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VIDEO: In the aftermath of Microsoft joining the Open Invention Network Linux-friendly patent consortium, many questions remained, and at Open Source Summit Europe, some of them were answered.

One open source software project I work on is the FreeDOS Project. It's a complete, free, DOS-compatible operating system that you can use to play classic DOS games, run legacy business software, or develop embedded systems. Any program that works on MS-DOS should also run on FreeDOS. So I took notice when Microsoft recently released the source code to MS-DOS 1.25 and 2.0 via a GitHub repository. This is a huge step for Microsoft, and I’d like to briefly explain why it is significant.

Renowned kernel maintainer Greg Kroah-Hartman announced the release and general availability for download of the Linux 4.19 kernel, a major update that adds new features and performance improvements.

Both du & df commands are important utilities of Linux system & shows disk usage of Linux filesystem. Here we will share usage of...

In the second of a two-part series, we continue to explore how we can import ideas from functional programming methodology into Python to have the best of both worlds. In the previous post, we covered immutable data structures. Those allow us to write "pure" functions, or functions that have no side effects, merely accepting some arguments and returning a result while maintaining decent performance. read more

NodeBB is a Node.js based forum software built for the modern web. In this guide, we will walk you through the step-by-step NodeBB installation process on the CentOS 7 operating system.

In this tutorial we will describe how to generate SSH keys on Debian 9 systems. We will also show you how to setup a SSH key-based authentication and connect to your remote Linux servers without entering a password.

Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman talk to Linux Journal's own Kyle Rankin about basic security hardening.

Monero is an up-and-coming cryptocurrency with a focus on privacy and security. Learn to mine and use Monero on your Linux PC.

The name may not be a familiar one to everyone, but Eren Niazi can be credited with laying the foundation and paving the way to the many software-defined and cloud-centric technologies in use today.

News briefs for October 23, 2018.

After a break in 2017, the KDE community is participating in the Google Code-in contest as a mentoring organization. This means that pre-university students aged 13 to 17 from all over the world will be able to contribute to the Free Software movement by helping KDE develop software products that give users control, freedom, and privacy.

Aaeon’s FWS-2276 network appliance is equipped with a Celeron N3350 SoC, 4x GbE ports with one-pair bypass, a 2.5-inch SATA bay, 2x USB 3.0 ports, and shock and vibration resistance. Aaeon announced an entry level, 165 x 92 x 40mm FWS-2276 network appliance that is closely based on its earlier FWS-2272. The main differences include […]

VIDEO: While in Edinburgh, I caught up with Linus Torvalds. He confided his thoughts about returning to Linux, the Code of Conduct, and some software, BPF, which is fundamentally changing how the Linux kernel and user space work together.

Over the past few years, Microsoft has embraced the Android operating system with surprising enthusiasm. With a large collection of apps for business available in the Google Play Store, you now have everything you need to turn an Android device into a Microsoft phone.

This was a rather special release due to the fact that, at about half way through the process, Linus Torvalds left the helm of Linux kernel development to take a rare break. However, Greg Kroah-Hartman took over until the release was ready and is now handing the reins back to Torvalds.

Teamviewer is a popular proprietary application for remote control, desktop sharing, online meetings, web conferencing and file transfer. It's free for non-commercial use, with multiple commercial licenses available that vary in features. Teamviewer is available for Microsoft Windows, Linux, macOS, Chrome OS, iOS, Android and BlackBerry. TeamViewer 14 Preview was released today with improvements............

Also on TWinL41: Pop!_OS (System76), Ubuntu Touch OTA-5, Sway 1.0 Beta, Turtl v0.7, Lightworks 14.5, LibSSH Vulnerability, Microsoft Joins OIN and much more!

Training teams on how to make DevSecOps work? Change management often leads the priorities, but don't ignore two related factors

Mozilla officially released today the Firefox 63 "Quantum" web browser on desktop platforms, including Linux, Windows, and Mac, as well on mobile platforms, for Android devices.