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Linux Mint project leader and maintainer Clement Lefebvre dropped some exciting news today about what users should expect from the upcoming Linux Mint 18 "Sarah" operating system.

I've got quite the treat for you today. An interview with Catharine McNally, an Experience Analysts and David Spira, an Experience Strategist, both of whom work at Phase 2 and have passions for accessibility on the web. In particular, the part of the web that involves Drupal.

In this week's Top 5, we highlight a Linux story about becoming a full stack engineer, how to make a Astro Pi flight case, DuckDuckGo on Instant Answers as they compete with search giants, an interview with a DrupalCon speaker about Arduino prototyping, and an interview with a user interface engineer prior to his talk at OSCON 2016.

You can always update to Windows 10. Eh? Eh? A recent Windows 7 update partially bricks computers that have an Asus motherboard fitted, it emerged this week.

Versalogic’s “BayCat” is a rugged PC/104-Plus SBC with an Atom E3800 SoC, numerous I/O ports, ISA, PCI, and miniPCIe expansion, and -40 to 85°C operation.

This tutorial will show you how to monitor an Ubuntu 16.04 server with Munin and Monit. Munin produces nice graphs about nearly every aspect of your server, whereas Monit checks the availability of services like Apache, MySQL, Postfix and takes the appropriate action such as a restart if it finds a service is not behaving as expected. The combination of the two gives you full monitoring: graphics that let you recognize current or upcoming problems, and a watchdog that ensures the availability of the monitored services.

April 26, 2016, saw the official release of Firefox 46.0, the latest stable release of the popular open-source browser.

The PCLinuxOS Magazine staff is pleased to announce the release of the May 2016 issue.

Oracle says Android usurped the mobile OS market from Sun. Google says Sun just never built a decent product

Post bellow is addressing the question when Controller/Network RDO Mitaka Node has to have external networks of VLAN type with predefined vlan tags. Straight forward packstack deployment doesn't allow to achieve desired network configuration. External network provider of vlan type appears to be required. In particular case, office networks 10.10.10.0/24 vlan tagged (157) ,10.10.50.0/24 vlan tagged (172) already exists when RDO install is running.

When smart devices are closed, they're not smart at all. Netbeast is an open source platform for developing Internet of Things (IoT) applications for appliances and other devices. It's an environment-agnostic platform that allows users to ignore details like wireless protocols, brand-specific public APIs, or device detection. One of Netbeast's main goals is to help foster and develop an open source community in IoT. read more

It has been a while since we discussed here something about the development of the next major Ubuntu Touch OTA update, the OTA-11, and, at the request of many of you, we'll post the following information to keep you guys up to date.

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Xenial Xerus officially released by canonical. This release brings many changes and improvements, also receive security updates and bug fixes. Released as LTS version, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS will receive software updates and security patches for a period of five years.

The DMCA doesn't just make it illegal for you to circumvent DRM to rip and burn a DVD of 'War Games' or to install a pirated copy of Windows. It also can make it illegal for you to repair or modify things you own.

The Linux Foundation and Dice.com partnered to survey almost 5,000 open source professionals, and this week they unveiled the 2016 Open Source Jobs Report. The 2016 survey includes responses from more than 400 hiring managers and 4,500 open source professionals worldwide.

Qualcomm has patched a vulnerability in netd (network_manager), which for the last five years has left devices vulnerable to having their text message or contact databases compromised. The company sent OEMs a fix for this problem back in March, but the gap in Android versions on the market means that most users are going to be out of luck.

If you simply want to adjust a service's priorities, here is how to do it in three simple steps.

65 percent of HR managers say open-source hiring will increase more than any other part of their business over the next six months.

Back in 2014, my colleague Crystal Beasley started a thread of women in tech/hackers posting their "nerd stories" in response to some comments out there on the Internet about the lack of women in tech. This is my nerd story, shared with you because I do believe in role models, and I do believe that there are many paths one can take to a satisfying challenging career and a life that helps one fulfill their goals. read more

Neptune developer Leszek Lesner announced the release and general availability of a new Live ISO image for his Neptune Linux rolling operating system, version 4.5.1.