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There are basically three types of people in the world: those who know little or nothing about bash job control, those who know enough to believe that it's nothing that they would ever use, and those who can just skim the rest of this post.

Dash to Panel, an icon taskbar for Gnome Shell, was updated to version 20, bringing a window preview overhaul and other improvements.

It's easy to imagine that regulators should love free and open source software. After all, anyone can adopt it, change it, and distribute it. But that's not the only way to assess its impact on innovation.

When using Docker it is sometimes necessary to update files quite often. Updating those files can be a big hassle since the whole container must be recreated each time.

Kanboard is a free, open-source and self-hosted project management software that can be used to manage projects using Kanban methodology. You can visualize the work-flow, limiting work in progress and work efficiently from the Kanboard web interface.

Upgrading the Raspberry Pi’s OS is very simple. Learn how to upgrade your Raspberry Pi to Raspbian Buster and gain access to updated software and utilities.

With the arrival of Kodi 18 Leia also came the ability to access DRM restricted content from servies like Netflix. As of now, the Netflix add-on isn't in the official Kodi repositories, but it's easy enough to install and set up on Debian and Ubuntu, and that includes installations on the Raspberry Pi.

A question about the future of package distribution is at the heart of a disagreement about the snap plugin for the GNOME Software application in Fedora.

Two simple methods to screenshot right click context menu on GNOME desktop systems.

In this article, we will explain how you can Tweet directly from your Ubuntu command line through the Rainbow Stream application. The process includes installing the application, giving it access to use your Twitter account, and then tweeting from your Terminal through it.

Pine64 has opened $199 pre-orders on its open-spec, 14-inch Pinebook Pro laptop, which runs Linux on a Rockchip RK3399 and features 3x privacy switches. The Rock64 Rev 3, PineTab tablet, PinePhone should follow shortly. As promised in a July 5 blog announcement, Pine64 has opened pre-orders for $199 on its 14-inch Pinebook Pro laptop, the […]

Combine Docker with a Raspberry Pi, and you can set your new IoT project up in minutes. Here is how you can run Docker on a Raspberry Pi.

For almost 2 weeks I didn't update the article on this blog, it's because I'm also making a visual novel with a short story. If you like writing novels, maybe you can make it Visual Novel so that it is more interactive. Visual novel games have their own fans. We can also make a visual novel using the Game Engine. One software that you can use to create visual novels is Ren’Py.

Have you ever downloaded the source code for a popular software project that required you to type the almost ritualistic ./configure; make && make install command sequence to build and install it? If so, you’ve used GNU Autotools. If you’ve ever looked into some of the files accompanying such a project, you’ve likely also been terrified at the apparent complexity of such a build system. read more

News briefs for July 25, 2019.

This article explains how to edit PDF metadata tags on Linux, using either a GUI or from the command line.

Canonical announced the end of life of the Ubuntu 18.10 (Cosmic Cuttlefish) operating system series on July 18th, 2019, urging users to upgrade their installations to a newer or supported release.

This guide explains how to add 'New Document' option in right click context menu in Ubuntu 18.04 GNOME edition.

Oracle released VirtualBox 6.0.10 as the fifth maintenance release in the latest VirtualBox 6.0 series, fixing various issues and adding some exciting enhancements for Linux users.

Keith & Koep’s new i.MX8M-based “Trizeps VIII” and i.MX8M Mini-driven “Trizeps VIII Mini” modules are supported with a common “pConXS Eval-Kit” with a 7-inch touchscreen and Linux and Android BSPs. Keith & Koep is new to LinuxGizmos, although our predecessor, LinuxDevices, reported on the German embedded firm’s Marvell Armada 100 based Trizeps VI module back […]