Displaying bandwidth usage with Go

A Go program running on a Raspberry Pi grabs metrics from a pfSense firewall and displays them on a miniature display to help Mike Schilli keep an eye on his Internet connection’s bandwidth usage.

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Updates on technologies, trends, and tools

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This month in Linux Voice and Elvie.

Setting up an e-commerce system

Thirty bees offers a feature rich, open source e-commerce solution for setting up your online store.

Make a web archive using ePub

Saving web pages to ebooks conserves space and leads to easier reading.

Run Python on old Arduino modules

Reuse your old Arduino hardware while learning Python.

First Arch Linux ISO Release Powered by Linux 6.9 Is Now Available for Download

Arch Linux 2024.06.01 is now available for download as Arch Linux’s ISO release for June 2024 powered by Linux kernel 6.9 and featuring an improved installation experience.
The post First Arch Linux ISO Release Powered by Linux 6.9 Is Now Available for…

Linux Lite 7.0 “Galena” Officially Released with Xfce 4.18, Based on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

Linux Lite 7.0 distribution is now available for download based on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and featuring the Xfce 4.18 desktop environment. Here’s what’s new!
The post Linux Lite 7.0 “Galena” Officially Released with Xfce 4.18, Based on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS appea…

How to Install Emby Media Server on Ubuntu 22.04

Emby is an open-source alternative to Plex Media Server. This guide will show you how to install Emby Media Server on an Ubuntu 22.04 server. You will run Emby with Nginx as a reverse proxy and secure Emby via SSL/TLS certificates via Letsencrypt.

NetworkManager 1.48 Improves Detection of 6 GHz Band Capability for Wi-Fi Devices

NetworkManager 1.48 open-source network connection manager for Linux-based distributions is now available with various improvements and some new features. Here’s what’s new!
The post NetworkManager 1.48 Improves Detection of 6 GHz Band Capability for W…

How To See Laptop Temperature & Fan Speed on Ubuntu 24.04

This tutorial will show you a simple way how to show temperature and fan speed on an Ubuntu 24.04 laptop. This is extremely useful especially when your laptop tends to be hot and you live at a hot place. We use ThinkPad T430 as example for this tutoria…

Install Google Earth in Ubuntu 24.04 | 22.04 (Step by Step)

This is a step by step beginner’s guide shows how to install Google Earth Pro or Enterprise Client in Ubuntu 24.04, Ubuntu 22.04, and Ubuntu 20.04 Today we can use Google Earth easily in web browser or mobile phone. For those still need a desktop app, it’s easy to install in Debian/Ubuntu through: either Google’s […]

poke @ Savannah: GNU poke 4.1 released

I am happy to announce a new release of GNU poke, version 4.1.

This is a bugfix release in the 4.x series.

See the file NEWS in the distribution tarball for a list of issues

fixed in this release.

The tarball poke-4.1.tar.gz is now availabl…

How to whitelist an IP in Fail2ban on Debian Linux

How to whitelist an IP in Fail2ban on Debian Linux. Fail2Ban is used to protect servers against brute force attacks. Fail2ban uses iptables to block attackers, so, if we want to add permanent IP address and never be blocked, we must add it in the confi…

Install Multiple Python Versions on Ubuntu With Pyenv

The pyenv tool lets you install and use different Python versions on the same system.

GNU Guix: Source code archiving in Guix: new publication

We are glad to announce the publication of a new research paper entitled
Source Code Archiving to the Rescue of Reproducible
Deployment for the ACM Conference
on Reproducibility and Replicability.
The paper presents work that has been done since we s…

Systemd-Free and Immutable Distro Nitrux 3.5 Is Here with Mesa 24.1, NVIDIA 555

Nitrux 3.5 distribution is now available for download as a monthly update that adds some of the latest GNU/Linux technologies and updated apps. Here’s what’s new!
The post Systemd-Free and Immutable Distro Nitrux 3.5 Is Here with Mesa 24.1, NVIDIA 555 …

Microsoft Announce WSL Updates, Including New Settings App

Those using Ubuntu on Windows through the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) may be interested to know that ‘significant updates’ are on the way. In a blog post to recap things discussed as the recent Microsoft BUILD event the company’…

KaOS Linux 2024.05 Adds Bcachfs Support and More

With updates all around, KaOS Linux now includes support for the bcachefs file system.

Understanding Linux Filesystems: Inodes, Block Sizes, and Data Structures

by George Whittaker

Introduction

A filesystem is a fundamental component of any operating system. It is the system that manages how data is stored and retrieved on a storage device. I…