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Docker’s Bad Week

Instead of focusing on the poorly communicated decision to sunset Free Teams, look at the company’s overall direction to focus on what developers want. Docker had a bad week. What’s less clear is whether Docker deserved it. For those who haven’t heard, last week Docker announced that it was sunsetting Free Team subscriptions. Some in the open source world read this as “pay up or lose your data.” In light of the uproar, Docker was quick to apologize: “We did a terrible job announcing the end of Docker Free Teams.” Unsurprisingly, this failed to placate its most vociferous critics: “The open source community…

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How To Use Bash

Ever been daunted by writing Bash scripts or using the terminal? Many developers prefer to use the graphical user interface (GUI) to navigate their files and applications on their computers. With Bash, developers on macOS and Linux operating systems (OS) can do lots of computer processes right from the terminal without ever having to use their mouse or the keyboard for interaction. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to write simple Bash scripts and how you can 10X your productivity efficiently. What is Bash? Bash, also known as Bourne Again Shell, is an interactive shell or command line interpreter popular…

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Own Your Cloud With NextcloudPi On The Raspberry Pi

Install NextcloudPi on your Raspberry Pi in less than 30 minutes, synchronize your mobile devices with your own Nextcloud, and gain total digital sovereignty and privacy. You can now say goodbye to big commercial cloud providers and manage your appointments, contacts, and other data in your own home network. Install NextcloudPi on your Raspberry Pi in less than 30 minutes, synchronize your mobile devices with your own Nextcloud, and gain total digital sovereignty and privacy! I remember when the first Raspberry Pi hit the market in 2012. My Linux friends and I were absolutely thrilled: a tiny computer, available for…

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Python 3.12.0 Alpha 6 Released

Release Date: March 8, 2023 This is an early developer preview of Python 3.12. Major new features of the 3.12 series, compared to 3.11 Python 3.12 is still in development. This release, 3.12.0a6 is the sixth of seven planned alpha releases. Alpha releases are intended to make it easier to test the current state of new features and bug fixes and to test the release process. During the alpha phase, features may be added up until the start of the beta phase (2023-05-08) and, if necessary, may be modified or deleted up until the release candidate phase (2023-07-31). Please keep…

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Build Customer Trust Through Secure Front End App Development & Cyber Security

Building customer trust and making your app reliable have become the need of the hour. With the rise of online transactions and data sharing, customers expect their personal information to be kept secure. As a result, businesses must prioritize cybersecurity and ensure that their front-end app development is secure. People are more susceptible to cyberattacks and data breaches as a result of the growing usage of mobile apps and the internet. In addition to damaging customer trust, a security breach may have legal and financial ramifications. Businesses may strengthen user trust and increase cyber security through front-end app development. Here…

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A New Smartphone Operating System That Puts Privacy First

A Swiss-based start-up is developing an operating system that aims to be a more secure alternative to Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android. Trust in the big smartphone operating systems has been increasingly eroded in recent years due to gaps in data protection resulting in several major court decisions. The Swiss start-up Apostrophy AG wants to address this issue and announced at the World Economic Forum 2023 last week in Davos that it will offer a new operating system with significantly better data protection. The highlight of the new system: the apps installed on the operating system are segregated from each other and,…

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Open Source Software Leader The Eclipse Foundation Previews Its Showcase At Embedded World 2023

Come see the Eclipse Foundation and Zettascale in Hall 4, Booth 4-554 BRUSSELS, Belgium – MARCH 8, 2023 – The Eclipse Foundation, one of the world’s largest open source software foundations, today announced a preview of what it will be showcasing at this year’s Embedded World Exhibition and Conference, taking place in Nuremberg, Germany from March 14-16. As one of the most highly anticipated technology events in all of Europe, Embedded World offers unprecedented insight into the world of embedded systems, from components and modules to operating systems, hardware and software design, M2M communication, services, and various issues related to…

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3 Tips To Manage Large Postgres Databases

Try these handy solutions to common problems when dealing with huge databases. The relational database PostgreSQL (also known as Postgres) has grown increasingly popular, and enterprises and public sectors use it across the globe. With this widespread adoption, databases have become larger than ever. At Crunchy Data, we regularly work with databases north of 20TB, and our existing databases continue to grow. My colleague David Christensen and I have gathered some tips about managing a database with huge tables. Big tables Production databases commonly consist of many tables with varying data, sizes, and schemas. It’s common to end up with…

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Avoiding Vendor Lock-In And The Data Gravity Trap

One of the primary reasons companies fail to innovate is that they are locked into a specific vendor’s technology. Watch out for these pitfalls. In order to remain competitive, today’s businesses need to always be innovating. However, innovating remains a challenge for many organizations as they struggle to adopt the technologies they need to enable it. One of the primary reasons for this struggle is that these organizations are locked into a specific vendor’s technology. Customer lock-in happens when a customer is unable to migrate to another vendor’s services. This could be due to proprietary technology that is not compatible…

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How I Use Ansible To Add A Feature To My Linux KDE Desktop

Follow this tutorial to see how I use KService and Ansible on my Linux KDE desktop. I run the KDE Plasma Desktop on my computer because it’s a flexible environment with lots of options for customization. Having choices in your desktop is about more than just having lots of menus and buttons to activate or deactivate. The thing I love most about KDE Plasma Desktop is the ability to add my own features to it. One reason this is possible is KServices, a simple but powerful plugin framework for handling desktop services. Add functions to the right-click menu In the KDE Plasma…

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