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Open-source software starts with developers, but there are other important contributors, too. Who exactly? Good question

Is Linus Torvalds important to open-source software? Of course. Guido van Rossum, who created the popular programming language Python? Sure! Michael "Monty" Widenius of MySQL fame? Certainly. OK, what about Robert Love? Eben Moglen? Or Jono Bacon? Who? Exactly. They latter three are, in order: the author of Linux in a Nutshell, arguably the most important Linux book; the leading open-source GPL attorney; and perhaps the top open-source community guru. Would open-source software exist without them? Yes. But, would it look the same? No. No it wouldn't.

SPDX Becomes Internationally Recognized Standard for Software Bill of Materials (The Linux Foundation)

Backed by many of the world’s largest companies for more than a decade, SPDX formally becomes an internationally recognized ISO/IEC JTC 1 standard during a transformational time for software and supply chain security.

How to Install phpMyAdmin on Rocky Linux

phpMyAdmin is a free and open-source tool that enables you to manage MySQL and MariaDB databases from the web browser. In this guide, you will learn how to install phpMyAdmin with the LAMP Stack on Rocky Linux. This guide can be applied on the server with an existing LAMP Stack installation or the fresh server without any LAMP Stack packages.

Apps for daily needs part 5: video editors

Video editing has become a popular activity. People need video editors for various reasons, such as work, education, or just a hobby. There are also now many platforms for sharing video on the internet. Almost all social media and chat messengers provide features for sharing videos. This article will introduce some of the open source video editors that you can use on Fedora Linux.

How to Install PHP 8 on Debian 11

PHP is a free, Open-source, and most popular server-side programming language used for creating dynamic websites. In this tutorial, I will show you how to install PHP 8.0 on Debian 11.

Compromise reached as Linux kernel community protests about treating compiler warnings as errors

Pushback from the Linux kernel community over defaulting to -Werror (make all warnings into errors) for compiling has resulted in a compromise where this default only applies to test builds. Linux creator and maintainer Linus Torvalds amended the Makefile used to compile the kernel so that -Werror was the default, saying: "We really should always have a clean build." The code was merged into what will be version 5.15 of the kernel.

16 AnsibleFest presentations for sysadmins

Automation is a big part of a sysadmin's job—any time you can avoid manual intervention means you can save time and decrease the risk of human error. Ansible is one of the most popular tools for automation, so if you want to learn new ideas and best practices around automating IT, AnsibleFest is an excellent place to start.

Use lspci on Linux to see your hardware

When you're running Linux on a desktop or server, sometimes you need to identify the hardware in that system. One command used for this is lspci. It works by showing all devices attached to the PCI bus. It's provided by the pciutils package and is available for a wide range of Linux and BSD-based operating systems.

How to use BusyBox on Linux

It's easy to take Linux commands for granted. They come bundled with the system when you install Linux, and we often don't question why they're there. Some of the basic commands, such as cd, kill, and echo aren't always independent applications but are actually built into your shell. Others, such as ls, mv, and cat are part of a core utility package (often GNU coreutils specifically). But there are always alternatives in the world of open source, and one of the most interesting is BusyBox.

Updated Python support in VS Code brings browser editing and ditches open-source language server for Pylance

Microsoft has updated Python support in Visual Studio Code, introducing editing in a web browser. The company has also archived its open-source Python language server in favour of the closed-source Pylance. The Python Extension has over 41 million installs, according to the stats, versus just over 3 million for a third-party Python extension, which uses pyLint or flake8 for the linter (both open source).

GitHub merges 'useless garbage' says Linus Torvalds as new NTFS support added to Linux kernel 5.15

Linus Torvalds will pull Paragon Software's NTFS driver into the 5.15 kernel source – but he complained about the use of a GitHub merge in the submission, saying that GitHub "creates absolutely useless garbage merges."

How to Install Radicale Calendar (CalDAV and CardDAV) on Ubuntu 20.04

Radicale is a free and open-source CalDAV (Calendars, to-do lists) and CardDav (contacts) server. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install and configure Radicale on Ubuntu 20.04.

How to replace MS Office with open-source ONLYOFFICE Docs integrated in SharePoint

In this tutorial, we’ll learn how to connect ONLYOFFICE to Sharepoint using WOPI, a Web Application Open Platform Interface protocol intended to standardize the integration process.

The 6 Best Open Source Lightroom Alternatives

Adobe Lightroom is a non-destructive photo editing software. It's part of the Adobe ecosystem and comes with great photo editing features. However, it doesn't come cheap. Its price tag is a bit off-putting if you're looking for affordable editing software, but don't worry. There are several free, open source alternatives that you can use to edit your images.

MongoDB surge wraps up a massive week for open-source software as a business

When IBM agreed to pay $34 billion for Red Hat in late 2018, the deal marked a watershed moment for open-source software, proving that companies could package free tools into highly valuable products. That purchase price may soon look like a quaint relic of the past.

Create a photo collage from the Linux command line

ImageMagick is the "Swiss Army knife" of manipulating images on the command line. While you could use a desktop graphics program like GIMP or GLIMPSE to adjust or combine photos and graphics, sometimes it's just easier to use one of the almost dozen tools from ImageMagick.

Contribute at Fedora Linux 35 Audio, i18n, GNOME 41 , and Kernel test days

Fedora test days are events where anyone can help make sure changes in Fedora Linux work well in an upcoming release. Fedora community members often participate, and the public is welcome at these events. If you’ve never contributed to Fedora Linux before, this is a perfect way to get started.

Distribution Release: EasyOS 2.9

Barry Kauler has announced the release of EasyOS 2.9, an updated build of the project's minimalist Linux distribution with roots in Puppy Linux.

Essential open source tools for an academic organization

As an academic open source programs office (OSPO), Open?@RIT's mission is to assist faculty, staff, and students at the Rochester Institute of Technology in creating and maintaining communities for their open projects. We accomplish this by offering consultation and documents that teach our clients the best ways to operate their communities and projects. None of this would be feasible, however, if not for the systems of digital infrastructure we have created and adopted to facilitate these interactions.

Distribution Release: Linux From Scratch 11.0

Bruce Dubbs has announced the release of Linux From Scratch (LFS) 11.0, the latest version of the project's book that provides step-by-step instructions of building a Linux system from source code.

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