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What is a Linux distribution? Why is it called a distribution (or distro)? How is it different from the Linux kernel? What is GNU/Linux? Clear your doubts in this jargon buster.

Gamepad is a useful tool for controlling video games on a PC or smartphone, etc. I have a Terios X3 Wireless Bluetooth Gamepad as in the image below. In this case, I want to connect this gamepad to a laptop that uses Ubuntu Linux (I'm using ubuntu 20.04). In this type of Gamepad, we can connect it to a PC or Android.

The previous posts ( I, II, III, IV) focused primarily on remote login, either to multiuser systems or Web sites (though the same principles also apply to other networked services …

The way we use and the way we build the web have evolved dramatically since its inception. Developers have seen the rise and fall of many architectural and development paradigms intended to satisfy more complex user experiences, support evolving device capabilities, and enable more effective development workflows.

Q4OS 3.12 "Centaurus" released its latest long term support release with Debian Buster 10.5 update.

The Document Foundation released today LibreOffice 7.0.1 as the first point release in the latest LibreOffice 7.0 series of this very popular, free, open source and multi-platform office suite.

It's been five years and a heck of a journey from being a non-programmer to becoming an associate software engineer at Red Hat. It's a story worth telling—not because I have achieved a lot, but because of so much drama and so many pitfalls. So grab a cup of coffee, and I will share the unturned pages of my love story with technology.

here's 6 Cool Things You Didn't Know About the History of Unix & Linux inspired by the fantastic article written by Eric Londo on FrontPageLinux.com

Oracle released today the VirtualBox 6.1.14 update to its open-source and multi-platform virtualization software with full support for the latest and greatest Linux 5.8 kernel series.

The web hosting industry is expanding and evolving every day. Web hosting control panels are one of the core elements of this growing industry, thanks to people that are new to web hosting needing a user-friendly way to manage their server. In this tutorial, we will explain how to install and configure CyberPanel on a CentOS 8 VPS.

The upcoming major release of elementary OS is on full development at the moment. And not much information is available. However, here we list down the expected changes in this upcoming major release.

The PCLinuxOS Magazine staff is pleased to announce the release of the September 2020 issue.

This article shows how to use the apt-get command for installing programs from the command line in Debian OS. We have used Debian 10 OS for running the commands and procedure mentioned in this article.

Arm unveiled a 64-bit, real-time capable Cortex-R82 processor aimed at high-end storage controllers that offers an optional MMU to run full Linux distributions with support up to 1TB DRAM and optional Neon for ML workloads. Arm announced its first 64-bit, Linux-capable Cortex-R MCU to enable more advanced storage controllers. The Cortex-R82 offers greater speed, lower […]

Data mining of code commits and chat gives hackers a cunning edge Boffins affiliated with BMW, Siemens, and two German universities have found that they can detect Linux kernel security fixes before they get released, insight that could allow miscreants to develop and deploy exploit code for which there's no defense.…

This article explains how to set up automatic rebootless kernel updates using the live patching solutions from Canonical and CloudLinux.

Secure shell (SSH) is a powerful tool for remote administration, but it lacks some niceties. Writing a full-fledged remote administration console sounds like it would be a lot of work. Surely, someone in the open source community has already written something? They have, and its name is Jupyter. You might think Jupyter is one of those tools data scientists use to analyze trends in ad clicks over a week or something. This is not wrong—they do, and it is a great tool for that. But that is just scratching its surface. read more

Why build a Kubernetes cluster with Raspberry Pi devices? Welcome to an easy, affordable route to Kubernetes education and experimentation

The top utility needs little introduction to seasoned Linux users. top is a small utility that offers a dynamic real-time view of a running system. It allows users to monitor the processes that are running on a system. BpyTOP is an alternative to top. It’s a resource monitor that shows usage and stats for processor, memory, disks, network and processes.

Varnish Cache is a free and open-source reverse-proxy HTTP accelerator for websites and APIs. It can be installed as a reverse proxy in front of any web server running on HTTP.