Showing all newswire headlines

Although one of the primary reasons behind creating archives is the ease of handling and transfer, sometimes the compressed file itself is so large that it becomes a nightmare to transfer it over network, especially when the network speed is slow. So, what should be done in cases like these? Is there a solution to this problem? Well, yes - one solution is to split the compressed file into smaller bits, that can easily be transferred over network. At destination, you can join them back to get the original archive.

When you're new to open source, you'll find yourself asking: I know some [programming language]. I want to get some practice, while helping out. How do I find an open source project where I can contribute? Hm... I don't know where to start. This seems complicated. I've asked this same question over and over to a lot of developers. And their answers can be categorized into one of three approaches: read more

Those using Linux to register for a Linux Foundation webinar are told to try using Windows or OS X instead.

Twitter's Vinu Charanya provides details on the metering and chargeback system Twitter engineers built to measure performance in a talk at LinuxCon NA.

Invicea Labs researchers have discovered two zero-day vulnerabilities in Belkin’s home automation devices.

Fellow Linux/Windows dual-booters out there are familiar with this problem: you can access Windows files from your Linux session, but not the other way around.

This month's column comes from Raleigh, North Carolina where I attended All Things Open 2016! This post consists of the highlights of the lightning talk I gave at the conference, which covered the mission and purpose of Raspberry Pi, and our programs and outreach including Code Club for kids, Raspberry Jams, and Picademy. read more

...Clinton's most important copyright position is her promise of what she won't be doing—and the Democratic candidate explicitly promises she won't be supporting a new version of SOPA. As her position paper states, Clinton "maintains her opposition to policies that unnecessarily restrict the free flow of data online...

...there are a lot of reasons to think a President Trump would be a problem for tech in general and the Internet in particular. He's been happy to talk about "closing" the Internet in the name of fighting ISIS...

Budgie is the flagship desktop of Solus and is a Solus project. Designed with the modern user in mind, it focuses on simplicity and elegance.

In my experience, Cinnamon always seems to have a bunch of minor usability issues that add up, and the lack of verifiable support for Google Talk in the live session is a dealbreaker for me.

In the open source universe, using terms such as FLOSS (Free/Libre and Open Source Software) is common and represents a casual conflation of the terms open source and free software, which are often used interchangeably. I would be remiss if I didn't also admit that I have been guilty of same. read more

French digital rights group La Quadrature du Net is seeking to annul the European Commission decision implementing Privacy Shield

The GTK+ based, free, open-source, fast, user-friendly and lightweight Claws Mail email client has been updated today, November 6, 2017, to version 3.14.1 for GNU/Linux distributions.

VoCore2 is almost ready, production process is smooth for now...

List of Top 10 Linux Distributions for Laptops and Desktops. Choose Linux distribution based on customization, best look and feel and multimedia software.

Starting in January, Chrome will flip the web's security model: Instead of warning users only about HTTPS-encrypted sites with faulty or misconfi?gured encryption, as Chrome currently does, it will instead flag as "not secure" any unencrypted sites that accept a username and password or a credit card. That unmistakable alert will appear to the left of Chrome's address bar.

NetworkManager developer Lubomir Rintel announced today the availability for download of the first development snapshot towards the major NetworkManager 1.6 release of the widely-used network connection manager.

This week in Linux and open source news, Facebook announces new networking hardware technology, The Linux Foundation's board expands with three new additions, and more!

The open spec Orange Pi PC 2 runs Linux or Android on a quad-core -A53 Allwinner H5 SoC, and offers GbE, a 40-pin RPi interface, and three USB host ports. Shenzhen Xunlong is keeping up its prolific pace in spinning off new Allwinner SoCs into open source SBCs, and now it has released its first […]

During LinuxCon North America in Toronto, The Linux Foundation organized a women’s networking summit that included more than 100 women from different walks of life. What’s most exciting about this event was that instead of having one speaker, or a panel of speakers delivering speeches, each attendee was allowed to introduce herself, which turned all those 100 attendees into speakers and audiences.