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The Linux Foundation offers many resources for developers, users, and administrators of Linux systems. One of the most important offerings is its Linux Certification Program, which is designed to help you differentiate yourself in a job market that's hungry for your skills.

Popcorn Time streams movies and TV shows from torrents directly into your screen. The objective is to install Popcorn Time movie streamer on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver Linux.

Valve announced over the weekend that it enabled support for Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) functionality to the Steam Controller in the latest Steam Client Beta software update for all supported platforms.

Hyperspace Dogfights from developer Sleeper Games is a fantastic mix of chaotic jet-combat fun and it's out with same-day Linux support.

Advantech’s “ROM-7720” Qseven module runs Linux or Android on a hexa-core i.MX8 QuadMax with 4K, USB 3.0, PCIe, and SATA. The company is also partnering with Timesys on security services for its Arm-based boards and is co-hosting a Timesys webinar on the topic.

News briefs for May 14, 2018.

Wine gaming is sort of a moving target. It always has been. Just when you think you know the lay of the land, something new pops up and disrupts everything. The latest curveball comes in the form of DXVK.

To be able to install Ubuntu or any other Linux OS or even any other OS like Windows etc, we either need a bootable FlashDrive or a DVD of the OS. In this tutorial,...

When I was looking for a virtual tabletop for role-playing games (RPGs), either for local play or for playing on a network with family and friends around the world, I had several criteria. First, I wanted a platform I could use offline while I prepped a campaign. Second, I didn't want something that came with the burden of being a social network. read more

Red Hat isn't just investing in Linux, as CTO outlines how open-source community projects lead to product innovation.

The developers of Scientific Linux, a free and open-source clone of Red Hat's RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux) operating system, released a new update to the latest Scientific Linux 7 series.

Not all writers work within the confines of a word processor. More than a few of us tap out words in a humble (and sometimes not so humble) text editor. When you find a text editor that works for you, and works the way you want it to, you tend to hold onto it like that beaten up leather jacket, like that dog-eared book, or like that collection of old vinyl records. read more

Follow these detailed step-by-step instructions on how to upgrade your 16.04 Ubuntu server to Ubuntu 18.04 LTS via SSH.

Jenkins can make ssh connection to a remote server for the purpose of executing a command or running a script or we can also copy file from jenkins or some other server to another...

In the first article in this four-part series comparing different Python web frameworks, I explained how to create a To-Do List web application in the Flask web framework. In this second article, I'll do the same task with the Pyramid web framework. read more

In this article, you can learn to configure Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) volumes before installing Linux OS on IBM Power System S822LC servers. The article also describes how to protect data on internal disks in an enterprise deployment and achieve high availability and uninterrupted service.

If you haven't been dipping your toes into the world of home automation, maybe some of these hacks will change your mind.

Smart card support was introduced around 2010 with OpenSSH 5.4. The inital scope was restricted to the RSA keys — the only supported key type at that time in OpenSSH — other than legacy DSA keys. Previously, users needed to specify the PKCS#11 driver for the smart card. Additionally, the OpenSSH client had to query […]

In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Python Pip on Ubuntu 18.04 and go through the basics of how to install and manage Python packages with pip.

Intellectual Ventures, Finjan, RPX, and other Microsoft-connected trolls cannot be countered by LOT Network and the likes of it (notably OIN); Microsoft continues to shrewdly distribute patents to trolls, offering 'protection' from them (for a fee) and pressuring OEMs to bundle Microsoft 'apps' or risk retaliatory patent lawsuits