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There seems to be a mad rush at the beginning of every year to find ways to be more productive. New Year's resolutions, the itch to start the year off right, and of course, an "out with the old, in with the new" attitude all contribute to this. And the usual round of recommendations is heavily biased towards closed source and proprietary software. It doesn't have to be that way. Here's the ninth of my picks for 19 new (or new-to-you) open source tools to help you be more productive in 2019. read more

This tutorial explains the Ubuntu Poweroff and Shutdown commands and provides some easy to use examples.

2DayGeek: This tutorial helps you to copy files or folders in multiple servers using Shell script.

Use the Python Netmiko module to automate switches, routers and firewalls from multiple vendors.

Because of the way time is represented in Linux, a signed 32-bit number can't support times beyond January 19, 2038 after 3:14:07 UTC. This Year 2038 (Y2038 or Y2K38) problem is about the time data type representation. The solution is to use 64-bit timestamps. read more

BoltWire is an easy to use content management system that can be used to create personal or business websites which is released as OpenSource software. It is written in PHP language and it doesn't require a database, all its data is stored in the file system.

This tutorial shows you how to use sleep commands and its various options in bash scripts.

With the rise of kubernetes and micro-services architecture, being able to quickly write and deploy a RESTful API service is a good skill to have. In this first part of a series of articles, you’ll learn how to use Fedora to build a RESTful application and deploy it on Openshift. Together, we’re going to build […]

News briefs for January 21, 2019.

The grep command used to find a particular string or pattern in one or multiple patterns. Grep stands for “Global Regular Expression Print”. Grep is the most powerful command in Linux used most commonly.

Of all the computers I've ever owned or used, the one that booted the quickest was from the 1980s; by the time your hand moved from the power switch to the keyboard, the BASIC interpreter was ready for your commands. Modern computers take anywhere from 15 seconds for a laptop to minutes for a small home server to boot. Why is there such a difference in boot times? read more

It’s been ages since we last surveyed the project management scene. Here’s our updated recommendations for free project management software.

Parrot 4.5 has been released. Parrot (formerly Parrot Security OS) is a Debian-based, security-oriented distribution featuring a collection of utilities designed for penetration testing, computer forensics, reverse engineering, hacking, privacy, anonymity and cryptography. The product, developed by Frozenbox, comes with MATE as the default desktop environment.

Minecraft is one of the most popular games of all time. It is a sandbox video game about placing blocks and going on adventures. In this tutorial, we’ll go through the steps necessary to install and configure Minecraft Server on CentOS 7. We’ll use Systemd to run the Minecraft server and the mcrcon utility for connecting to the running instance. We’ll also show you how to schedule automated server backups using a Cron job.

An open-spec, Allwinner H6 based “Orange Pi 3” SBC has gone on sale for $30 to $40, with the latter giving you 2GB of RAM and 8GB eMMC. Other highlights: GbE, HDMI 2.0, 4x USB 3.0, WiFi-ac, and mini-PCIe. The long-awaited Orange Pi 3 — the highest end of three Allwinner H6 based Orange Pi […]

itch is another gaming platform that is similar to Steam and is available for multiple operating systems including Linux. This platform provides users with the latest indie games instead of AAA games. If you are open to creativity and likes playing/trying out different games, I guarantee you’ll love itch platform too. Similar to steam, itch also provides both free and non-free games, indicates game system requirements (except without the specifications), and some other common features. Read on below to learn more about this app.

SCP command is used to copy files between to systems in a secure way. SCP stands for Secure Copy which copies files or directories securely. By using SCP command you can copy or transfer files from the remote system to the remote system or remote system to the local system

There seems to be a mad rush at the beginning of every year to find ways to be more productive. New Year's resolutions, the itch to start the year off right, and of course, an "out with the old, in with the new" attitude all contribute to this. And the usual round of recommendations is heavily biased towards closed source and proprietary software. It doesn't have to be that way. Here's the eighth of my picks for 19 new (or new-to-you) open source tools to help you be more productive in 2019. read more

The Robolinux 10 Series Cinnamon, Mate 3D, Xfce, LXDE & Gnome 64 bit Raptor versions have been upgraded with new kernels, hardware drivers and over two hundred fifty security + application updates so we can provide you with the best Operating Systems possible! All current Robolinux 10.3 users can upgrade to version 10.4 in just one click by using the built in Robolinux Auto Upgrade button in the main menu.

Microsoft to hang up support on 10 December. Microsoft has formally set the end date for support of its all-but-forgotten Windows 10 Mobile platform.…