• Sweeping Up

    Web browsers collect a large amount of data about the user’s browsing habits. If you care about privacy, you might want to clean up your browser and configure some custom privacy settings.

  • Zack's Kernel News

    Zack Brown discusses preventing the kernel from tainting, encrypting printk() output, and a new kernel bug reporting bot. 

  • Figure 9: Pacman chews up his scenes.

    Tutorials – Video Editing

    Most video editors supply you with a generic catalog of transitions, usually in the shape of tired wipes and fades. But what if you wanted something a little more special? FFmpeg to the rescue.

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    Written Examination

    Users of contemporary office applications often want to do more than just compose letters or design simple flyers. But the well-known office suites on Linux sometimes make font management a test of patience, with the errors literally hidden in the details.

News and Articles

  • FOSSPicks

    Graham checks out VLC 3.0, MenuLibre 2.1.5, Texttop, Flameshot, Chomper, Godot 3.0, and much more!

  • Bit Trip

    Bash is known for admin utilities and text manipulation tools, but the venerable command shell included with most Linux systems also has some powerful commands for manipulating binary data.

  • Command Line

    Blogging usually implies WordPress, but Ghost presents a serious challenge.

  • Doghouse – Subutai

    Be a catalyst and help others break the bonds of proprietary software.

  • Programming Snapshot – Stock Quote API

    Financial wizard Mike Schilli is annoyed that some web services have discontinued serving up real-time stock market data. To keep an eye on his investment dollars, Mike taps into a little known interface for stock prices.

  • On the DVD

    Kali Linux and KaOS

  • Tutorials – gpsd

    Even though your computer does not come with its own GPS, you can hack one onto it using a mobile phone. Although, it does take quite a bit of fiddling.

  • NEWS

    OpenStack Queens released, Kali Linux comes to Windows, Ubuntu to start collecting data with Ubuntu 18.04, CNCF illuminates serverless vision, Red Hat Decision Manager 7 released, and topological superconductor could lead to quantum computing with weird fermions. 

  • Charly's Column – sshuttle

    When he doesn't want to deal with OpenVPN version conflicts or congestion control problems during TCP tunneling, Charly catches a ride on sshuttle.

  • Shared Office

    Several collaborative office suite providers are now competing for customers who are looking for the seamless exchange of office documents within an enterprise. These cloud or on-premise solutions are designed for teamwork.