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LAMP is an acronym of Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install a LAMP Server on CentOS 8.

The Tails amnesic incognito live system (a.k.a. anonymous OS) has been updated today to version 4.18, continuing the monthly maintenance updates with bug fixes and improvements.

Users of the open source Dgraph Labs' graph database technology as varied as a nonprofit Christian missionary platform and a financial data services firm are employing graph systems in a variety of applications they say are not achievable with traditional databases.

Topic Embedded has launched a “Florida Plus” dev kit that runs Linux on its Zynq Ultrascale+ based Miami MPSoC Plus module. Meanwhile, Aries announced it has begun distributing Topic’s Zynq-based Miami modules. Netherlands-based Topic Embedded Systems has been around for 20 years doing FPGA work, with the last decade focused primarily on manufacturing Linux-driven Xilinx […]

When I go on holiday, I often end up at one or more used bookstores. I always find a good book I've been meaning to read, and I always justify the inevitable purchase by saying, "I'm on vacation; I should treat myself to this book." It works well, and I've acquired some of my favorite books this way. Yet, like so many traditions in life, it doesn't hold up to scrutiny. In reality, I don't need an excuse to buy a good book. All things being equal, I can do it any time I want. But having a reason does seem to make the process more enjoyable, somehow.

We gotta do this again? Really? Oh, alright then. But this eight release candidates thing is not great. Linux kernel development boss Linus Torvalds has reluctantly issued an eight release candidate for version 5.12 of the FOSS OS.…

For many years now — and well before I sought out the job I have today — I thought: the world needs more organizations like Mozilla. Given the state of …

The upcoming Firefox 89 web browser entered public beta testing today to give us an early look at its new features and improvements.

Guider is an open-source performance analyzing tool for Linux operating systems. In this tutorial, I will show you how to install and use Guider on Ubuntu 20.04.

Jason Perlow, Editorial Director at the Linux Foundation interviews Thomas Gleixner, Linux Foundation Fellow, CTO of Linutronix GmbH, and project leader of the PREEMPT_RT real-time kernel patch set. JP: Greetings, Thomas! It’s great to have you here this morning — although for you, it’s getting late in the afternoon in Germany. So PREEMPT_RT, the real-time […]

Here are the steps on how to upgrade your Ubuntu 21.04 from Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla to Hirsute Hippo).

Zenity is an open-source application for displaying simple GUI in shell scripts. It makes scripts more user-friendly by displaying GTK+ dialogs. In this article, we will show you how to use Zenity to display GUI dialogs in Bash scripts.

Oracle released today VirtualBox 6.1.20 as the latest version of their open source, free, and cross-platform virtualization software packing great new features and many improvements.

Kubernetes is depreciating dockershim, but Mirantis will continue to maintain the Kubernetes Docker shim code outside Kubernetes as a CRI interface for Docker Engine.

All supported releases will now support ECMAScript modules - but progress on moving away from CommonJS is slow. Node.js 16 has been released with prebuilt Apple Silicon binaries and version 9.0 of the V8 JavaScript engine.…

In the previous article, we have seen how to install Centos 7 Minimal on VirtualBox. In this article, you will learn how to install guest additions in VirtualBox. Guest additions are drivers and software applications that enable some of the features in VirtualBox which is not enabled by default.

Users have every right to be concerned about the safety and security of their data. When you create data on a computer, it's reasonable to want exclusive control over it. There are many ways to protect your documents. At the filesystem level, you can encrypt your hard drive or just a file. A good office suite affords you many more options, though, and I've gathered five of the methods I use to secure my documents with open source software. read more

This tutorial will focus on how you can enable the networking plugin for Collectd daemon in order to act as a central monitoring server for other Collectd clients installed on various servers over you network.

Wireless-Tag has launched a $26 “IDO-SBC2D06-V1A” SBC that runs Linux on a dual -A7 SigmaStar SSD201 or SSD202 with 2x 10/100 Ethernet ports, WiFi/BT, 40-pin GPIO, and a choice of MIPI-DSI connectors for 4- or 7-inch LCDs. Last September, Chinese SoC manufacturer SigmaStar launched a $10 IDO-SOM2D01 compute module, which runs Linux on the company’s […]

Looking for a replacement for CentOS, the free-to-use downstream clone of RHEL that Red Hat is no longer supporting? Here are some alternative free and secure Linux distros to consider.