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Meanwhile: Another kernel dev is 'unfscking' the source code, with predictable results Linus Torvalds has stuck to his “no swearing” resolution with his regular Sunday night Linux kernel release candidate announcement.…

Leadership works differently at Red Hat. In our open organization, people don't just receive the status of "leader" when appointed to a position or given a title. Instead, leaders earn their leadership positions when they adopt a certain combination of behaviors and mindsets. read more

Here are some practical and essential scp command example to show how to securely copy files between remote Linux systems.

If you have data you want to protect, you can create an encrypted container. Here's how to set up an encrypted partition in Linux to safely store your data.

Another kernel dev is “unfscking” the source code, with predictable results Linus Torvalds has stuck to his “no swearing” resolution with his regular Sunday night release candidate announcement. Probably the most important aspect of the release is that it implements the important “STIBP” performance fix.…

You have a number of Linux machines in your data center, and they need to be visible to one another on the network. However, no matter what you do, they never appear in your Linux desktop file managers. This might happen even when Samba is running and correctly configured. No matter what you do, those Linux servers and desktops do not show up in the Networks section of your file manager. What's going on? What did you do wrong?

TeamViewer is a cross-platform solution that can be used for remote control, desktop sharing and file transfer between computers. TeamViewer is proprietary computer software and it is not included in the Ubuntu repositories. This tutorial explains how to install TeamViewer on Ubuntu 18.04.

EFCO launched four Linux-ready “Eagle Eye” embedded machine vision computers with Intel 7th/6th Gen Core or Atom processors. The high-end systems support PoE+ IP cameras and EFCO’s AI-infused EKit hardware monitoring platform. EFCO’s Intel-based Eagle Eye systems are designed for machine vision and video applications, as well as other industrial, space-constrained IoT applications. Like its […]

I recently bought an ASUS ZenBook UX331UN to replace my old laptop, and installed Linux Mint 19 "Tara" MATE. This post summarizes my impressions installing Linux on it and using the laptop after a month.

Chances are many of you are thinking about what to get others for the upcoming holiday season as well as what to add to your own wishlist. Regardless of the reason or the season, though, these eight books are ones our writer community recommends to give and receive for any occasion or time of the year.

News briefs for December 3, 2018.

This article presents step by step instructions for installing Ubuntu on any Chrombook model, using Crouton. There are also a few tweaks / tips, and instructions for removing it.

Well, friends, we've almost reached the end of 2018. Before we count down to the New Year, Opensource.com is counting down 24 days of fun Linux command-line tricks. Our first three articles have already published.......

It's December, and if you haven't found a tech advent calendar that sparks your fancy yet, well, maybe this one will do the trick. Every day, from now to the 24th, we're bringing you a different Linux command-line toy. What's a command-line toy, you ask? It could be a game or any simple diversion to bring a little happiness to your terminal. You may have seen some of these before. We hope you'll find something new, too. Either way, we hope you have fun following along. read more

When did open source begin? In February 1998, when the term was coined by Christine Peterson? Or in 1989, when Richard Stallman drew up the "subroutinized" GNU GPL? Or perhaps a little earlier, in 1985, when he created the GNU Emacs license? How about on March 6, 1665? On that day, the following paragraph appeared...

Typesetter is a free, open source and PHP-based CMS intended for use by small-medium volume websites. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Typesetter CMS on Ubuntu 18.04 server.

"Does anybody really know what time it is? Does anybody really care?" – Chicago, 1969 read more

The Linux bash, or the command line, lets you perform both basic and complex arithmetic and boolean operations. The commands like expr, jot, bc and, factor etc, help you in finding optimal mathematical solutions to complex problems.

What’s Momo? you may ask. Momo is a Bash shell script for importing and organizing photos and RAW files. It is also an essential part of my Linux-based photography workflow.

You can share NFS home directories without enabling Kerberos for more secure authentication. But with the standard system authentication, it’s trivial for a remote user to change the UID of a local account on their PC and gain access to someone else’s home directory. Kerberos adds a requirement that the end user have a special […]