CPUs.

Video: Zombieload, another Intel processor side-channel attack, just like Meltdown and Spectre before it, poses a security threat for Linux systems.

Twenty years ago, I started using free and open source software. Soon after, I started asking questions on dedicated forums, learned how to use IRC to chat with developers, and contributed my first bug reports. As my contributions increased, I made a career move from industry to open source software. Over the past 20 years, I've learned a lot about using and contributing to free and open source software and working with communities and developers. Here are 10 of the key areas you'll find in an open source project and some tips for managing them better. read more

Ceph and Gluster are both systems used for managing distributed storage. Both are good choices for managing your data, but which one is more suited to you?

Estone’s IP65 protected “PPC-4107” panel PC is touted for its easy installation. It runs Linux or Android on an i.MX6 and offers GbE with PoE, WiFi/BT, and a 7-inch, capacitive HD touchscreen. Estone Technology has announced a PPC-4107 panel PC designed primarily for wall-mounted residential, commercial, and industrial building automation, as well as HVAC monitoring […]