The FreeBSD team has announced the availability of the third update to the operating system’s 12.x branch. FreeBSD 12.3 includes several bug fixes to the kernel, userland updates, and improvements to network drivers. The project’s release announcement…
Researchers at Spectral recently discovered a security flaw in Kafdrop, a popular open-source UI and management interface for Apache Kafka clusters that has been downloaded more than 20 million times. The Kafdrop flaw has allowed the data from Kafka clusters – everything from financial transactions to mission-critical data – to be exposed internet-wide. It can […]
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Fly Pie is a GNOME Shell launcher (available as an extension) designed for users who have one hand on the mouse most of the time. It can be used to launch applications, URLs, recent files, simulate hotkeys, access the clipboard, and more. It works unde…
The Amnesic Incognito Live System (Tails) is a Debian-based live DVD/USB with the goal of providing complete Internet anonymity for the user. The project’s latest release is Tails 4.25 introduces a number of package updates for key components. It also…
Call for Sessions and FSF Award nominations have been extended until December 15. No news yet on whether Richard Stallman will be a speaker.
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Acra’s features enable the implementation of application-level encryption in modern cloud applications, saving development costs and allowing tighter grip on sensitive data lifecycle. Security teams value that Acra unifies security control set around sensitive data, combining 9 strong data security controls on one choke point to data access: application-level encryption, searchable encryption, data masking, data […]
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In this tutorial, I am going to show you how to install the current stable release of PHP 8.1 on Ubuntu 21.04. PHP is a general-purpose scripting language suitable for web development. Most websites out there are programmed using PHP language because it is: Fast – PHP is fast because it runs on its own […]
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I’ve installed first MySQL and then MariaDB; again without a reason to install in that order. You can do it the other way (first Maria, then MySQL) or even different versions of the same database.
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Autodesk EAGLE is available for Linux, but it’s proprietary software. What are the best free and open source alternatives to Autodesk EAGLE? EAGLE is a scriptable electronic design automation (EDA) application with schematic capture, printed circuit board (PCB) layout, auto-router, and computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) features. Several open source alternatives are available to Linux users. Learn […]
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All the Software Freedom Conservancy wants is for Vizio to release the open-source Linux and software code it’s bundled into its TV firmware. Is Vizio going to? Nope.
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Tenable has enhanced Terrascan, an open-source cloud-native security analyzer that helps developers secure Infrastructure as Code (IaC). The new capabilities enable organizations to embed security into their DevOps tooling, pipelines, and supply chains…
This week was all about new distro releases. We’ve got Nitrux 1.7.1, 4MLinux 38.0, NixOS 21.11, EndeavourOS Atlantis, and last but not least a new Arch Linux ISO release, the first to be powered by the Linux 5.15 LTS kernel series. On top of that, we got a major Blender release with dozens of goodies […]
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While it may sound like a new Ubuntu-based distribution, Gamebuntu is in fact a simple application that automatically installs things needed for a complete and fully functional gaming setup on Ubuntu. The app is targeted at ex-Windows users (a.k.a. Linux newcomers) who want to switch from Windows to Linux/Ubuntu and do some gaming. It works […]
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The blockchain-based virtual world platform’s membership will bring at least $135,000 in additional funding to the open-source Blender project.
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In this article, we will go through various ways of creating directories using the mkdir command, as well as how to use most of its options. The mkdir (Make Directory) command allows you to create directories from the command line. When used with the right options, it can be a fairly versatile utility. Learn more […]
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In this guide, we are going to learn how to install and configure Grafana in Rocky Linux/AlmaLinux/CentOS 8. This guide will also work on other RHEL 8 based derivatives. Grafana is a multi-platform, open-source analytics and interactive visualization web application. It provides charts, graphs, and alerts for the web when connected to supported data sources. […]
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Some Linux distributions are easy, but others, they’re for the experts. If that’s you, read on. We’re rating the best Linux desktops for pros here.
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UEFI or Unified Extensible Firmware Interface is considered the firmware replacement for BIOS. It comes with more features and functionality than on BIOS, and it is available on motherboards and modern PCs. This guide will show you how to enable UEFI s…
by Charles Fisher
Introduction
OpenBSD has recently stressed to us the value of key rotation by their use of “Signify” distribution release signatures. We have realized that SSH keys …
I launch headfirst into 2009, aka the era flashy Linux desktop effects, as I check out a new GNOME extension that enables a rotating 3D cube desktop effect.
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