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Riot: A Distributed Way of Having IRC and VOIP Client and Home Server
Submitted by itsfoss on Thursday 19th of April 2018 08:49:46 PM Filed under
Riot is a free and open source decentralized instant messaging application that can be considered an alternative to Slack. Take a look at features of Riot, installation procedure and usage.
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A look at KompoZer Web-editor in GNU/Linux
Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Wednesday 18th of April 2018 10:16:25 AM Filed under
Some people code HTML/CSS oldskool in software like Atom, Notepadqq, or even nano/vi, but others enjoy using what’s called a WYSIWYG editor, which stands for What-You-See-Is-What-You-Get.
KompoZer, is a free cross-platform WYSIWYG editor worth looking at despite the fact that it has not been updated for a very long time. Note though that KompoZer lacks support for features like HTML5 or CSS3 that were introduced after the last version of the HTML editor was released.
As is the case with a lot, but not all, of software in GNU/Linux systems that people use, KompoZer is technically multi-platform, but I would say that the GNU/Linux and MacOS user share dominate the Windows one, from my experience.
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Software: Tuptime , dutree, gotop, Nginx
Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Wednesday 18th of April 2018 08:12:41 AM Filed under
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Tuptime - Tool to Display Uptime History of Linux System
The primary task of the system administrators is monitoring and examine Linux system and how long its been promenade. This article demonstrates use of Tuptime tool that help's System Administrators to analyse how long Linux machine is up and running.
Tuptime tool counts accidental system restarts and not just only uptime of system. When tuptime is installed on system it registers first boot time after installation. Once the first boot time is registered from there onwards it checks for system tuptime and downtime and represents it in Percentage (%). Tuptime also registers current tuptime of system from last restart. Reports Largest Running system Time, Shortest Running System Time & Average of both.
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dutree – A CLI Tool to Analyze Disk Usage in Coloured Output
dutree is a free open-source, fast command-line tool for analyzing disk usage, written in Rust programming language. It is developed from durep (disk usage reporter) and tree (list directory content in tree-like format) command line tools. dutree therefore reports disk usage in a tree-like format.
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gotop - A Tool to Monitor System Activity in Linux
Every Linux administrator has it's own preferences on how to monitor processes in terminal. And you probably know about tools like top and htop. These are tools for process monitoring in terminal without any visualization. And you probably know about gtop and vtop which are also process monitoring terminal tools, but with visualization. In this article, we are going to install and use another terminal based graphical activity monitor called gotop. Unlike the two mentioned above, gotop is written in Go.
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Nginx 1.14 Web Server Released
Nginx 1.14.0 is now available as the latest open-source stable release of this popular web server alternative to Apache.
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Cooking With Linux (without a net): A CMS Smorgasbord
Today, I'm going to install four popular content management systems. These will be Drupal, Joomla, Wordpress, and Backdrop. If you're trying to decide on what your next CMS platform should be, this would be a great time to tune in. And yes, I'll do it all live, without a net, and with a high probability of falling flat on my face. Join me today, at 12 noon, Easter Time. Be part of the conversation.
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Software: Google Search Navigator, Mixxx and More
Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Tuesday 17th of April 2018 02:25:54 PM Filed under
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Google Search Navigator – Enhance Keyboard Navigation In Google Search
I am halfway through the “mastering google search” task. Yeah, I can now easily find cat images on Internet without having to search “how to find cat images on Internet” using google. In the pursuit of enhancing my google search skills(!), today I stumbled upon a browser extension named “Google Search Navigator”. It offers some keyboard shortcuts to improve your google search. Google has already provided an experimental Keyboard shortcuts for navigating search results. Unfortunately, It seems like Google has removed this feature as of 2017-07-31. Luckily, a developer has created this extension to enhance keyboard navigation in Google search. This plugin is free and open source. So, you can get the code freely on GitHub link provided at the end of this guide.
In this guide, we will see how to use “Google Search Navigator” extension to improve your google search experience via some Keyboard shortcuts.
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Free DJ Software Mixxx 2.1 Released With New And Improved Skins, Overhauled Effects System, More
Mixxx, the free and open source DJ software, has seen a new release today. Version 2.1 was in development for more than two years, and it brings new and improved controller mapings, updated Deere and LateNight skins, overhauled effects system, and much more.
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Using mtqq to create a notification network: mosquitto, mqttwarn, hare, and hared
As you read this post, keep in mind that my particular use case of notification on ssh login is not for everyone. It may not appeal to you. In fact, you might find this to be an absolutely ridiculous thing to do. I respect that. I suggest that somewhere within your network there is at least one type of error condition, one urgent situation, one thing that you would like pushed to your cellphone / pager / etc. It might be a failed HDD for example.
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Specification and Verification of Software with CafeOBJ – Part 1 – Introducing CafeOBJ
Software bugs are everywhere – the feared Blue Screen of Death, the mobile phone rebooting at the most inconvenient moment, games crashing. Most of these bugs are not serious problems, but there are other cases that are far more serious:
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4 cool new projects to try in COPR for April
Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Monday 16th of April 2018 09:18:16 AM Filed under

