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Recently LinuxAndUbuntu reader raised an issue that he was having with his dual boot. When he restarts from Ubuntu to Windows, the time in Windows changes. Here is why it happens and how you can fix it easily from Ubuntu.

This future architecture still falls into some of the same old traps. We are becoming more and more accustomed to reading about losses of online data through malicious hack attacks, accidents, and downright carelessness – it’s almost as if we don’t know how to secure data against the most common form of attack.…

I am just a fan boy, and my story's often told... Apologies to Paul Simon. I imagine my story or some slight variation of it is fairly common. I started with FOSS before it was called FOSS, made a brief forced detour into the dark waters of proprietary software, and then escaped and returned home to FOSS.

The Kubuntu project now has a couple of new release managers, and this was necessary after Jonathan Riddell left the project a few weeks ago.

Here’s new features and changes in Ubuntu GNOME 15.10,Ubuntu MATE 15.10, Ubuntu Kylin 15.10, Kubuntu 15.10, Lubuntu 15.10 and Xubuntu 15.10

SOGo is a free and modern scalable groupware server. It provides a rich AJAX-based Web interface and supports multiple native clients through the use of standard protocols such as CalDAV, CardDAV and GroupDAV, as well as Microsoft ActiveSync.

The Solus operating system is moving forward, and lots of upgrades are still being made every week. One of these upgrades involves pushing the latest version of the Linux kernel into the repositories so that users can test it properly.

The Federal Communications Commission is trying to convince people that it isn't banning third-party router firmware such as DD-WRT despite issuing guidance that sounded an awful lot like a ban.

We've been informed by the folks from Vivaldi, the proprietary web browser based on the open-source Chromium project on which Google Chrome and Opera web browsers are also based, about the availability of the first Snapshot post-Beta.

How we built a laptop with nothing but open-sourced hardware and software

Tesora's implementation of the open source Trove DBaaS platform for the OpenStack cloud has gained new database support and features as well as certification with the latest Red Hat and Mirantis OpenStack distributions.

GIMP is great and I use it all the time, but when it comes to batch image processing on Linux, nothing is more handy and simple to use than XnConvert. Although not an open source software, this batch raster graphics editor comes for free without any limitations for private use, and works in all platforms and architectures.

A while back I wrote about the awesome open-source image editing program Paint.NET, which is available only for Windows. Although I'm thrilled there is an open-source option for Windows users, Paint.NET is one of those apps that is so cool, I wish it worked in Linux! Thankfully, there's another app in town with similar features, and it's cross-platform!

Working the open source way always involves standing on the shoulders of giants. And in a recent interview with Business Insider, Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst acknowledges the literary shoulders supporting The Open Organization, his own contribution to the growing field of books exploring open management and leadership principles. read more

In this article we will install TWiki on a CentOS 7 VPS with Apache web server. TWiki is simple to use, flexible, secure and very powerful web-based collaboration platform based on Perl.

Suppose you want to configure a Linux app to send out email messages from your server or desktop. The email messages can be part of email newsletters, status updates (e.g., Cachet), monitoring alerts (e.g., Monit), disk events (e.g., RAID mdadm), and so on. While you can set up your own outgoing mail server to deliver […]Continue reading... The post How to send email notifications using Gmail SMTP server on Linux appeared first on Xmodulo. Related FAQs: How to access Gmail from the command line on Linux with Alpine How to set up server monitoring system with Monit How to set up RainLoop webmail in Ubuntu server How to set up MailScanner, Clam Antivirus and SpamAssassin in CentOS mail server How to sniff HTTP traffic from the command line on Linux

Are you a system administrator, Linux power user, or just spend a lot of time at the command line? Then chances are, your choice of terminal emulator says something about you. Do you prefer something lightweight? Full of features and customizable options? Or do you just use the default which ships with your distribution? read more

Linus Torvalds always had strong opinions about hardening the Linux kernel from a security point of view and opposed some of the drastic changes proposed. In a recent interview, he explained why, in the end, kernel vulnerabilities are not all that bad as people make them be.

OpenHPC, a new Linux Foundation collaborative project, will build an open source framework for high-performance computing to meet the needs of industry and academic research.

In today's open source roundup: Download the first beta of GalliumOS for your Chromebook or Chromebox. Plus: Steam Machine launch means big discounts on Linux games. And why people love dark themes in Android.