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Ubuntu will still live on as a desktop operating system, but that's not where Canonical sees it as having its greatest potential. Even in 2018, if you ask most people what they know about Ubuntu, they'll tell you it's a desktop Linux. Oh, but there's so, so much more to Canonical's Ubuntu than that, and in its latest long-term support (LTS) release, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, that really shows up.

Kontron’s “COMe-bCL6” COM Express Basic Type 6 module features Intel’s 8th Gen Core and Xeon CPUs with 4x SATA III, 4x USB 3.1, 8x PCIe, and options including a 1TB NVMe SSD, -40 to 85°C, and up to 64GB DDR4. Kontron has unveiled its first product based on Intel’s 8th Gen “Coffee Lake” processors. The […]

Ruby on Rails is a useful framework for quickly building line-of-business applications. But as our applications grow, we face scaling challenges. There are a variety of tools we can use—but adding different technologies to our applications increases complexity. This article explores how to use the Redis in-memory data structure store as a multi-purpose tool to solve different problems. read more

Working with its hardware partners, Red Hat launches a line of non-appliances to bring plug-and-play to its open source storage solutions.

R is the de facto statistical package in the Open Source world. It's also quickly becoming the default data-analysis tool in many scientific disciplines. In this article, I look at one of the available GUIs: RStudio. RStudio is a commercial program, with a free community version, available for Linux...

Kata Containers is a new open source project licensed under Apache 2.0 and governed by the OpenStack Foundation that combines the speed of containers with the security of virtual machines. Kata Containers will be featured in a number of upcoming sessions at OpenStack Summit and KubeCon EU. Can't make it to either of those events? We've brought you answers to three of the top questions we hear from users. read more

This tutorial shows the installation of an Ubuntu 18.04 minimal server in detail with many screenshots. The purpose of the guide is to show the basic installation of Ubuntu 18.04 LTS that can be used as basis for our other Ubuntu tutorials here at howtoforge like our perfect server guides.

Whether you're new to Ubuntu or a long-time user, there are things you may forget to do after installing a new Ubuntu version. This list tries to cover all users, to help get most things set up so you can enjoy your new Ubuntu 18.04 LTS desktop and customize it to accommodate your needs.

CPU utilization is the metric everyone uses to measure a processor's performance. But %CPU is a misleading measure of how busy your processor really is, says Brendan Gregg, senior performance architect at Netflix, in what he calls a "five-minute public service announcement," at the 16th annual Southern California Linux Expo (SCALE). read more

Ubuntu is one of the most popular Linux distributions. The reason being is it is trying extremely hard to be the most user-friendly non-geek Linux operating system out there. As you will soon see, the Ubuntu installation process is straightforward and simple to follow.

Canonical officially announced today the release and general availability of its Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) operating system for computers, IoT, and cloud environments.

Blender is a complex piece of software that is capable of producing extremely high-quality visuals for all manner of visual art purposes, from video games to product visualization. Of course, that power needs to be wielded by a controlled hand. Otherwise, you'll end up with a mush of digital geometry that makes no sense at all. read more

This list of things to do after installing Ubuntu 18.04 helps you get started with Bionic Beaver for a smoother desktop experience.

The LXDE desktop environment design is kind of outdated and bland. Luckily, you can easily customize it to your own liking. Here are 10 great themes for LXDE.

Technology is at an interesting crossroads, where Linux rules the server landscape but Microsoft rules the enterprise desktop. Office 365, Skype for Business, Microsoft Teams, OneDrive, Outlook... the list goes on of Microsoft software and services that dominate the enterprise workspace. What if you could replace that proprietary software with free and open source applications and make them work with an Office 365 backend you have no choice but to use? Buckle up, because that is exactly what we are going to do with Pidgin, an open source replacement for Skype. read more

At Embedded Linux Conference 2018, NI’s Julia Cartwright told device driver authors how to ensure their drivers will run without a hitch on Real-Time Linux. Although Real-Time Linux (RT Linux) has been a staple at Embedded Linux Conferences for years — here’s a story on the RT presentations in 2007 ....

The Python programming language has become one of the most popular languages used in IT. One reason for this success is it can be used to solve a variety of problems. From web development to data science, machine learning to task automation, the Python ecosystem is rich in popular frameworks and libraries. This article presents […]

Conky is a free, open source and lightweight system monitor tool for Linux and BSD system. Conky displays the system information and statistics such as CPU load, Memory usage, Hard drive usage, Network activity, GPU temperature, fan speed, GPU clock, Time, weather and much more.

The Cluster API is a new working group under the umbrella of the sig-cluster-lifecycle. The objective of the group is to design an API which enables you to create clusters and machines via a simple, declarative API. The working group is in the very early stages of defining all API types. But an example for GCP already exists.

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