| by Scott Kilroy

Working with the JSON data format

JSON data format is a standard feature of today’s Internet – and a common option for mobile and desktop apps – but many users still regard it as something of a mystery. We’ll take a close look at JSON format and some of the free tools you can use for r…

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| by Scott Kilroy

Create GUI dialogs in one line of code

The Zenity command-line utility lets you create simple dialog boxes with your own data or with the output of utilities and applications.

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| by Scott Kilroy

The Long Life of Open Source Code

As two examples of how open source code can evolve, maddog discusses the long history of text editors and of the RAND message handling system.

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| by Scott Kilroy

Quantum computers and the quest for quantum-resilient encryption

The encryption methods we use today are no match for tomorrow’s quantum computers. We’ll show you why and what’s ahead for cryptography in the post-quantum era.

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| by Scott Kilroy

Go library shows filesystem changes across platforms

Inotify lets applications subscribe to change notifications in the filesystem. Mike Schilli uses the cross-platform fsnotify library to instruct a Go program to detect what’s happening.

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| by Scott Kilroy

News Flash: COBOL Rises from Its Own Non-Ashes

 

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| by Scott Kilroy

Markdown-based knowledge base

Obsidian helps you think and work more effectively by giving you a tool to record, connect, and catalog your ideas and related notes.

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| by Scott Kilroy

How to Create a Sudo User in Ubuntu Linux

In this tutorial, we will see how to create a new user in Ubuntu 20.04 and how to grant sudo access to the user. 

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| by Scott Kilroy

How to Install XAMPP on Ubuntu 20.04

In this guide, we will see how to install XAMPP on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.

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| by Scott Kilroy

Run Linux on Refurbished Mini PCs Part 2: The Processor

This series recommends what to choose when buying a refurbished mini PC to run Linux as a desktop computer. For this article we focus on the CPU.

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| by Arround The Web

Distribution Release: KaOS 2021.04

KaOS is a rolling release distribution which is focused on providing one polished desktop (KDE Plasma) on one CPU architecture (x86_64). The distribution has published a new snapshot, 2021.04, which revamps the KaOS Community Packages utility (kcp). T…

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| by Scott Kilroy

GNU Linux-Libre 5.12 Kernel Released for Those Who Seek 100% Freedom for Their PCs

Based on the recently released Linux kernel 5.12, the GNU Linux-libre 5.12 kernel is packed with the same new features as the upstream kernel, but it cleans up many of the newly added drivers.

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| by Scott Kilroy

LFCA Part 13: Learn Fundamentals of Cloud Computing

To better understand and appreciate the concept of Cloud computing, let’s go back in time and see how the technology environment looked like before the advent of cloud technology.

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| by Scott Kilroy

Flatpak 1.12 Development Kicks Off with Steam Improvements, Better Support for TUI Programs

Flatpak promises several new features like better support for the Steam Linux Runtime mechanism, allowing Steam to launch games with its own container runtime as /usr.
Flatpak 1.12 Development Kicks Off with Steam Improvements, Better Support for TUI P…

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| by Scott Kilroy

How to Install Apache Tomcat 9 with Nginx Proxy on Debian 10

Tomcat is a free, open-source and lightweight application server used to deploy Java-based applications. In this tutorial, I will show you how to install Tomcat 9 with Nginx on Debian 10.

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| by Scott Kilroy

SniperPhish: An All-in-One Open-Source Phishing Toolkit

Perfect for pen testers and other security professionals to set up and execute email and web-based spear phishing campaigns.

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| by Arround The Web

Distribution Release: Fedora 34

Matthew Miller has announced the release of Fedora 34, the latest version of the popular Linux distribution sponsored by Red Hat: “I’m excited to share the results of the hard work of thousands of contributors to the Fedora Project: our latest release…

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| by Scott Kilroy

Top 10 Features of Fedora 34 Workstation

You’ll be surprised to find out that this release going to be a massive one.

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| by Scott Kilroy

10 Things to Do After Installing Ubuntu 21.04 “Hirsute Hippo”

Ubuntu 21.04 is released a while back, and I am sure you are enjoying your time with Hippo! So, here’s a list of 10 things to do after installing Ubuntu 21.04.

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| by Scott Kilroy

GNOME’s GUADEC 2021 Conference Will Take Place July 21-25 to Future-Proof FOSS

GUADEC is the place where users and developers from all over the world gather together to share knowledge and discuss the GNOME desktop environment.

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