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Using applications is the main purpose of a Linux server. Whether your newly installed application runs from a desktop or the command line, this article helps you use your Microsoft Windows experience to quickly understand how to run applications on Linux.

Open Web Analytics (OWA) is an open-source analytic platform, written in PHP. The main purpose of this application is to analyze and monitor how people use your web pages or applications, which then provides you with analytics data for your website.

Linux has been described as one of the most secure operating systems available, but the National Security Agency (NSA) has taken Linux to the next level with the introduction of Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux). SELinux takes the existing GNU/Linux operating system and extends it with kernel and user-space modifications to make it bullet-proof. If you're running a 2.6 kernel today, you might be surprised to know that you're using SELinux right now! This article explores the ideas behind SELinux and how it's implemented.

Linux dominates the smart TV market, which continues to grow despite concerns over privacy. A Strategy Analytics report pegs Samsung’s Tizen as the leading platform at 21 percent followed by LG’s WebOS at 12 percent. Despite some evidence last year that smart TVs were losing ground to streaming boxes, Strategy Analytics has released a Global […]

While load testing has become more accessible, configuring load tests that faithfully re-create production conditions can be difficult. A good load test must use a set of URLs that are representative of production traffic and achieve request rates that mimic real users. Even performing distributed load tests requires the upkeep of a fleet of servers. read more

This article is a gentle introduction to the Clojure Functional Programming language that is based on LISP, uses the Java JVM and has a handy REPL. And, as Clojure is based on LISP, be prepared to see lots of parentheses!

R is a programming language and environment for statistical computing and graphics. It provides a wide variety of statistical (linear and nonlinear modeling, classical statistical tests, time-series analysis, classification, clustering) and graphical techniques.

AWX is an open source web application that provides a user interface, REST API, and task engine for Ansible. It's the open source version of the Ansible Tower. In this tutorial, we will show you basic usage of the Ansible AWX.

cURL is a command-line tool for transferring data with URLs and it is an incredibly powerful tool. Learn how to make full use of the cURL command in Linux.

I've always been interested in web development and software architecture because I like to see the broader picture of a working system. Whether you are building a mobile app or a web application, it has to be connected to the internet to exchange data among different modules, which means you need a web service. read more

In the past few months, I've covered a whole raft of music players. This time I'm going to walk through Cantata. Cantata is billed as a feature-rich and user friendly client for Music Player Daemon (MPD).

The CPU (central processing unit), often called simply processor, is one of the most important components of your machine. It performs all types of data processing operations and it is considered as the brain of the computer.

scrcpy is an application that allows displaying and controlling Android devices connected via USB or or wireless, from a macOS, Windows or Linux desktop. The application focuses on performance and quality, offering 30~60 FPS with a resolution of 1920x1080 or more, and low latency.

Canonical released today the beta version of its upcoming Ubuntu 19.04 (Disco Dingo) operating system, due for release later spring on April 18th.

UK-based video games publisher Feral Interactive released today the Linux and macOS port of the acclaimed DiRT 4 rally-themed racing video game.

Behavior-driven development is a great way to write tests for code because it uses language that real humans can understand. Once you learn about BDD and its benefits, you may want to implement it in your next project. Let's see how to implement BDD in Drupal using Behat with the Mink extension. read more

Node.js Interactive is the marquee event for Javascript developers, companies that rely on Node.js and the vendors that support both of these constituents with tools, training and other services. Learn moreEvent Title: Node+JS Interactive27 MarLearn more

Have you ever had the desire to develop Windows software or test it on your Linux system? Maybe because it is the most popular OS or due to the fact that your schools and institutions deploy only Windows OS in computer laboratories.

Follow along with this step-by-step guide to creating your own distribution.

Python is one of the most popular programming languages in the world. With its simple and easy to learn syntax Python is a great choice for beginners and experienced developers. Python is quite a versatile programming language, you can use it to do almost anything you want, write small scripts, build games, develop websites, create machine learning algorithms, analyze data and more. Python is also portable which means you can run the same Python script on different operating systems without any changes.