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The LXD team is very excited to announce the release of LXD 3.15!

 devconnected: In this post we will setup a 2 Node Elasticsearch Cluster which will be installed on Ubuntu 18.04.

Linuxize: This tutorial explains how to change the hostname on Debian 10 Buster without restarting the system.

In this article we use examples and experimentation to demonstrate the basic usage of the timeout command

Nixcraft: Learn how to set up an OpenVPN Server on Debian Linux version 10 server to shield my browsing activity from bad guys on public Wi-Fi

Learn how to create a bootable Debian 10 (Buster) USB stick.

The Budgie Desktop is one of the latest and modern Gnome-based desktop that gives a minimal and elegant desktop experience and is available for all major Linux distributions.

 LinuxUprising: Want to add a timestamp (date and time) next to each command from your Bash history?

This guide lists 3 different methods to automatically disable Touchpad when external Mouse is connected in Ubuntu and its variants.

TechRepublic: Much of the signal in IBM's acquisition of Red Hat revolves around containers and application development, but don't forget the potential to make IBM the center of the commercial open source universe

ZDnet: Facebook releases Hermes to improve app performance on low-end Android phones.

LinuxJournal: In this article, I want to look at a GIS option available for Linux—specifically, a program called SAGA (System for Automated Geoscientific Analyses).

LinuxInsider: Debian Linux 10 Buster, released July 9, is a boring upgrade.

Fedora Silverblue is becoming more and more popular inside and outside the Fedora world

ars technica: But will this "completely free" release run afoul of Steam Community Guidelines?

With path units, you can monitor files and directories for events and use them to execute service units.

The df command is used for checking disk space in Linux.

fre:ac is a free and open source audio converter and CD ripper with support for various popular formats and encoders.

Linux console file managers can be very helpful in a day to day tasks

KDE Plasma 5.16.3 comes two weeks after the KDE Plasma 5.16.2 update

ContainerJournal: Canonical continues to pursue a somewhat bifurcated approach to containers.

LinuxPro Magazine: To protect your production server from attacks, employ these common security tools to help safeguard your system.

Open source and collaborative, the Yocto Project provides the tools and support you need to build custom Linux IoT systems successfully.

LinuxJournal: What happens when you're locked in to a vendor that's too big to fail, but is on the opposite end of a trade war?

When backups fail and files are lost, it's time for emergency measures.

NetworkWorld: Edge computing is augmenting the role that Linux plays in our day-to-day lives.

 Not sure if this really works...but read the article to find out and try it for yourself.

MakeTechEasier: Discord is free to use and manage, has VOIP support and is pretty customizable too.

 techrights: Beware of exFAT

 NetworkWorld: Will Red Hat be the same in an IBM world?

Syncthing, an open source continuous file synchronization tool, had a new release

Learn how you can install the ALSA utility package if it is already not installed on your Ubuntu installation

A Node.js process manager is a useful tool to ensure that a Node.js process or script runs continuously (forever) and can enable it to auto-start at system boot.

 Learn about open source utilities to monitor the network traffic, bandwidth and internet speed in Linux.

While Ubuntu is based on Debian, they are two different distros.

This article describes several approaches to find out what ports are opened to the outside on your system.

ZDnet: The deal is done. Here's where the open-source powers see their path moving forward.

System76's Thelio line-up offers customers out-of-this-world handcrafted desktop systems powered by the company's in-house developed Pop!_OS Linux operating system or Canonical's Ubuntu Linux

Cloaker is one of the easiest tools to encrypt and decrypt single files with cross-platform support

Pipx is a free and open source utility that allows you to install and run Python applications in an isolated virtual environments in Linux.