Features
Digital Incubator
A look at the Apache Software Foundation
Apache incubates hundreds of major software projects and brings together thousands of developers – all without ensuing chaos. How do they manage it?
Conditional Formatting in LibreOffice Spreadsheets
Conditional Formatting
Integrate graphical information beside the data it represents with conditional formatting and sparklines.
Orderly Situation
Simple backup with Back In Time
Despite the importance of backups, many users still view the process as too complicated and too inconvenient. Back In Time makes the unloved backup less terrifying.
Pit Stop
Mozilla's systems programming language Rust
We look at a few features of Rust, Mozilla's systems programming language, and its similarity to other languages.
In Living Color
Color management on Linux
Get a grasp of color management basics and put your knowledge to practical use.
Get Back
Git-based backups with Kup
KDE's Kup tool uses Rsync and techniques from the Git version control environment for sophisticated backup with an easy GUI interface.
Crowd Supply Boosts Open Hardware
Crowd Supply
A small crowdfunding site is helping to boost the growth of open hardware businesses.
Total Recoll
Lost and Found
KDE's unofficial search engine may be the most usable choice of all.
Pixelized
mtPaint makes painting easy
You can create pixel art in just a few mouse clicks with the paint program mtPaint, and it can even teach your works of art how to walk.
Fly Catcher
Using a Raspberry Pi as a network honeypot
Adding a honeypot to your network will slow down attackers and warn you that intruders are on the wire.
Issue 219/2019
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News
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GitHub Offers Free Private Repositories
Popular source code collaboration site makes a major change to feature set.
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Linus Torvalds Welcomes 2019 with Linux 5.x
Better support for GPUs and CPUs.
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Keep your edge with these powerful Linux administration tools:
Trigger Admin Tasks with Systemd
Become a certified Linux Admin professional with the Linux Professional Institute LPIC-1 Systems Administrator certification.
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Microsoft Gets an Open Source Web Browser
The company will use Google Chromium web browser as the foundation for its next browser.
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Canonical Launches MicroK8s
Deploy Kubernetes in a few seconds.
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A New Raspberry Pi Board
The new board packs everything that you get in Raspberry Pi 3B+ in a smaller package.
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OpenStack Foundation Changes Name of the OpenStack Summit
New event will be known as the Open Infrastructure Summit
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Beta
The latest version strikes a balance between past and future.
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System76 Announces a Line of US-Made PCs
Thelio series is available for pre-order and will ship in early December.
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IBM Acquires Red Hat
IBM is acquiring Red Hat, the most successful open source company.