Linux

5 Reasons Why I Love Coding On Linux
Linux is a great platform for programming—it’s logical, easy to see the source code, and very efficient. In 2021, there are more reasons why people love Linux than ever before. In this series, I’ll share 21 different ways to use Linux. Here I’ll explain why so many programmers choose Linux. When I first started using …

4 Reasons To Choose Linux For Art And Design
Open source enhances creativity by breaking you out of a proprietary mindset and opening your mind to possibilities. Explore several open source creative programs. In 2021, there are more reasons why people love Linux than ever before. In this series, I’ll share 21 different reasons to use Linux. Today I’ll explain why Linux is an …

Understanding Linus’s Law For Open Source Security
Linus’s Law is that given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow. How does this apply to open source software security? In 2021, there are more reasons why people love Linux than ever before. In this series, I’ll share 21 different reasons to use Linux. This article discusses Linux’s influence on the security of open source …

Convert Your Windows Install Into A VM On Linux
Here’s how I configured a VirtualBox VM to use a physical Windows drive on my Linux workstation. I use VirtualBox frequently to create virtual machines for testing new versions of Fedora, new application programs, and lots of administrative tools like Ansible. I have even used VirtualBox to test the creation of a Windows guest host. …

Bring An Old MacBook Back To Life With Linux
It takes about an hour to make an outdated Mac useful again with Fedora. Recently, I stumbled on an old MacBook Pro 13″ from late 2011, with a 125GB SSD and 8GB RAM. I’ve taken this machine on trips around the world, and back in the day, I ran many a session, workshop, or demo …

8 Tips For The Linux Command Line
Take advantage of all of the powers the almighty Linux command line has to offer. The Linux command line provides a great deal of flexibility. Whether you are managing a server or launching a terminal window on a desktop system, the command line brings with it an extensive toolkit to update files, tweak system performance, …

Red Hat Pairs Innovation with Stability In Latest Version Of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Further Extends Linux as Foundation For Digital Transformation
Red Hat, Inc., the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, announced Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.3, the latest version of the world’s leading enterprise Linux platform. Generally available in the coming weeks, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.3 fuses the stability required by IT operations teams with cloud-native innovation, providing a more stable platform for …

Vibrant Networking, Edge Open Source Development On Full Display At Open Networking & Edge Summit
The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, marked significant progress in the open networking and edge spaces. In advance of the Open Networking and Edge Summit happening September 28-30, Linux Foundation umbrella projects LF Edge and LF Networking demonstrate recent achievements highlighting trends that set the stage for next-generation technology. …

Canonical Enables Linux Desktop App Support With Flutter
Google’s goal for Flutter has always been to provide a portable framework for building beautiful UIs that run at native speeds no matter what platform you target. To validate this capability, we started by focusing on the mobile platforms, Android and iOS, where we’ve seen more than 80,000 fast, beautiful Flutter apps published to Google …

OpenGauss Open Source Community Officially Launch
Huawei announced to open source the code of openGauss database, and built up the openGauss community. https://opengauss.org/en/ officially goes live. openGauss is an open source relational database management system, which leveraged years of Huawei’s industry experience at database. We believe the magic of open source community will collaborate more developers to join in and co-work to design …