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Opensource.com brought in 776,198 unique visitors who generated 1,253,209 page views in July, a 22% year over year increase. We published 85 articles in July, and welcomed 14 new authors. More than 56% of our content was contributed by members of the open source community, and our community moderators contributed 22 articles.

Squashing inclusivity bugs in open source software

  • Opensource.com (Posted by bob on Aug 4, 2018 12:51 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
When people talk about diversity and inclusion in open source, the discussion is usually about how to improve a project culture's inclusivity. But can the software itself be gender biased? Our research says it can. So, how do you know if your software is biased? And, if it is, how can you make it more inclusive? The GenderMag method is a way to identify gender-inclusiveness problems in your software. It is available in a "kit" freely available for download at GenderMag.org. read more

Notepadqq An Alternative To Notepad++ For Linux

  • LinuxAndUbuntu.com; By Mohd Sohail (Posted by MohdSohail on Aug 3, 2018 10:56 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Reviews; Groups: Linux
Notepadqq is a programmer's text editor program for Linux. It is an alternative to Notepad++, a very popular Windows text editor among programmer's community. Notepadqq is available as a snap app on Ubuntu platform currently, and so is Notepad++. So what makes them different? The answer is one of them is actually a Windows binary that runs on top of WINE (Notepad++) and the other is a native Linux program implemented using Qt technology (Notepadqq).

5 Essential Tools for Linux Development

  • Linux.com; By Jack Wallen (Posted by bob on Aug 3, 2018 9:02 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Linux
instead of saying you should use Tool X and Tool Y, I’m going to narrow it down to five categories and then offer up an example for each. Just remember, for most categories, there are several available options. And, with that said, let’s get started.

How to Install Chamilo on Ubuntu 16.04

In this installation guide, we will show you how to install Chamilo on a clean Ubuntu 16.04 VPS with Apache, PHP, and MySQL. Chamilo is a free and open-source learning management platform and content management system (CMS) written in PHP. Chamilo is currently used by more than 7 million students, and a number of governments, universities, schools and companies, and it is one of the most popular learning management systems.

Why I still love Alpine for email at the Linux terminal

  • Opensource.com (Posted by bob on Aug 3, 2018 5:30 PM EDT)
  • Groups: Linux; Story Type: News Story
Maybe you can relate to this story: You try out a program and really love it. Over the years, new programs are developed that can do the same things and more, maybe even better. You try them out, and they are great too—but you keep coming back to the first program. That is the story of my relationship with Alpine Mail. So I decided to write a little article praising my de facto favorite mail program. read more

s-tui: CPU Monitoring And Stress Testing Console UI Tool

s-tui is a terminal user interface for monitoring the CPU frequency, utilization, temperature and power. Besides monitoring your CPU using colored graphs, the TUI (terminal user interface) application can also stress test your CPU using stress or stress-ng.

Linux boots on new “Shakti” RISC-V chip

  • LinuxGizmos.com (Posted by bob on Aug 3, 2018 2:16 PM EDT)
  • Groups: Linux; Story Type: News Story
The Shakti project, based at IIT Madras, has booted Linux on its first RISC-V processor. The 22nm FinFET fabricated, 400MHz Shakti chip can run at 1.67 DMIPS/MHz. Shakti — the Hindu goddess who personifies creative power — has been enlisted in a variety of creative enterprises, including Unilever’s Project Shakti NGO for empowering rural Indian […]

What data is too risky for the cloud?

  • Opensource.com (Posted by bob on Aug 3, 2018 1:02 PM EDT)
  • Groups: Cloud; Story Type: News Story
In this four-part series, we've been looking at the pitfalls every organization should avoid when transitioning operations to the cloud—specifically into hybrid multi-cloud environments. read more

How to Install Ruby on Rails on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

In this tutorial, I will show you how to install Ruby on Rails on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. We will show you how to install and configure Rails with a PostgreSQL database, and how to create a new first project with Rails.

How to create great panorama photos with Hugin

  • Fossadventures.com; By Martin de Boer (Posted by mdutours on Aug 3, 2018 10:33 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Tutorial; Groups: SUSE
If you search online for “Best Panorama Stitching software 2018”, chances are very high that you find an article that mentions Hugin. The reason is that this is one of the best programs to stitch photos for Linux, MacOS and Windows. And it is free and open source! The criticism is that it is aimed at professional users and that it can be a bit overwhelming for new users. This article will provide you with a rundown on how to use Hugin.

How to use Fedora Server to create a router / gateway

Building a router (or gateway) using Fedora Server is an interesting project for users wanting to learn more about Linux system administration and networking. In this article, learn how to configure a Fedora Server minimal install to act as an internet router / gateway. This guide is based on Fedora 28 and assumes you have already installed […]

The Humble Sports Bundle has some awesome Linux games

  • GamingOnLinux.com; By Liam Dawe (Posted by liamdawe on Aug 3, 2018 8:04 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Games
It's time for a new big game bundle, with the Humble Sports Bundle now out with awesome games for Linux.

Opera Web Browser Is Now Available as a Snap on Ubuntu, Other Linux Distros

Canonical and Opera Software announced today the availability of the Chromium-based Opera web browser as a Snap package in the Snap Store for Ubuntu and supported Linux-based operating systems.

EdgeX Adds Security and Reduces Footprint with "California" Release

The Linux Foundation’s EdgeX Foundry announced its second major EdgeX release of its EdgeX IoT middleware for edge computing. The “California” release adds security features including reverse proxy and secure credentials storage. It’s also rewritten in Go to offer a smaller footprint This makes it possible to run EdgeX on the Raspberry Pi 3, which has been chosen as the official target platform for California.

How to Install MySQL on Debian 9

With the release of Debian 9 Stretch MySQL, the world’s most popular open source relational database management system is no longer available in the Debian’s repositories and MariaDB has become the default database system. MariaDB is a backward compatible, binary drop-in replacement of MySQL. In this tutorial we will show you how to install and secure MySQL on a Debian 9 machine from the MySQL Apt Repository.

VCs Are Investing Big into a New Cryptocurrency: Introducing Handshake

The entire landscape of how we authenticate domain names likely will see a complete overhaul, all powered by blockchain technologies. Just released, Handshake brings with it the much needed security and reliability on which we rely. Backed by venture capitalists and industry-established blockchain developers, Handshake has raised $10.2 million to replace the current digital entities maintaining our current internet infrastructure.

Design thinking as a way of life

  • Opensource.com (Posted by bob on Aug 3, 2018 12:38 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
Over the past few years, design has become more than a discipline. It has become a mindset, one gaining more and more traction in industrial practices, processes, and operations. People have begun to recognize the value in making design the fundamental component of the process and methodologies aimed at both the "business side" and the "people side" of the organization. In other words, "thinking with design" is a great way to approach business problems and organizational culture problems. read more

Walkthrough On How To Use GNOME Boxes

Boxes or GNOME Boxes is a virtualization software for GNOME Desktop Environment. It is similar to Oracle VirtualBox but features a simple user interface. Boxes also pose some challenge for newbies and VirtualBox users, for instance, on VirtualBox, it is easy to install guest addition image through menu bar but the same is not true for Boxes. Rather, users are encouraged to install additional guest tools from the terminal program within the guest session.

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