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Prying the lid off of government data

The open data movement extends the ideals of open source to government data and, ultimately, all the world’s knowledge.

Creating custom ISO images

If you are looking to customize your Linux distribution, we show you three graphical front ends for creating bootable ISO images.

Circuit simulation with hardware description languages

Designing field-programmable gate arrays is only half the job: The hardest part is the simulation, but Linux is the best place to tackle certain challenges.

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In the news: New Release of Br OS Includes ChatGPT Integration, Command-Line Only Peropesis 2.1, TUXEDO Computers Announces InfinityBook Pro 14, Linux Kernel 6.3 Release Includes Interesting Features, Fedora 38 Released with New Features, LXQt 1.3 Rele…

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This month in Linux Voice.

Migrating social media data with the data transfer project

The Data Transfer Project wants to make it easier to move your data between social media sites.

Build your own Slackware repository

If you deploy software packages to several computers, the standard Slackware tools lack efficiency. We show you how to create a custom repository to automatically install and upgrade software for multiple systems.

Control your backup NAS from the desktop

To be able to power up and shut down his NAS and check the current status without getting out of his chair, Mike Schilli programs a graphical interface that sends a Magic Packet in this month’s column.

One-stop solutions for Linux

Linux users can now experience what Windows and macOS users have enjoyed for decades: hardware, software, and services bundled together. We look at six of these one-stop solutions for Linux.

Considering FOSS Databases

There are many FOSS databases available inexpensively today, and they might serve new projects well.

Make a camera for lenticular photography

You can take lenticular images with a homemade camera to re-create the "wiggle" pictures of your childhood.

Managing open data with CKAN

CKAN, a versatile data management system, lets you build a portal to share your open data.

Open-Source Linux Foundation Connectivity Effort Takes Flight Thanks to Meta

Meta is contributing a series of technologies to a new open-source initiative designed to help improve networking connectivity. Learn more here.
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Parallels Desktop Update Adds Support for Ubuntu 23.04 VMs

A clutch of Ubuntu fixes features in the latest update to Parallels Desktop, a popular proprietary and paid virtualization suite for macOS. If you’re now scratching your head wondering why you’re reading about Mac software on an Ubuntu blog…

Alma Linux 9.2, Rocky Linux 9.2 Are Now RHEL 9.2 Alternatives

Based on the RHEL 9.2 release, both Alma Linux 9.2 and Rocky Linux 9.2 bring pretty much the same new features and improvements.
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How to Enable/Re-enable ‘Tab’ Key Auto-Completion in Ubuntu 22.04

The ‘Tab’ key bash auto-completion does not work for you? Here’s how to re-enable this feature in Ubuntu. When typing in terminal/command console, user can press ‘Tab’ key to auto-complete command, options, file path & name. This feature is quite useful and available out-of-the-box for every user with home directory. If you broke something done […]

DashBar is a Compact All-in-One Taskbar GNOME Extension

If you’re looking to trick your GNOME Shell desktop out with a classy new taskbar extension that’s low on system resources check out DashBar. Admittedly GNOME Shell is not short of taskbar, panel, and dock extensions. A wide range of altern…

Malicious Open-Source Components Threatening Digital Infrastructure

Henrik Plate, lead security researcher at Endor Labs, discusses the dual-edged nature of open-source software. Learn more here.
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Using the Linux Cat Command to Manage Files and Directories

by George Whittaker

In the realm of Linux command-line tools, few commands are as versatile and widely used as cat. This article dives deep into the capabilities of the Linux cat comma…