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SQLite is a zero-configuration, server-less, file-based transactional database system. Due to its lightweight, self-contained, and compact design, SQLite is an extremely popular choice when you want to integrate a database into your application. In this post, I am going to show you how to create and access a SQLite database in Perl script. The Perl […]Continue reading... The post How to access SQLite database in Perl appeared first on Xmodulo. Related FAQs: How to run SQL queries against Apache log files on Linux

I have dozens of VHS tapes recorded in some cases nearly 30 years ago. I wanted to digitize some of the content and share it with my children via YouTube. I have a digital video camera that's almost ten years old. I also have a VHS/DVD player recorder that I originally purchased to dub these videos. Rather than use the recording deck to create a DVD that I would then use Handbrake to turn into MP4s, I decided to try to use my digital video camera as a passthrough device connected to my laptop. read more

Fedora 22 Workstation is the primary flavor of the operating system, and it is always built around the latest stable version of the GNOME desktop environment.

The company behind Mandriva is now gone, but open-source efforts remain

There are certain general rules about who not to attack that you should generally stick to: You should never get involved in a land war in Asia. You should never pick a fight with people who buy ink by the barrel. And perhaps now we can add: never sue the EFF for defamation for calling your patent stupid. But that appears to be exactly what Scott A. Horstemeyer is doing.

VIDEO: Juniper CEO Rami Rahim discusses why OpenStack is important to his business and why he's doubling down on security.

I recall a senior medical doctor once saying that being a practitioner nowadays is much more difficult than ever before, because when people get diagnosed, they go home to search the web, and often come back with tough questions. Open hardware for physiological computing isn’t making it any easier, but it seems like that’s not a bad thing. read more

Canonical has made it possible to install and test the latest Unity 8 desktop environment on any Ubuntu system just by adding a PPA and installing the appropriate packages.

Today, the KDE Community is happy to announce the release of KDE Applications 15.04.2. More than 30 recorded bugfixes include improvements to Gwenview, Kate, Kdenlive, the Kontact Suite, Konsole, Marble, KGpg, Kig, the KDE Telepathy call UI and Umbrello. In addition to software bugs, issues with translations have also been addressed in this release.

Canonical wants to integrate services like WhatsApp & Dropbox into Ubuntu Touch.

Privately-held OpenStack vendor BlueBox is being acquired by IBM. Financial terms of the deal are not being publicly disclosed.

Weren't so sure on the lower specs of the Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition? Then look no further than the upgraded E5 for a better, more powerful Ubuntu Phone

In today's open source roundup: SourceForge takes heat for taking over Nmap account. Plus: Five reasons to use Linux. And Amazon matches Google's price drop on the Nexus 6.

TechNexion expanded its EDM computer-on-module line with models based on new Freescale i.MX6 SoCs, including one with the new, IoT-oriented i.MX6 UltraLite.

The filing of a defamation suit against the EFF—a group that has fought numerous legal cases to defend online speech—is a stunning turn of events, with a cast of characters that you can't make up. The plaintiff, Scott Horstemeyer, is a patent lawyer who also has a side business of "inventing"—that is, not just prosecuting patents for clients but also convincing the US Patent and Trademark Office to grant him his own patents, many of which include broad claims to Internet and mobile technology.

Odoo in one of the most commonly used business applications at the moment. It can be configured to use sub-domain filtering so the users can run different Odoo databases on different sub-domains. This means you can have different Odoo website/application for different branch of your company. The Odoo sub-domain filtering is simple to configure, so if you have a Linux VPS with Odoo installed on it, you can follow this guide.

Will Cooke reported the regular weekly summary about what has been implemented in the Ubuntu operating system and what features will arrive in the coming weeks.

Time and time again, we hear of companies achieving rapid acceleration with DevOps. Companies are touting success with the metric of deploys per day, sharing new baselines of 10, 50, or even 100 deploys a day. In more mature organizations, like LinkedIn, Netflix, Etsy, Facebook, and others, this number is a startling 1,000+ number. But, what does this even mean? read more

Today we are going to show you how to install AbanteCart on a Linux VPS. AbanteCart is an open source PHP-based ecommerce platform for small or medium businesses. The powerful core features and numerous extensions allows you to build an online business and start selling your products in no time.

After proposing the Cinnamon and Netizen Spins for the upcoming Fedora 23 Linux operating system, Jan Kurik comes with yet another interesting proposal, the addition of a default local DNS resolver.