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Flarum is a free and open source software written in PHP and Mithril.js. It is simple, fast, beautiful and responsive software that is specially designed to be consistent and intuitive across platforms, out-of-the-box. You can easily setup communities in minutes to stay in touch with group of people using Flarum.

From time to time, you may want or need to compile a software/program from the source code. This involves compiling C or C++ code into something we can execute in Linux. Depending on the software you wish to compile, it’s often unnecessary to do so. This is because your distribution will likely have the binary form of the program already in the software repositories. In fact, you should choose the binary packages over compiling from source. One reason is that it could potentially introduce problems for your system. However, if ever the time should come where you need compile from source, this guide will give you some basic pointers.

Old sci-fi films painted a picture of how computers would permeate every facet of life in the future. It has come to pass, and it happened almost without us noticing: having PCs at home became commonplace, our mobile phones turned into small smart devices, and our cars began making decisions for us, controlled by thousands of sensors and controllers. read more

Buildbot is a continuous integration tool based on Python which automates the build, test and release software cycles. It is built using the Twisted networking engine, supports parallel execution of jobs across multiple platforms and it is compatible with all major operating systems.

Today, we're going back to WSL and trying to run X Windows and we're going to take a Linux distribution most people have never heard of out for a spin.

PPAs are convenient software repositories that make the lives of Ubuntu users much easier. Learn how they work.

In my two previous articles in this series, we started using Git and learned how to clone, modify, add, and delete Git files. In this third installment, we'll explore Git branching and why and how it is used. read more

Netfilter was designed for flexibility at the expense of speed. According to tests, bypassing it could speed up the system by as much as 15%.

Follow the instructions to install WordPress on an Ubuntu 18.04 server with a LEMP (Nginx, MariaDB, PHP) stack and a free SSL certificate (HTTPS) by Let’s Encrypt.

Sometimes we want to know what some functions' source codes look like or where they are, or we need to manipulate the source codes as character strings. In such cases, we need to have a convenient way to retrieve our Python functions' source codes. There are two Python libraries that may help: read more

If you want your fave to survive, you'll need to dig deep If you're new to Linux you'd be forgiven for thinking there are only a half-dozen distributions – names like Ubuntu, Fedora, openSUSE, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux tend to get most of the headlines.…

One of the best ways to create your own interactive stories was using the inklewriter web service. It offers an excellent way for writers to create interactive stories with the minimum of hassle. Unfortunately, they are shutting down the service in August 2018. However, there are some awesome open source tools that will let you exercise your creative juices and create some fun interactive tales.

The cloud is here to stay, regardless of how you access data day to day. Whether you are uploading and sharing new photos with friends in your social-media account or updating documents and spreadsheets alongside your peers in your office or school, chances are you're connecting to the cloud in some form or another. Here's how to get started with AWS, install Apache, create an EFS volume and much more.

News briefs for May 15, 2018.

htop is an interactive command-line process manager that allows you to visualize, sort and manage processes running in your system.

Gnome Global AppMenu is a Gnome Shell extension that's currently in beta, which implements Ubuntu Unity's global menu to Gnome Shell. The extension also provides support for HUD menus so you can search in an application's menus.

On Monday, a security vulnerability in the OpenPGP and S/MIME email encryption standards and the email clients using those, called EFAIL was published. What is this about and how is KMail affected?

This week: Fedora 28, Firefox 60, Kdenlive, Humble Python Bundle, GNOME, Cinnamon, CentOS 7.5, Linux Apps on Chromebooks, KaOS, Lubuntu, Ubuntu 18.10, Atari VCS, Valve, OpenAPS & much more!

A research report from Mozilla and Open Tech Strategies provides new perspectives on framing open source strategy. The report builds on Mozilla’s “Open by Design” strategy, which aims to increase the intent and impact of collaborative technology projects.

A critical security vulnerability was discovered in Fedora’s dhcp-client package. This DHCP flaw carries a high risk to your system and data, especially if you use untrusted networks such as a WiFi access point you don’t own. Read more here for how to protect your Fedora system. Dynamic Host Control Protocol (DHCP) allows your system […]