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    Little Friend

    KolibriOS, written in assembler, is especially suited to very old hardware – it even fits on a floppy disk.

  • Welcome

    The Internet is a vast and beautiful thing – our ancestors would be amazed. I probably wouldn't have my job without the Internet, and if you work with Linux, the chances are your job, either directly or indirectly, depends on the Internet as well.

  • Figure 1: All the utilities in moreutils have well-written man pages to help you out if you forget how to use them.

    Tutorials – moreutils

    Upgrade your Bash sessions with extra features and power.

  • Figure 1: Rclone helps you with all major cloud driver providers.

    Charly's Column – Rclone

    Having a good backup is a matter of course for sys admin columnist Charly K¸hnast, but devices could still fall victim to fire or theft some day. Because he has enough free space on Google Drive, he doesn't need to search long for a solution. The only thing missing is the right tool.

News and Articles

  • Virtual Shootout

    VirtualBox and VMware Workstation Player are popular virtualization options that won't cost you a penny. Which is best for you?

  • Well Packed

    Need Android apps in a separate window on the Linux desktop? Anbox is the answer. Unlike common Android emulators, the software relies on LXC containers and kernel namespaces. We tested the pre-alpha version.

  • Playground

    If you don't have room on your desk for a whole laboratory of servers, simply hitch up a virtual playground on your own workstation.

  • FAQ

    Break out of the cyber confines of your computer, and program the real world.

  • Horses and Riders

    Decision trees help machines emulate human behavior. Thanks to artificial intelligence, programs can autonomously build decision trees by learning from existing real-life data. Can an AI system determine who was operating a particular vehicle by analyzing driving style?

  • On the DVD

    Manjaro Gnome 17.0 (64-bit) and Kubuntu 17.04 (32-bit)

  • Obstacles to Open Hardware Development

    Crowdfunding open hardware makes it easier to realize your dreams, but the road to success has obstacles.

  • FOSSPicks

    Graham reviews the best free software, including OBS Studio 20, Green Recorder 3.0, gtop, Bitcoin Core v0.14.2, Natron, Solarus, and more!

  • News Analysis

    A hack on patent law, based on copyleft, could render patents useless.

  • NEWS

    In the news: Reddit closing doors to open source, VMware brings its cloud to AWS, Gnome celebrates its 20th birthday, SQL Server comes to RHEL; OpenShift comes to Azure, and FDA recalls nearly half a million pacemakers over security concerns.