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I have enjoyed reading the stories others have shared about how they got started with open source software, so I thought I'd add mine. It is different in that I came to open source purely for business reasons. While I later embraced the open source way for reasons such as personal freedom and community, my initial exposure to it came from trying to find the best solution to a business problem. read more

Post bellow is addressing the question when AIO RDO Liberty Node has to have external networks of VLAN type with predefined vlan tags. Straight forward packstack --allinone install doesn't allow to achieve desired network configuration. External network provider of vlan type appears to be required

Aaeon’s GENE-BT04 spins Intel’s Bay Trail Celeron SoCs into a 3.5-inch SBC aimed at networking and signage, with four GbE ports and dual HDMI ports. Despite its similar name, 3.5-inch form factor, and Intel Bay Trail foundation, Aaeon’s new GENE-BT04 is significantly different than the GENE-BT06 single board computer announced in September. Whereas the GENE-BT06 […]

Dell and Red Hat are making UEFI firmware updates on Linux much easier, which improves the user experience for open source software fans.

Mycroft is a home automation Linux-based device that promises to change the way we interact with our homes. The guys who are making this hardware decided to show us how it's made.

A few years ago there was a project designed to boot generic laptops so they functioned as Chromebooks. It was a cool project, but unfortunately, the compatibility wasn't great, and it wasn't reliable to use on a daily basis. Although Chromebooks are old news these days, it still would be quite useful to transform aging laptop computers into Chromebooks.

The Mozilla Firefox 43.0 web browser is scheduled for an official release on December 15, 2015, but Mozilla has just started seeding the binaries for all supported operating systems, including GNU/Linux, Mac OS X, and Microsoft Windows.

Linux in space is the subject of the Linux Foundation's latest "World without Linux" video, which highlights how open source software helps power the world we live in -- or, in this case, the things orbiting around it.

Since release 1503 (abrt>=2.1.11-19.el7.centos.0.1) CentOS-7 can report bugs directly to bugs.centos.org. You can find information about that feature at this page. sudo is now capable of verifying command checksums. A Kerberos HTTPS proxy is now available for identity management. NSS no longer accepts DH key parameters < 768 nor RSA/DSA certificates with key sizes < 1024 bits. NSS also now enables TLS1.1/1.2 by default. Various packages now support TLS1.1/1.2 and EC ciphers.

The extent of the hack is not known, however Twitter indicates in the notification that only “a small group” of accounts were affected. According to Twitter: “We believe that these actors (possibly associated with a government) may have been trying to obtain information such as email addresses, IP addresses, and/or phone numbers.”

LetsEncrypt recently entered into a public beta. Thanks to the work of the LetsEncrypt team and Fedora packagers, the official LetsEncrypt client is now available in both Fedora 23 and Rawhide. To learn how LetsEncrypt works or what it is, you can read... Continue Reading →

In a world where PC sales continue to slump quarter after quarter, Chromebooks are one of the few bright spots

In today's open source roundup: How to customize the LXDE desktop in Linux. Plus: Calibre 2.46.0 released. And Google is working on split-screen multitasking for Android tablets.

The live session had serious issues with installing packages, which is a dealbreaker for me.

The community is working on a OnePlus One Ubuntu Touch port, and the developer who's doing the heavy lifting is also trying to help other people port the OS to their devices.

Linux audio control is as messed up as the Linux audio system structure. The default and only option of setting the volume level may be enough for the majority of users out there, but it certainly isn't the best when you want to set specific audio levels, or define individual settings for different audio sources, etc. Here is a post on a selection of utilities that could help you get the sound you want on your Linux system.

Linus Torvalds says almost no-one 'actually ever hit the problem', or will code at Xmas Linux Lord Linus Torvalds says the fourth release candidate of Linux 4.4 contained “a fairly bad core bug” that's since been squashed, but may not have rung many alarm bells anyway.…

Today we're continuing our "Watch" series of articles with something a little different, a video tutorial that tries to teaches those who run the Ubuntu MATE operating system on their Raspberry Pi 2 devices how to expand the filesystem.

Sys admins, no matter what platforms they work on, are awash in great open source software tools. In this article, we highlight well-known—and not-so-well-known—tools that have released new versions in 2015. read more

Last week when Microsoft and the Linux Foundation separately announced a partnership that would see Redmond issuing a Linux certification called Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate Linux (MCSA), Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols felt the need to add the words “not a typo” to the headline of his coverage on ZDNet. A couple of days later, when the story made the pages of The Register the headline included, “Do not adjust your set. This is not an error.”