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In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Elkarte Community Forum on an Ubuntu 14.04 VPS with Apache, PHP and MySQL installed on it. Elkarte is an open source discussion forum written in PHP that allows web developers to create a community forum fully responsive to mobile and wireless devices. This tutorial was tested and written for an Ubuntu VPS, but it should work on any Debian based Linux distribution.

The people who package and distribute our software to the world are crucial to our user's experience. In keeping with our original KDE vision, we want to improve the working relationships between distributions and KDE developers. Not only do we want to foster professional friendship, but we also want to help our software shine in each distribution.

Now that it's March, we can look for the first signs of spring. We can also take an early look at FreeBSD 10.3, due to be released later this month, through this beta release.

My last full-time job was manager of a university's database department. Ironically, I know very, very little about databases themselves. I'm no longer in charge of college databases, but I still do have a handful of MySQL servers that run my various Web applications. Apart from apt-get install, I have no idea how to make databases work. Thankfully, help is available.

Mozilla today joined a coalition of technology companies, including Google, Nest Labs, Facebook, WhatsApp, Evernote, Snapchat and Microsoft, in filing an amicus brief in support of Apple’s position in its ongoing dispute with the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Aaeon’s industrial Mini-ITX EMB-Q170A, EMB-Q170B, and EMB-H110B SBCs tap Intel’s 6th Gen Core “Skylake” CPUs, with up to 32MB DDR4 RAM and 4K video support.

MATE, Gnome and chums Review Canonical's next version of Linux-based operating system Ubuntu has hit its first beta stage – and while Ubuntu's Unity release is sitting out its first beta, as is Kubuntu, there are plenty of changes and new features in the rest of the Ubuntu family.…

In my recent article 4 open source tools for Linux system monitoring, I discussed interactive tools that can be helpful in solving system problems. I also mentioned the sar command and how it is different from interactive commands. The sar command is one of my favorites when it comes to resolving problems. read more

OPNFV has released Brahmaputra, the second version of its open source network functions virtualization (NFV) platform.

Following FREAK and Logjam, DROWN is the third attack resulting from encryption algorithms that were deliberately weakened by the government

GNU/Linux software-related issues can be solved or circumvented by using a debugger’s perspective

The idea of making end-to-end encryption breakable is “so misguided as to boggle the mind,” according to Amit Yoran, the president of RSA. He says it will “catastrophically weaken” security for those using it for legitimate purposes without accomplishing the goals for which it is sought – catching terrorists and the worst criminals. “It is solely for the ease and convenience of law enforcement when pursuing petty criminals,” he says, while the toughest adversaries would be unaffected.

There are two kinds of Linux users: the cautious and the adventurous. On one side is the user who almost reflexively tries out ever new option which hits the scene. They’ve tried handfuls of window managers, dozens of distributions, and every new desktop widget they can find. read more

The transparency of open software means that security vulnerabilities are visible and can't be quietly swept under the rug.

In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Pimcore on an Ubuntu 14.04 VPS with PHP-FPM and Nginx. Pimcore is an open source, content and product management framework. It is fast, flexible, and designer and developer-friendly. This guide should work on other Linux VPS systems as well but was tested and written for an Ubuntu 14.04 VPS.

BeagleCore has released design docs for its open-spec, BeagleBone-like COM and carrier board, which are both available for pre-order from Conrad Electronics. Last summer, Iesy funded startup BeagleCore failed to win funding for its eponymous BeagleBone Black COM clone on Kickstarter. Now, however, a slightly tweaked design is available for pre-order from Conrad Electronics, with […]

Current post follows up "Hackery to get going RDO Kilo on Fedora 23" To complete packstack run for two nodes Controller/Network and Compute setup I had to apply as pre-installation following patches, otherwise neutron puppet crashed on Fedora 23 . . .

And it’s starting to make its own phones, pundit reckons. Google is getting serious about building its own handsets after the failure of OEMs to update Android. So says former Nomura (now independent) analyst Richard Windsor, who thinks Google-as-an-OEM has already started.

Fedevel released an open source design for a Linux-ready, i.MX6-based “OpenRex” SBC with a Cortex-M3 MCU, a stackable design, and Arduino and Pi expansion. Most embedded board vendors announce a board for pre-sale, then wait to post whatever documentation they intend to release when they finally ship the board.

In this blog post we will show you how to install Ghost on an Ubuntu 14.04 VPS with the latest version of Nginx.