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Linux offer many download manager option, but in my opinion the best one is uGet download manger, so how to install it and integrate it with your browser?

This quick guide explains the steps on how to install and switch desktop environments in the Fedora Linux operating system between multiple desktops.

OpenSSH is a network connectivity and remote login tool that securely encrypts all traffic, originally developed by OpenBSD developers for use in their operating system. Considering the OpenBSD developers’ primary focus on security, it is no surprise that OpenSSH quickly became the standard remote login implementation for all Linux and Unix operating systems. OpenSSH uses a client server model with the ssh command providing client functionality and sshd providing server functionality.

Ever notice that email remains active when you suspend an account? The danger here is that cPanel allows email to be forwarded to a script. Therefore, if a forwarder is set to a malicious script this can be triggered, even after the account has been suspended. For example a forwarder to a reverse shell. Luckily there is an easy way to block this.

Learning and using Python is fun. Thanks to its growing popularity, there are a plethora of ways it can be used to make the world of computing better than what it is today. read more

GNOME is a fairly simple and streamlined Linux graphical user interface (GUI), and a lot of users appreciate its minimalist look. Although it's pretty basic out of the box, you can customize GNOME to match your preferences. Thanks to GNOME Tweaks and the user themes extension, you can change the look and feel of the top bar, window title bars, icons, cursors, and many other UI options. read more

Learn to use tcpdump's filtering capability to make it easier to make sense of your network data.

Arne Exton released today a new version of his Ubuntu-based ExTiX distribution, which he calls “The Ultimate Linux System,” with support for running Android apps via Anbox.

This quick tutorial shows various ways to see the dependencies of a package in Ubuntu and other Debian based Linux distributions.

Linux provides many command-line tools to help sysadmins manage, configure, and troubleshoot network settings.

29-years in the making, the Linux kernel just accepted its millionth commit. The greatest open-source project of all time has come a long way from its "hobby" beginnings.

In this article, I'll demonstrate all of the tools, software packages, steps, and all the bells and whistles required to build, run, and test a simple Python application on any Android mobile device. Learning and using Python is fun. Thanks to its growing popularity, there are a plethora of ways it can be used to make the world of computing better than what it is today.

Patrick Verner released a new version of his Parted Magic distribution for disk partitioning, cloning, rescue and benchmarking stuff with some major under-the-hood changes.

Foreman is a robust management and automation product that provides administrators of Linux environments with enterprise-level solutions for four key scenarios: provisioning management, configuration management, patch management, and content management. A major component of the content management functionality in Foreman is provided by the Pulp project. While Pulp is an integral part of this product, it is also a standalone, free, and open source project that is making huge progress on its own. read more

Microsoft's 'open source wonk' Sarah Novotny wants to see easier ways for people to get involved Interview Linux kernel development – which is driven by plain-text email discussion – needs better or alternative collaborative tools "to bring in new contributors and maintain and sustain Linux in the future," says Sarah Novotny, Microsoft's representative on the Linux Foundation board.…

Zram, zswap, and zcache allow you to compress your RAM's contents, practically expanding it. But which one should you use?

In this tutorial, we will show you how to set up a BigBlueButton server on Ubuntu 16.04 and integrate it with WordPress using the BigBlueButton plugin.

BigBlueButton is a free and open-source web conferencing system that can be used for online learning, online meetings, and webinars. It’s based on HTML5 and runs entirely within your web browser.

In this tutorial, we will learn about Vagrant, vagrant boxes, vagrantfile, provisioning tools, how to install vagrant on Linux operating systems and finally learn a few basic vagrant commands to create and manage virtual machines.

Just bought the latest and greatest - and especially fastest - SDD? Or upgraded your phone's microSD memory card? Before you start using your shiny new hardware, you may want to run a performance check against the drive. Is the write and read speed up to manufacturer's specifications? How does your performance compare with that of others? Is that 1TB flash drive you bought on an auction site from China really as fast as the listing said it was? Let us find out!

This week’s blog looks at video recording on the AWOW AK41 Mini PC. OBS Studio relies heavily on a PC's GPU. But the AWOW AK41 doesn’t have a dedicated graphics card. This Mini PC uses the Intel UHD Graphics 605, an integrated processor graphics unit from the Gemini Lake generation.