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Building on the success of Firefox Quantum, we have a renewed focus on better enabling people to take control of their internet-connected lives as their trusted personal agent — through continued evolution of the browser and web platform — and with new products and services that provide enhanced security, privacy and user agency across connected life.

Before I begin this test of Linux graphic design tools, I should admit two things up front. First, I am a designer, not a software developer. Second, although I try to incorporate open source methodologies and principles wherever I can, my field pretty much demands that I use Adobe software on a sticker-emblazoned MacBook Pro. (I know, hate me if you must.) For the purposes of this research project, however, I am running Fedora 29 on a repurposed Mac Mini. read more

HTTP is the protocol used by the World Wide Web, that's why being able to interact with it programmatically is essential: scraping a web page, communicating with a service APIs, or even simply downloading a file, are all tasks based on this interaction. Python makes such operations very easy: some useful functions are already provided in the standard library, and for more complex tasks it's possible (and even recommended) to use the external requests module.

This is a step by step guide on how to change your username on Debian, Ubuntu, Linux Mint (and other Linux distributions based on Debian/Ubuntu), and Fedora.

In the first article in this series, I explained how to use your GPG key to authenticate your SSH connections. If you're like me, you already have one or more existing SSH keys. And, if you're like me, you also don't want to have to log into every server you use to update the authorized_keys file. A way around this is to import your existing SSH keys into your GPG key. This will eliminate the need for private key files. read more

Today I decided to look at the situation from a certain angle, and present you ten reasons to change Windows to Linux in 2019.

2DayGeek: These commands allows you to check your current run level details.

Timely backups are important. So much so that backing up software is a common topic of discussion, even here on the Fedora Magazine. This article demonstrates how to automate backups with restic using only systemd unit files. For an introduction to restic, be sure to check out our article Use restic on Fedora for encrypted […]

There are numerous ways to spruce up the XFCE terminal. For those who want to tweak their terminal, here are five great XFCE terminal themes to check out.

The cd command is one of the most basic and frequently used commands when working on the Linux command line. The cd command, which stands for “change directory” is used to change the current working directory in Linux and other Unix-like operating systems.

Many of us are familiar with Secure Shell (SSH), which allows us to connect to other systems using a key instead of a password. This guide will explain how to eliminate SSH keys and use a GNU Privacy Guard (GPG) subkey instead. read more

Termshark is a new terminal user interface for TShark (network protocol analyzer), inspired by Wireshark. It runs on Linux, macOS and Windows.

Bash For Loop is used to execute a series of commands repeatedly until certain condition reached. Basically, Loops in any programming languages are used to execute a series of commands or tasks again and again until the certain condition becomes false. Loops are useful in bash to perform repetitive tasks.

Top technology prognosticators have listed blockchain among the top 10 emerging technologies with the potential to revolutionize our world in the next decade, which makes it well worth investing your time now to learn. If you are a developer with a Java background who wants to get up to speed on blockchain technology, this article will give you the basic information you need to get started. read more

2DayGeek: Learn how to check the default gateway or router IP address in Linux.

October CMS is a free, open-source, self-hosted CMS platform based on the Laravel PHP Framework. In this tutorial, we will go through the October CMS installation on Fedora 29 system by using Nginx as a web server, MariaDB as a database server, and optionally you can secure transport layer by using acme.sh client and Let's Encrypt certificate authority to add SSL support.

Not every Linux distro is suitable for touchscreens. Choose the right desktop environment, and it'll be easier to use with a touchscreen monitor.

Acceptance testing, also called user acceptance testing (UAT), determines whether a system satisfies user needs, business requirements, and authorized entity criteria. The tests are repeated every time there's a new design when the application is developed through software development lifecycle (SDLC). read more

This article recommends 27 free books which will teach you the basics of R, how to produce amazing plots, how to apply R to lots of disciplines, and how to efficiently program in R. Many of the books are open source.

Akademy 2019 will be held at the University of Milano-Bicocca in Milan, Italy, from Saturday the 7th to Friday the 13th of September. The conference is expected to draw hundreds of attendees from the global KDE community to discuss and plan the future of the community and its technology. Many participants from the broad Free and Open Source software community, local organizations and software companies will also attend.