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4 open source alternatives to Evernote

  • Opensource.com (Posted by bob on Aug 2, 2016 12:41 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
Information: Whether we realize it or not, we collect a lot of it—interesting snippets, links, research for school or work, recipes, quotes, and a whole lot more. Millions of people turn to Evernote to organize all that information. There's no denying that Evernote is a useful and powerful tool. But it's also a closed source one. read more

Announcing the Second Cohort of Ford-Mozilla Open Web Fellows

  • The Mozilla Blog (Posted by bob on Aug 2, 2016 11:44 AM EDT)
  • Groups: Mozilla; Story Type: News Story
The second class of fellows will embed at organizations like ColorOfChange and European Digital Rights to fight for privacy, literacy, and inclusion online ? The internet is a global public resource. It has the ability to empower, educate, connect and … Continue reading

6 Best Linux For Gaming

Yes! You read right. As Linux is known for performance, stability and security but now it is also known for gaming. There are hundreds of games for Linux and so many Windows games have been ported for Linux. But we have so many Linux distros, specially developed for gaming. In this article, I'm going to list out 6 Best Linux for gaming. Hope you enjoy it!

Windows 10 grabs 22 per cent desktop market share in a year

  • The Register (Posted by bob on Aug 2, 2016 9:50 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
But Windows dips below 50 per cent of all web traffic according to US gov data Windows 10 has grabbed more than 20 per cent of the world's desktops in its first year, according to the web-watchers on which The Register relies for regular assessments of operating system market share.…

3 graphical tools for Git

  • Opensource.com; By Seth Kenlon (Posted by bob on Aug 2, 2016 8:52 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
In this article, we'll take a look at some convenience add-ons to help you integrate Git comfortably into your everyday workflow.

FCC forces TP-Link to support open source firmware on routers

In a settlement with the Federal Communications Commission, TP-Link agreed to pay a $200,000 fine, comply with the rules going forward, and to let customers install open source firmware on routers... The open source requirement is a unique one, as it isn't directly related to TP-Link's violation. Moreover, FCC rules don't require router makers to allow loading of third-party, open source firmware. In fact, recent changes to FCC rules made it more difficult for router makers to allow open source software.

Install Node.js and create your first Express application

In this tutorial, we will explain how to install Node.js and create your first Express JS application on an Ubuntu 16.04 VPS. Express is an open source, fast and flexible web development framework for node.js and provides a robust set of features to develop web and mobile applications.

Arch Linux 2016.08.01 Is Now Available for Download, Ships with Kernel 4.6.4

It's the first day of August 2016, and, for us, Arch Linux users, it means that we can get our hands on a new ISO respin that can be used to deploy the popular GNU/Linux operating system on new PCs.

Skylake taken to EPIC proportions

  • HackerBoards (Posted by bob on Aug 2, 2016 5:04 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
IEI’s “Nano-ULT3” is an EPIC SBC with 6th Gen Core “Skylake” U-Series CPUs, with up to 32GB DDR4, plus 2x GbE, 2x HDMI, and 4x USB 3.0 coastline ports. One of the nice things about backward compatibility is that you can take a legacy form-factor like EPIC and match it with one of the latest, […]

Using PHP-FPM with Apache on Ubuntu 16.04

This tutorial shows how to install an Apache webserver on an Ubuntu 16.04 server with PHP 7 (through PHP-FPM) and MySQL support. PHP-FPM (FastCGI Process Manager) is an alternative PHP FastCGI implementation with some additional features useful for sites of any size, especially busier sites.

OpenSSH 7.3 Officially Released, Now Refuses RSA Keys Smaller Than 1024 Bits

  • Softpedia; By Marius Nestor (Posted by hanuca on Aug 2, 2016 3:09 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
On August 1, 2016, the OpenBSD project proudly announced the availability for download of the OpenSSH 7.3 and Portable OpenSSH 7.3p1 open source software projects.

Securing Embedded Linux

Until fairly recently, Linux developers have been spared many of the security threats that have bedeviled the Windows world. Yet, when moving from desktops and servers to the embedded Internet of Things, a much higher threat level awaits.  

OpenWrt router card plugs into a mini-PCIe socket

AsiaRF’s “AP620-MPE-1” is an OpenWrt WiFi-ac router based on Mediatek’s MT7620A. It plugs into a mini-PCIe slot, but is somewhat non-standard mechanically. Unlike many other OpenWrt Linux router boards running on MIPS-based WiFi chipsets, AsiaRF’s AP7620-MPE-1 board is not a standalone SBC, but an add-on card that give its host WiFi-ac routing capabilities.

Linux Kernel 3.18.38 LTS Ships with Minor MIPS, PowerPC, x86, and eCryptfs Fixes

Immediately after announcing the release of Linux kernel 4.1.29 LTS, developer Alexander Levin informed the community about the general availability of the thirty-eighth maintenance update for the Linux 3.18 LTS kernel series.

August 2016 Issue of Linux Journal

Reuven M. Lerner starts off this issue with a how-to on migrating from Python 2 to Python 3. The transition was such that code doesn't automatically work in version 3 if it worked in version 2.

Which apps do you wish were available on Linux?

Also in today's open source roundup: Should you care about Microsoft's Skype for Linux? And how to turn an Android phone into a PC.

Become a Better Open Source Advocate by Becoming a Better Human Being

The best role models for any cause, open source or otherwise, are people you would admire even if they didn't support your cause. In other words, your support of open source will be more meaningful if you strive to be a good person.

Stable Mitaka HA instack-virt-setup on CentOS 7.2 VIRTHOST

The following is a step by step self sufficient instruction performing Mitaka HA instack-virt-setup on CentOS 7.2 VIRTHOST based on current Mitaka delorean repos. It follows official guide lines and updates undercloud with OVSIntPort vlan10 for br-ctlplane OVS bridge making posible HA and/or Ceph overcloud deployments with "Network Isolation" enabled.

Google, Intel, and Mirantis rewrite OpenStacks life-cycle management tool

  • ZDNet | open-source RSS; By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols (Posted by bob on Aug 1, 2016 7:32 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Community, Intel
Fuel, OpenStack's management tool, is being recreated to use Kubernetes as its foundation.

Top Reasons The Open Source Community Attends Events

  • Linux.com - Original Content; By Angela Brown (Posted by bob on Aug 1, 2016 6:35 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Editorial; Groups: Community, Linux
Over the years, and across more than a hundred events, we’ve learned quite a bit of just what it is that makes events specifically so important to the community. Here are some of those reasons.

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