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Tuesday 13th of March 2018 03:09:49 PM
You may be familiar with The FreeDOS Project. FreeDOS is a complete, free, DOS-compatible operating system that you can use to play classic DOS games, run legacy business software, or develop embedded PC applications. Any program that works on MS-DOS should also run on FreeDOS.As the founder and project coordinator of the FreeDOS Project, I'm often the go-to person when users ask questions. And one question I seem to get a lot lately is: "Can you run FreeDOS on the Raspberry Pi?"read more
Tuesday 13th of March 2018 01:55:29 PM
There are multiple projects within OpenStack now for container deployment and management - do you know what each does?
Tuesday 13th of March 2018 12:41:09 PM
The Asus Tinker Board S is an ARM-based, single-board computer (SBC) with a quad-core CPU, 2GB RAM and support for 4K video and HD audio. It’s billed as a marvellous computer for DIY enthusiasts and makers.
Tuesday 13th of March 2018 11:26:49 AM
News briefs for March 12, 2018.
Tuesday 13th of March 2018 10:12:29 AM
Storj Labs has announced Ben Golub, Docker[he]#039[/he]s co-founder and former CEO, is now Storj Labs[he]#039[/he] executive chairman and interim CEO. Top executives who get open source are rare and far between. So it is that Storj Labs, the leader in decentralized cloud storage, must be pleased as punch to announce that Ben Golub, former CEO and co-founder of Docker, is now Storj's executive chairman and interim CEO.
Tuesday 13th of March 2018 08:58:09 AM
It[he]#039[/he]s well known that there[he]#039[/he]s a shortage of qualified candidates to fill IT jobs. Employers are urgently looking for people to fill DevOps, development, sysadmin, and other IT roles...To meet future demand for IT skills, we need to bring open source into the PK-12 classroom today. These schools are leading the way.
Tuesday 13th of March 2018 07:43:48 AM
The developers of the Debian-based SparkyLinux GNU/Linux operating system announced over the weekend the release of the SparkyLinux 5.3 "Nibiru" Rolling ISO snapshot.
Tuesday 13th of March 2018 06:29:28 AM
What's the favorite LJ reader laptop? The top three winners are:Lenovo: 32%Dell: 25%System76: 11%
Tuesday 13th of March 2018 05:15:08 AM
This is a user-active survey to determine which desktop environments are most favoured by Linux users.
Tuesday 13th of March 2018 04:00:47 AM
Former Docker CEO Ben Golub wants to help enable Storj Labs to become the Airbnb of the storage industry.
Tuesday 13th of March 2018 02:46:27 AM
Distributed denial of service attacks, in which hackers use a targeted hose of junk traffic to overwhelm a service or take a server offline, have been a digital menace for decades. But in just the last 18 months, the public picture of DDoS defense has evolved rapidly.
Tuesday 13th of March 2018 01:32:07 AM
Chromium evangelist at Google François Beaufort reports today the availability of a brand-new, Android-like power menu on Google's Chrome OS operating system for Chromebooks with a touch screen.
Tuesday 13th of March 2018 12:17:47 AM
Last week Python, Raspberry Pi, Linux, containers, and Kubernetes dominated our list of reader favorites.
Monday 12th of March 2018 11:03:27 PM
CURL is a command line utility to make HTTP requests and get data from web servers. CURL is also used to test REST APIs, as it is very lightweight and can easily be found on any Linux distribution. In this article, I will show you how to install and use CURL on Ubuntu 18.04 for useful tasks.
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