Features
Shielded
Providers that protect against DDoS attacks
To ward off DDoS attacks, websites and services often seek the protection of Internet giants, such as Amazon, but you have other ways to protect your connectivity.
Horse Power
Developing concurrent programs with Pony
Pony, an object-oriented programming language with static typecasting, trots down well-mapped paths to deliver secure, high-performance code for concurrent applications.
Not Spoiled for Choice
Create a select menu with smenu
The smenu tool reduces the effort of creating shell menus to one line, with numerous options for a wide range of design alternatives.
Changes at OpenStack
How the OpenStack community is shaping the new Pike release
The quintessential open source cloud platform unveils a new development model with its latest release.
Wide Reach
A Rasp Pi wireless access point
Set up a wireless access point with a Raspberry Pi 3, Ubuntu Core, and snaps.
New Planet
Devuan – Debian without systemd
In 2014, the Debian project decided to replace the old init system with systemd, but a small group of developers resisted, forking Debian to start the systemd-free Devuan. We decided to take a look at Devuan 1.0.0, the first stable release.
Rescue Mission
Tools for reconstructing deleted data
One false click can quickly delete important data, or even an entire partition. If a backup tool is missing, only a rescue specialist can help.
Tutorials – moreutils
Expand Your Command Line
Upgrade your Bash sessions with extra features and power.
What’s Taking Wayland So Long?
Waiting for Wayland
What do we do now?
Wait.
Yes, but while waiting.
What about hanging ourselves?
– Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot
Well Packed
Android in an LXC container
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.
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