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Canonical released an updated kernel for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS users to address a regression that occurred after users updated their systems to the latest Linux kernel security update.

The PCLinuxOS Magazine staff is pleased to announce the release of the February 2019 issue.

Google released today the Android Security Patch for February 2019 to Pixel and Nexus users to address multiple security vulnerabilities and fixing various bugs reported by users lately.

If we pay for it, we should be able to use it. Perhaps because many free software coders have been outsiders and rebels, less attention is paid to the use of open source in government departments than in other contexts. It's unfortunate that the most famous attempt to convert a government IT system from proprietary code to open source—the city of Munich—proved such a difficult experience. Although last year saw a decision to move back to Windows, that seems to be more a failure of IT management, than of the code itself.

We all know how important it is to use strong passwords for our systems, online accounts, and other sensitive applications. The real deal is how to generate a password that you can rely on and the one that follows the criteria of a strong password. This article describes 7 such ways of automatic password generation.

News briefs for February 4, 2019.

The development team behind the LibreELEC Linux operating system for embedded devices released this past weekend a new major version that introduces the latest Kodi media center software.

HackerRank surveyed over 71,000 developers to better understand how developers are working today, providing multiple insights into the programming languages and frameworks that are most in demand.

Release Announcement for the Input Class

In this article, you will learn some essential examples of the head command in Linux.

2DayGeeK: This tutorial helps you to create a file in specific size in Linux using multiple ways.

This article focuses on software which emulates home computers, a class of personal computer which reached the market in the late 1970s, and became immensely popular in the following decade, selling many millions of units. Leading home computer companies included Commodore, Sinclair, Atari, Apple, Acorn, Tandy Radio Shack, and Amstrad.

Ebay is one of the biggest ecommerce sites. Many people use it to search and buy products, and many stores use it to enlarge their audience and expand their business range. If we want to operate programmatically on Ebay, for example to mass create or modify a set of items, or quickly confront prices, we must use the dedicated application programming interfaces. In this tutorial we will see how to prepare our working environment in order to use python to interact with the Ebay APIs.

How to install Wine 4.0 on Ubuntu 18.04 with video how-to

Well, folks, it is finally here. After a rather lengthy beta period, LibreELEC 9.0 is available for download. Wait, are you not familiar with this specialized Linux-based operating system? Please know it is a lightweight OS that only exists to run Kodi -- the very popular open source media center.

A reverse proxy is a service that takes a client request, sends the request to one or more proxied servers, fetches the response, and delivers the server’s response to the client.

Samuel Thibault once again presented at the Free Open-Source Developers' European Meeting (FOSDEM) about the state of the Hurd. Recently the Hurd picked up a PCI arbiter, basic ACPI support for power management, and is now able to build roughly 75% of the Debian package set.

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In today's technical world, the importance of Linux seems to be increasing. And there are innumerable reasons behind this popularity, including stability, box security, rock-solid reliability, and much more. If you are a freshly minted Linux administrator, one of the primary challenges in front of you would be to implement a dependable and reliable backup system, isn't it?

This article describes how you can easily check your installed Java version on your Ubuntu system. We have run the commands and procedures mentioned in this article on a Ubuntu 18.04 LTS system.