Coinbase Publishes Kryptology Library of Distributed Crypto Algorithms

Coinbase, the company supporting the eponymous digital currency exchange platform, announced the opening of the source texts of the cryptographic library Kryptology. Kryptology offers a set of cryptographic algorithms for use in distributed systems in which encryption and authentication is carried out with the involvement of several participants. The code is written in the Go […]

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AssaultCube 1.3 Free Multiplayer Shooter is Finally Here

AssaultCube is a free multiplayer first-person shooter game, based on the CUBE engine. It hasn’t seen a new release since 2013, but now it’s back with AssaultCube 1.3 Lockdown Edition to the delight of all Linux fans.
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Proton 6.3-8 Brings Support for Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, Mass Effect Legendary Edition

Proton 6.3-8 is a massive update that brings support for numerous Windows games, which you can now play on your Linux box. Among these, there’s Age of Empires 4, Assassin’s Creed, Breath of Death VI, Call of Duty: Black Ops II singleplayer, DEATHLOOP, FIA European Truck Racing Championship, Fly’N, Game Dev Tycoon, Ghostbusters: The Video […]

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How to Install Zoom on Linux

If you’ve been wondering whether you can install Zoom on Linux, we answer that here, showing how to install Zoom on Linux distributions.
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BREAKING: Ken Starks Hangs Up His Spurs at Reglue

In the beginning, it was The HeliOS Project, and just getting donations of equipment was a challenge, to say the least. But by 2012, they’d had morphed into a nonprofit with its own facility, and a pool of over 100 volunteers who made Reglue.org the success it became. Since then, Reglue.org has placed 2,237 computers […]

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🎮 Playing Mario on Linux (Ubuntu, Manjaro, Fedora)

This guide is pretty straightforward, it allows you to play your favorite retro game Mario on your Linux distribution. It doesn’t matter which distro you are using – Ubuntu, Mint, Fedora, Manjaro or many be Debian. All you have to do is just follow along and you will be able to live your childhood 👶 […]

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Blender Community Releases Sprite Fright Animated Movie

The Blender Project has unveiled a new animated short, ”Sprite Fright,” a Halloween-themed ’80s horror-comedy movie. The project was led by Matthew Luhn, known for his work at Pixar Studios
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How To Run macOS Software On Linux Using Darling

Darling is a translation layer that allows us to run macOS applications on Linux. Darling emulates a complete Darwin environment in Linux.
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Take a Look at 20 Best Open-Source Security Tools

Over the past quarter of a century, the open-source movement has gone from strength to strength. But that success and the openness inherent in the community have led to a major challenge – security. The more software that is developed, the greater the likelihood there is for vulnerabilities. To make matters worse, the open-source world prides […]

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Using top: 16 Command Examples in Linux

In our previous articles, we have covered the basics of ls and cat. In this article, we explore the top command which is one of the most frequently used commands in our daily system administrative jobs.
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Linux for Starters: Your Guide to Linux – Try Different Desktops – Part 16

Today in our series that offers a gentle introduction to Linux for newcomers. We explore different desktop environments you can try without installing a different flavour of Ubuntu. There’s KDE, XFCE, MATE, and Budgie.
 
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Top 5 Linux Themes for Mate Desktop Environment

Recently Mate 1.26 was released and most of the users curious about tweaks have changed their Mate desktop environment’s look with some beautiful themes. In this post, we are going to cover five top Linux themes for Mate Desktop Environment.
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How To Upgrade To Debian 11 Bullseye From Debian 10 Buster

Debian 11 bullseye is released! Here is how to upgrade to Debian “bullseye: from Debian 10 buster from command line.
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How to Handle Spikes in Website Traffic

It’s exciting to see an increase in visitors to your website. More traffic usually means more cash – or, at the very least, more readers. However, traffic growth isn’t necessarily the product of organic growth. What if you have to deal with a sudden su…

Debian Edu 11 “Bullseye” Intended to Be a Complete Linux Solution for Schools

Based on the recently released Debian GNU/Linux 11 “Bullseye” operating system series, Debian Edu 11 “Bullseye” is here to provide you with an out-of-the box environment for configuring a complete and fully capable school network. New features in Debian Edu 11 include support for LTSP (Linux Terminal Server Project) diskless workstations and thin clients supporting […]

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Predator-OS: Built for Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking

Linux predator-OS, the OS that naturally preys on others is a security-centric free open-source Linux project for penetration testing and ethical hacking. You can also use it as a private, hardened, secure, and anonymized Linux distro Established in 2021, by Hossein Seilany who is also the developer of https://emperor-os.com/, Predator-OS is a free open-source community […]

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Learn the Networking Basics Every Sysadmin Needs to Know

Networking is one of a sysadmin’s most important duties, so make sure you have the essentials covered.
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Emulate the BBC Micro Home Computer with Linux

The BBC Microcomputer System—also known as the BBC Micro or affectionately the “Beeb”—was a series of microcomputers designed and built by the Acorn Computer company for the BBC Computer Literacy Project, operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation. The BBC Micro was hugely successful in the UK, selling over 1.5 million units, and was widely used […]

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How To Execute Shell Commands Via PHP

This post discusses how to execute shell commands via PHP. The ability to execute shell commands is a powerful feature and should be used carefully. As such, not all hosting providers will allow you to execute shell commands.
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5 Things I Wish I’d Known Before Becoming a Sysadmin

Being an IT professional, you know that information is important. Here are five bits of information I wish I’d known before signing on the dotted line as a sysadmin.
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