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October 28, 2020 | by Scott Kilroy

Essential software tools for the working scientist

Linux and science are a natural fit. These are a handful of essential software packages both for getting work done and presenting it to others.

October 28, 2020 | by Scott Kilroy

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This month in Linux Voice.

October 28, 2020 | by Scott Kilroy

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Shared hosting is the best way for first-time webmasters to get started. But what do you do about backup?

October 28, 2020 | by Scott Kilroy

Cloning multiple computers with Clonezilla SE

Managing a network of computers can be an involved process. Clonezilla SE lets you image and roll out multiple machines with ease.

October 28, 2020 | by Scott Kilroy

Simple steps for securing your Linux system

A good reputation does not protect your Linux systems from attack. We’ll show you some tips for detecting and warding off intruders.

October 28, 2020 | by Scott Kilroy

Quick and easy with PySimpleGUI

Use the same code for your Python GUI and web apps.

October 28, 2020 | by Scott Kilroy

Kernel News

This month in Kernel News: Shared Processes with Hyper-Threading; Cleaning Up printk(); and Rust in the Kernel.

October 28, 2020 | by Scott Kilroy

Christmas fun for makers

Make your own Christmas music box with a microcontroller, servomotor, NeoPixel LED ring, and mini-MP3 player.

October 28, 2020 | by Scott Kilroy

Teaching Three Times

Free and open source solutions have huge potential for use in high school and college education. So why aren’t schools using more of them?

October 28, 2020 | by Scott Kilroy

A Go program displays song lyrics line by line

Bathtub singer Mike Schilli builds a Go tool that manages song lyrics from YAML files and helps him learn them by heart, line by line.

October 28, 2020 | by Scott Kilroy

Managing servers with the Cockpit admin tool

Meet Cockpit, an easy management tool that lets you watch your Linux servers from a convenient, web-based interface.

October 28, 2020 | by Scott Kilroy

Seven general-purpose Git utilities

Once you’ve started using Git, these seven utilities can help you get the most out of this essential version control system.

October 28, 2020 | by Scott Kilroy

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How long has the Linux server been running without rebooting? And how often has the system rebooted without you noticing? These questions and more are answered by the tuptime tool.

October 28, 2020 | by Scott Kilroy

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The popular AsciiDoc documentation system still has a lot to offer, but more experienced users should check out Asciidoctor, which has some additional new features.

October 28, 2020 | by Scott Kilroy

Eureka!

Fd is an uncomplicated find replacement that discovers lost treasures in the filesystem in next to no time. Charly would love to deploy an amazing tool like this in the analog world of his office.

October 28, 2020 | by Scott Kilroy

Building a database front end with Jam.py

Create a convenient interface to your database with Jam.py.

October 28, 2020 | by Scott Kilroy

Distros with KDE Plasma support

KDE Plasma’s philosophy of customization has led to some unusual variations that promise a desktop to meet everyone’s taste.

October 28, 2020 | by Scott Kilroy

Linux Bash Shell Special Characters

There are a set of characters the Bash shell treats in two different ways. When you type them at the shell, they act as instructions or commands and tell the shell to perform a certain function. Think of them as single-character commands. If you want to master the Bash shell on Linux, macOS, or another […]

October 28, 2020 | by Scott Kilroy

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October 28, 2020 | by Scott Kilroy

Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla) Released and Download link Included

Sponsored Link The Ubuntu 20.10 release is out. “The Ubuntu kernel has been updated to the 5.8 based Linux kernel, and our default toolchain has moved to gcc 10 with glibc 2.32. Additionally, there is now a desktop variant of the Raspberry Pi image for Raspberry Pi 4 4GB and 8GB. Ubuntu Desktop 20.10 introduces […]