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I have recenty set up a Kali live operating system with a LUKS-encrypted data persistence partition, and used it for a while. Unlike Tails, fortunately Kali Linux makes use of a ISO9660-formatted partition for system files (it does not feature the kernel update facility however). Anyway, my question is the same as for Tails: if I lend my USB key running Kali to an evil Penguin, am I sure to use it again afterwards?

After curiosity got the better of me, I decided to have a little fun checking out just how many popular games are available officially on Linux.

ownCloud is an open source, self-hosted file sync and file share platform, similar to Dropbox, Microsoft OneDrive and Google Drive. ownCloud is extensible via apps and has desktop and mobile clients for all major platforms.

We are proud to announce the new release of CAELinux 2018, which is based on Xubuntu 16.04 and which contains a full suite of open-source simulation tools for FEA, CFD or multi-physics simulation, but also a large panel of other engineering software for CAD-CAM and 3D printing, electronics, mathematics and programming. CAELinux 2018 represents a complete rebuild of the distribution that started in 2017 with up-to-date software and we hope that you will enjoy it. This release is available as usual in the form of an live DVD image for AMD/Intel 64-bit CPUs that can be burned on a DVD or installed on a USB key for 'mobile' use and testing and then installed on hard-disk for best performance.

Nairobi's Tunapanda Institute has been using open source tools to provide technology, design, and business training in East Africa since its inception in 2013. Next year the school will launch a "space academy" to inspire young people to think about some of the most critical challenges facing humanity on this planet and beyond. read more

In this tutorial, we’ll show several different commands on how to check what version of Debian Linux is installed on your system.

Open Source Summit Japan is the leading conference in Japan connecting the open source ecosystem under one roof, providing a forum for technologists and open source industry leaders to collaborate and share information, learn about the latest in open source technologies and find out how to gain a competitive advantage by using innovative open solutions.

Technologic’s industrial temp “TS-7180” SBC runs Linux on an i.MX6 UL and provides extensive DAQ and communications features, with the latter including WiFi/BT, XBee, cellular, optional GPS and Ethernet with optional PoE. Technologic Systems has announced an engineering sampling program for a wireless- and digital acquisition focused SBC with open specifications that runs Debian Linux […]

Apache Tomcat is an opensource web server used to server Java Applications. It is an opensource implementation of Java Servlet, Java Server Pages and Java Expression Language.

In this lesson on Python Matplotlib library, we will look at various aspects of this data visualisation library which we can use with Python to generate beautiful and intuitive graphs which can visualise data in a form which business wants from a platform.

In this edition of our open source news roundup, we take a look making government data open in the U.S., German state funding an open source e-health app, the return of Mozilla Labs, and more...

Archman 2019.01 is now available for download. Archman GNU/Linux is an Arch Linux-based distribution which features the Calamares system installer and a pre-configured desktop environment. Archman also features the Octopi package manager to make installing new software easier.

This tutorial will walk you through the process of creating a bootable Ubuntu USB stick on Windows. You can use this USB stick to boot and test out or install Ubuntu on any computer that supports booting from USB.

A publicly available dataset on registered drugs from the US Food and Drug Administration is a low-quality mess.

PyCharm is an intelligent and fully featured IDE for Python developed by JetBrains. It also provides support for Javascript, Typescript, and CSS etc. You can also extend PyCharm features by using plugins

Dolibarr is a free, open source and an all-in-one ERP and CRM for small and medium companies. In this tutorial, we will install Dolibarr on Ubuntu 18.04 server.

The new year is upon us, which means yet another year has gone by in which Linux has not found itself dominating the desktop. Linux does many things very well, and in the coming weeks, we’ll be looking at the some of the very best distributions to suit your various needs, but for now, let’s take a step back and revisit this old issue.

In this article, we will show how to install Aptik backup program on your Ubuntu system and how to use it to backup Ubuntu Applications.

Condres OS 19.01 has been released. Condres OS is a Linux-based operating system which features a stripped down GNOME desktop environment and the ICE site specific web browser.

News briefs for January 4, 2019.