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Advantech’s “ROM-5780” and Engicam’s “SmarCore RK3399” SMARC 2.1 modules run Linux or Android on a Rockchip RK3399 with 2GB RAM, 16GB eMMC, and optional carrier boards. Yesterday while researching Kontron’s fA3399 SMARC module, we were unable to find any other Rockchip RK3399-based SMARCs on LinuxGizmos so we cast the Inter-net and found two more. Advantech’s […]

In this final "Moving a service to a Linux container" series entry, I show you how to move Request Tracker.

KDE’s November 2020 Apps update is now rolling out to select GNU/Linux distributions with a bunch of improvements and bug fixes that improve many of your favorite KDE apps.

Kontron unveiled a -20 to 85°C tolerant, full-size SMARC form-factor “fA3399” module that runs Linux on a RK3399K with up to 8GB LPDDR4 and 128GB eMMC plus support for 2x GbE and 3x PCIe. Today Kontron announced its first product based on the Rockchip RK3399. The Linux-powered fA3399 adopts the rarely used 82 x 80mm […]

A how-to guide on using LVM to resize your Ext4 filesystem in order to get more storage space.

Dell plans to add hardware kill switches for microphone and camera of all the laptops models from 2021 onwards. And the drivers are also here.

I play a lot of Dungeons and Dragons (D&D), a tabletop role-playing game in which players take control of mythic heroes to explore imaginary dungeons and fight make-believe dragons. D&D players often like to draw maps on big sheets of butcher's paper, or buy and craft evocative set pieces, so that they can track their progress through the realms with gaming miniatures.

Linux Candy is a series of articles covering interesting eye candy software. Some of the programs in this series are purely cosmetic, frivolous pieces of fun. Candy at their finest. But we also include some programs that aren’t purely decorative. Pywal is Python software that generates a color palette from the dominant colors in an image. This palette is then applied system-wide and on the fly in various programs.

Steam has now been available on Linux, at least in Beta, for eight years now and it's come a long way.

DokuWiki is a free, open-source and most versatile wiki application written in PHP. It is simple and light-weight that uses a simple file format to store its data, so it does not require any database. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install DokuWiki with Apache and Letsencrypt SSL certificate on Ubuntu 20.04.

This article focuses on checking the Internet speed on CentOS 8.0. You will learn how to install speedtest-cli on a CentOS 8.0 desktop or server and check the internet speed.

Piper is a GTK application to configure some gaming mice on Linux. It allows changing the mouse resolution (DPI) and sensitivity (report rate), set what the mouse buttons do, and configure the LEDs.

This brief tutorial explains what is Nerd Fonts project, how to install Nerd Fonts in Linux and how to add glyphs (icons and symbols) in your code or simply print the icons in the shell with Nerd Fonts.

The upcoming major release of elementary OS 6 - code-named "Odin" is under development. In a recent announcement, the team promises about the complete dark style across the system with applications.

Curious how to containerize your Linux applications? Learn by example, and understand the challenges of various application types and how to overcome them.

Odoo is the most popular all-in-one business software in the world. It offers a range of business applications, including CRM, website, e-Commerce, billing, accounting, manufacturing, warehouse, project management, inventory, and much more, all seamlessly integrated. This article explains how to install and deploy Odoo 14 inside a Python virtual environment on CentOS 8.

As this chart from GitHub's State of the Octoverse report shows, JavaScript has consistently been most popular programming language based on the number of contributors to projects on GitHub.

If you have vintage hardware with 32-bit processor and you would like to keep on using it for some purpose, here are the best choices of Linux distros with 32-bit support.

SparkyLinux 5.13 is now available for download as the latest update to the Sparky 5 “Nibiru” stable series based on Debian GNU/Linux 10 “Buster” operating system.

Filesystems, like file cabinets or drawers, control how your operating system stores data. They also hold metadata like filetypes, what is attached to data, and who has access to that data. Quite honestly, not enough people consider which file system to use for their computers.