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A developer who had more than two decades of service in the Debian GNU/Linux project was stripped of his status in December leading to him deciding to leave the project.

When you install Java, it's part of the installer's job to tell your system where to find the right language when it's needed. That's why you're able to run Java applications—in fact, you may sometimes run Java applications without ever realizing what language they've been written in.

For some users, Linux is far better than other OSes. There are a whole lot of things you can do with Linux that are not possible on Windows.

A vulnerability in the container runtime engine CRI-O can be exploited by a rogue user to gain root-level access on a host. In a Kubernetes environment powered by CRI-O, the security hole can be used by a miscreant to move through a cluster as an administrator, install malware, and cause other chaos.

Matomo, formerly known as Piwik is a free and open-source web analytics application developed by a community of developers. In this tutorial, I will show you how to install Matomo on Debian 11 with an Apache2 web server and a free Let's Encrypt SSL certificate.

Every historical moment is associated with its technology. The social, political, and economic practice of human beings depends mainly on the tools at their disposal. Their relationship with the environment around them, their knowledge of the world, and their worldview depend on technological prostheses that enable them to improve their perception, to understand the past, and above all, to foresee a plan for the future.

OnLogic has opened preorders for a $333-and-up “Factor 201” industrial gateway based on the Raspberry Pi CM4 with 2x M.2 B-key, 4x USB, HDMI, COM, and 2x GbE with optional PoE-PD. An upcoming “Factor 202” will add analog and digital I/O.

UVdesk is an open-source Saas-based helpdesk system for companies to interact with their customers and offer round-the-clock support. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Uvdesk on a Rocky Linux 8 based server using Nginx, MySQL and PHP.

Flattening a rectangular data table means converting the table into a list of its component triplets (row, column, value). The command-line flattening shown here can also be used to flatten within a spreadsheet.

Pine64 has unveiled a “QuartzPro64” SBC based on the octa-core Rockchip RK3588. The SBC will ship with 16GB LPDDR4X, 64GB eMMC, PCIe Gen3, HDMI in, 2x HDMI out, MIPI-DSI/CSI, 2x SATA, 2x GbE, and 4x USB including Type-C with DP.

If you’re a regular around here, you might have noticed the new “For Home” option in our navigation bar up at the top of the page. But before you click it, wait a moment. We want to bend your ear about what we’re up to, and we want to pick your brains about what you think we should get up to.

WSL has allowed users to run Linux within Windows. But there are several reasons why you should install a Linux desktop instead of WSL.

The Linux timedatectl command lets you set your time, date, and timezone for your system clock and your real-time clock. Spare a moment, and we’ll show you how it all works.

When looking for files on the Linuz desktop, you may often rely on the search feature of your favourite file manager. The conventional searching approach is to apply an exact search, so that only files or directories that are a perfect match to the search string are displayed.

Java is more than just a programming language: It's also a runtime. Applications written in Java are compiled to Java bytecode then interpreted by a Java Virtual Machine (JVM), which is why you can write Java on one platform and have it run on all other platforms.

Gentoo Linux allows you to create your own custom Linux distribution. Learn how to install Gentoo on your computer today.

No offense, but are you still using the same old standard FTP (File Transfer Protocol) to exchange files from a remote system? It’s been a five-decade since FTP came, now we have a more appropriate alternative with good security algorithms without compromising the speed.

Behind almost all Linux firewalls tools such as iptables; its newer version, nftables; firewalld; and ufw, is netfilter, which controls access to and from Linux's network stack. It's an essential Linux security program, so when a security hole is found in it, it's a big deal.

Could open organization principles successfully apply to entire societies? That's the question I asked as I read the book Open: The Story of Human Progress by Johan Norberg, which aims to examine the relative success of "open societies" throughout global history.

phpBB, also known as a “PHP Bulletin Board” is a free flat-forum bulletin board software that provides a space for people to gather and communicate with each other.