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In this tutorial, we will build Nginx with all available modules in the open source version of Nginx and we will use mainline version which is at 1.15.8 at the time of this writing. Update version numbers when newer versions become available.

You've probably heard of Go. Like any new programming language, it took a while to mature and stabilize to the point where it became useful for production applications. Nowadays, Go is a well established language that is used in web development, writing DevOps tools, network programming and databases...

News briefs for January 24, 2019.

While Firefox doesn't natively support Chromecast on desktop, there's a new third party tool called fx_cast, that adds Chromecast support to Firefox, on Windows, macOS and Linux.

It allows casting web apps like Netflix or BBC iPlayer, and non-DRM HTML5 media in general, with no guarantees it will work with anything else right now.

Dependency hell is ubiquitous in the world of software for research, and this affects research transparency and reproducibility. Containerization is one solution to this problem, but it creates new challenges for researchers. Docker is gaining popularity in the research community—but using it efficiently requires solid Dockerfile writing skills. read more

Orpie is a text-mode reverse Polish notation (RPN) calculator for the Linux console. It works very much like the early, well-loved Hewlett-Packard calculators. Installing Orpie RPM and DEB packages are available for most distributions, so installation is just a matter of using either: read more

Want to keep an eye on user activities, processes, logins and memory usage on your Linux servers? Use the watch, top and ac commands.

Axiomtek’s “CAPA84E” is a 3.5-inch Bay Trail SBC with an optional third GbE port, dual M.2 slots, plus VGA, DisplayPort, USB 3.0, SATA, and -20 to 70?C support. Axiomtek’s motto may well be: “If first you succeed, iterate until you don’t.” The king of the spinoffs has released yet another iteration of one of the […]

The upcoming GNOME 3.32 desktop environment, due for release in mid-March, will come with a plethora of new and improvements across its default apps, artwork, and core components, including a radical new icon style.

One of Linux's core softwre installation programs, apt, was recently found to have a serious security hole. It's now patched.

gotop is a terminal-based (TUI) system monitor for Linux and macOS. The software is inspired by gtop and vtop, but while these 2 utilities use Node.js, gotop is written in Go.

The StackRox Container Security Platform 2.4 update includes enhanced capabilities to help organizations better secure Kubernetes cloud-native deployments.

Just like the Windows Task Manager that you might be using for years, Ubuntu also comes with built-in processes & resources monitoring utility called the Gnome System Monitor. This article explains the installation and basic functions that you can perform through the System Monitor utility.

News briefs for January 23, 2019.

Dell's Barton George announced today that the eighth generation of the Ubuntu-powered XPS 13 developer edition series is now on sale in the US, Europe, and Canada.

Akaunting is a free and open source accounting software to manage your invoices, quotes, and finances. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Akaunting software on Ubuntu 18.04 server.

This is a review of MX Linux which is a collaboration between the developers of AntiX and Mepis. In the past year this distribution has become very popular and in this review I have had a peek to see why.

Ubuntu's IoT-ready Linux distribution makes developers lives easier and boosts security through use of Snaps.

Currently, WebRTC.org is the most popular and feature-rich WebRTC implementation. It is used in Chrome and Firefox and works well for browsers, but the Native API and implementation have several shortcomings that make it a less-than-ideal choice for uses outside of browsers, including native apps, server applications, and internet of things (IoT) devices. read more

In this tutorial, I will show you how to install Vanilla Forum on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS using Nginx as a web server, MySQL 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.