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PostgreSQL 10: a Great New Version for a Great Database

PostgreSQL has long claimed to be the most advanced open-source relational database. For those of us who have been using it for a significant amount of time, there's no doubt that this is true; PostgreSQL has consistently demonstrated its ability to handle high loads and complex queries while providing a rich set of features and rock-solid stability.

Sandwich-style board-set runs Android or Linux on hexa-core Rockchip

OpenEmbed’s affordable, RK3399-based “em3399” module ships with up to 4GB DDR3L and 128GB eMMC 5.1. There’s also a compact evaluation board with GbE, wireless, HDMI 2.0, and USB 3.0 and Type-C ports.

Exploring free and open webfonts

There is no question that the face of the web has been transformed in recent years by open source fonts. Prior to 2010, the only typefaces you were likely to see in a web browser were the generic "web safe" core fonts from Microsoft.

Chromebooks Will Soon Get a Docked Magnifier Accessibility Tool, Try It Out Now

Chromium evangelist at Google François Beaufort shares today with us a new experimental feature that's coming to a Chromebook near you later this year and it's now available for public testing.

Meet Endless OS, a lightweight Linux distro

I'm always on the lookout for open source software that works well in educational settings. Recently I decided to check out Endless OS, a lightweight, Linux-based operating system with a customized desktop environment forked from GNOME 3.

Try, learn, modify: The new IT leaders code

  • Opensource.com; By Jim Whitehurst (Posted by bob on Mar 6, 2018 9:41 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Editorial; Groups: Community
As the pace of innovation increases, long-term planning is becoming more and more difficult. Let's rethink the way we respond to change.

Linux, Python, Ansible, Raspberry Pi, and more must-reads from last week

Our most popular articles for the week of February 19-25 covered the command line, Linux distros and tools, using Pipenv, managing workstation configurations with Ansible, and more.

Google Releases March 2018's Android Security Patch for Pixel and Nexus Devices

Google released today March 2018's Android Security Patch for supported Pixel and Nexus devices, addressing a total of 37 critical security vulnerabilities across various components of the Linux-based mobile operating system.

AI-targeted SBC combines Xeon-D with choice of three Nvidia Pascal cards

  • LinuxGizmos.com; By Eric Brown (Posted by bob on Mar 6, 2018 5:58 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Developer
Connect Tech’s “V7G System” provides a COM Express Type 7 with a 5th Gen Xeon-D CPU plus a choice of Nvidia Tesla P6 or Quadro P3000/P5000 graphics. You also get 4x GbE, 2x 10GbE, 4x HDMI, 8x USB, 2x mini-PCIe, 4x M.2, and 2x SATA III.

Good-bye JEE, hello Jakarta EE

  • ZDNet | open-source RSS; By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols (Posted by bob on Mar 6, 2018 4:44 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Editorial; Groups: Eclipse, Oracle
Oracle waves good-bye to Java Enterprise Edition, as the Eclipse Foundation takes over Java EE under a new name, Jakarta, and without the "Java" trademark. Why? Because Oracle was never successful in monetizing Java. In large part, this was because of Sun and then Oracle's failed attempts to steer the Java Community.

Kodi v18 Leia Alpha, BleachBit Version 2.0, Use an RPi 3 to Build Your Own Cheap Car Head Unit and More

News updates for March 5, 2018.

Kodi v18 Leia Alpha was released today with "more than 6140 (code chunks changed)", with great improvements to the HTPC software's music library, Live TV and video player. See the changelog for more details.

Linux nice and renice Command Tutorial (7 Examples)

  • Howtoforge Linux Howtos und Tutorials (Posted by bob on Mar 6, 2018 2:15 AM EDT)
  • Groups: Linux; Story Type: News Story
The power of the Linux command line can be gauged from the fact that you can even easily tweak the scheduling priority of processes using command line tools. Yes, that's possible, and in this tutorial we will discuss how to do that using nice and renice utilities.

Open Source Disk Cleaner App BleachBit Gets First Update After 19 Months

  • ITSFOSS.COM; By Derick Sullivan Lobga (Posted by elobga on Mar 6, 2018 1:01 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Reviews; Groups: Linux
Open Source system cleaner application BleachBit version 2.0 has been released. The new version brings some improvements and new features to the most used system cleaning application on Linux.

Java EE renamed 'Jakarta EE' after Big Red brand spat

  • The Register; By Richard Chirgwin (Posted by bob on Mar 5, 2018 11:46 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Editorial; Groups: Oracle
Oracle released the code, but not the name, so now devs have to make sure package names make sense The open source version of Java Enterprise Edition (Java EE) has been renamed Jakarta EE to satisfy Oracle's desire to control the "Java" brand.…

A curiosity for Linux leads to an unexpected career

The first time I saw Fedora, I was 15 or 16 years old. Someone I knew was trying (and failing) to install it on their computer. I'd never seen an OS other than Windows. I was intrigued and started asking the person many questions. He told me this OS was free to download and install—and I could even install it on my computer—but I did not believe an OS could be "free as in free beer."

How to Install a MongoDB Sharded Cluster on CentOS 7

  • Howtoforge Linux Howtos und Tutorials (Posted by bob on Mar 5, 2018 9:18 PM EDT)
  • Groups: Linux; Story Type: News Story
This tutorial will show you how to install a sharded MongoDB cluster on CentOS 7. Sharding is a MongoDB process to store data-set across different machines. It allows you to do a horizontal scale of data, partition data across independent instances, and it can be 'Replica Sets'.

How to use partclone to create a "smart" partition backup

If you ever used Clonezilla to create a backup of your operating system, you have already experienced the power of the partclone. Unlike other tools like dd, partclone knows how to interact with specific filesystems, therefore it can create much smaller backups, cloning only the used space in the partition. In this tutorial we will learn how to use partclone from command line.

Exton|OS Claims to Be First Distribution Based on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Linux 4.16

Arne Exton announced a new edition of his Exton|OS GNU/Linux distribution that's apparently already based on Canonical's upcoming Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) operating system.

Tips for top: monitoring CPU load in Linux

Worried about overusing your CPU and memory or running unnecessary or rogue processes? top, with its rich, self-updating overview of the processes running on your system, is a great place to start.

goto - a bash utility to navigate faster to aliased directories supporting auto-complete

  • https://github.com/iridakos/goto; By Lazarus Lazaridis (Posted by iridakos on Mar 5, 2018 4:20 PM EDT)
  • Groups: GNU, Linux
goto is a utility that allows users to navigate easily to directories via their previously defined aliases. It comes with an auto-complete feature making navigation pretty fast.

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