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Here at Mozilla, we are the first to admit the internet isn’t perfect, but we are also quick to point out that the internet is pretty darn magical. The internet opens up doors and opportunities, allows for people to connect with others, and lets everyone find where they belong — their corners of the internet. […]

Source code must be compiled in order to run, and in open source software everyone has access to source code. Whether you've written code yourself and you want to compile and run it, or whether you've downloaded somebody's project to try it out, it's useful to know how to process source code through a compiler, and also what exactly a compiler does with all that code.

This blog post briefly introduces the Foreman ACD plugin and explains how it can help you deploy a Prometheus and Grafana stack.

We spin up Linux PC vendor's first public version of its in-house OS. Tuxedo OS 1 is Ubuntu 22.04, tweaked for the company's own kit, with KDE instead of GNOME, a natively packaged Firefox, and Flatpak instead of Snap.…

This tutorial shows how to configure unattended updates on Debian and Ubuntu. It covers all recent Debian and Ubuntu versions incl. Ubuntu 22.04 and Debian 11.

When you share your personal phone number with anyone outside your circle of family and friends, it essentially gives them permission to call you anytime of the day. This can mean robocallers at lunch and dinner, not to mention spam text messages throughout the day.  Think about it: How many times have you shared your […]

Lately, I've been looking at how Groovy streamlines the slight clunkiness of Java. This article examines some differences between connecting to a PostgreSQL database using JDBC in Java versus Groovy.

Suppose, just suppose, you could combine the speed and flexibility of containers with the security of virtual machines (VM). That's exactly what Kata Containers does.

Tech is everywhere! And it's important to remember, everyone is a beginner once. The industry is continually growing, looking for new folks to add valuable perspectives. How do we inspire our next batch of tech contributors? In honor of Ada Lovelace Day, we asked our community of writers if they had any resources or books they recommend for young programmers or enthusiasts. Here's what they had to share.

SysPass is an open-source password manager written in PHP with AES-256 CTR encryption. It's designed for centralized and collaborative password management. In this tutorial, you will install SysPass Password Manager with Apache2, MariaDB, and PHP on the Rocky Linux server.

Graphite is an open-source tool used to track and graph the performance of computer systems. You can use it to track the performance of websites, applications, business services, and networked servers.

Great news, Fedora Friends! I am excited to announce that we have completed our search for a new Fedora Community Action and Impact Coordinator (FCAIC). He joins the Open Source Program Office (OSPO) team at Red Hat to work with the Fedora Community today. Please give a warm welcome to Justin W. Flory (he/him). If […]

The EV40E67A Curiosity Board is a compact product built around the SAM9X60D1G SiP from Microchip Technology. The board features 1Gb of DDR2 memory, SD card readers, two CAN interfaces, a 24-bit LCD controller, one Fast ethernet port, etc.  The EV40E67A board is based on the low-power ARM926EJ-S CPU (up to 600MHz) which belongs to the […]

Earlier this week, Lucid Vision Labs showcased diverse high speed cameras at Vision 2022. These Gigabit cameras offer bandwidth ranging from 2.5 to 25Gbps and some of them include Power-over-Ethernet support.  The Triton 2 is a GigE camera integrating Sony Pregius S 4th Gen sensors. As seen below, the CMOS sensors range from 5.0 to […]

Kernel live-patching and a full decade of software updates. Canonical has opened up its previously paid-for Ubuntu Pro update service. Now it's free of charge for up to five physical boxes.…

Open Jam is a "game jam," which is a casual way to inspire programmers of all skill levels to focus on a just-for-fun project for a concentrated period of time. It promotes open source games as well as open source game creation tools.

In this tutorial, you will learn how to install and configure Squid Proxy on a Rocky / Alma Linux 9 server. Squid is used as a distributed caching mechanism, by saving data obtained from different requests, increasing the traffic speed when similar requests are done.

Have you ever wanted to run Windows programs on your Linux system, without having to dual boot? If so, then you'll be happy to know that it's possible, thanks to Wine. In this tutorial, we'll show you how to install and use Wine on Debian 11.

There may never be a "Year of the Linux desktop," but Canonical thinks there's room for a Ubuntu Linux business desktop.

In production environments, all servers run securely, but server certificates may expire after some period. It is then the server's responsibility to validate, regenerate, and reuse newly generated certificates without any downtime. In this article, I demonstrate how TLS certificates are updated dynamically using an HTTPS server in Go.