COPR is a collection of personal repositories for software that isn’t carried in Fedora. Some software doesn’t conform to standards that allow easy packaging. Or it may not meet other Fedora standards, despite being free and open source. COPR can offer these projects outside the Fedora set of packages. Software in COPR isn’t supported by Fedora infrastructure or signed by the project. However, it can be a neat way to try new or experimental software.
Here’s a set of new and interesting projects in COPR.
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Wine Development: Wine-Staging 3.6, DXVK, and API Copyrights
Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Sunday 15th of April 2018 09:54:49 PM Filed under
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Wine-Staging 3.6 Released, Carrying ~930 Patches, Fixes For CSMT Toggling & Dead Rising
Based off Friday's release of Wine 3.6 is now a new Wine-Staging release that is carrying about 930 patches atop the upstream Wine code-base.
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DXVK 0.42 Brings DXGI Gamma Control, HLSL Bits For Tessellation/Geometry Shaders
DXVK 0.42 is now available as the open-source project implementing the Direct3D 11 API over Vulkan for the benefit of Wine-based gamers.
The DXVK 0.42 release adds support for DXGI Gamma Control functions in order to handle any gamma settings in different games. There's also a change to avoid compiling the same DXBC shader multiple times, thereby conserving CPU resources.
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The Oracle vs. Google Case Is Concerning Some Wine Developers
At the end of March the US Federal Court of Appeals made a reversal in the long-running Oracle vs. Google battle over the use of Java APIs within Android. The appeals court determined that Google's use of some Java APIs were not under fair-use, which could set a dangerous precedent for some open-source projects.
For those not familiar with the recent ruling in the Oracle vs. Google case on appeal, there is a brief summary available on Wikipedia for those interested.
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Download YouTube Videos in Linux Command Line
Submitted by itsfoss on Saturday 14th of April 2018 08:45:40 PM Filed under
Easily download YouTube videos in Linux using youtube-dl command line tool. With this tool, you can also choose video format and choose video quality to download it in 1080p or 720p or 4K.
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Wine 3.6
Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Saturday 14th of April 2018 10:08:12 AM Filed under
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Wine Announcement
The Wine development release 3.6 is now available.
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Wine 3.6 is out with work towards high DPI support and BattlEye fixes
Wine 3.6 is now officially available with some new features and a healthy dose of bug fixes to keep Wine users happy.
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Wine 3.6 Brings A GLSL-Based Blitter, HiDPI Work
Wine 3.6 is now the latest bi-weekly test release for what will eventually become Wine 4.0 stable around the start of 2019.
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0.1 Release of Elisa
Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Friday 13th of April 2018 09:31:45 AM Filed under

The Elisa team is happy to announce our first release, version 0.1.
Elisa is a music player developed by the KDE community that strives to be simple and nice to use. We also recognize that we need a flexible product to account for the different workflows and use-cases of our users.
We focus on a very good integration with the Plasma desktop of the KDE community without compromising the support for other platforms (other Linux desktop environments, Windows and Android).
We are creating a reliable product that is a joy to use and respects our users privacy. As such, we will prefer to support online services where users are in control of their data.
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Software and howtos
Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Thursday 12th of April 2018 07:12:55 PM Filed under

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Why You Should Use TimeShift in Linux Mint to Back Up Your Computer
Timeshift is a relatively new utility for Linux, but it’s something very useful to desktop users. Timeshift essentially brings the restore point feature from Windows to Linux. While it sounds like a bad idea to bring Windows features to Linux, this one might actually be useful.
Timeshift allows you to create restore points of your system. They’re incremental backups that create exact images of your system at a specific point in time. You can use them to restore your system to the exact state that it was in when the backup was made. Since they’re incremental, they don’t take nearly as much hard drive space to store.
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Protect Your Privacy With Firefox for iOS 11
It’s pretty simple: Firefox for iOS Tracking Protection uses a list provided by Disconnect to identify and block trackers. The list includes third-party ad networks, malware sites, and more. If one of these sites tries to track your browsing history, Tracking Protection in Firefox blocks it.
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Latest Firefox for iOS Now Available with Tracking Protection by Default plus iPad Features
Today, we’re rolling out Tracking Protection by default for Firefox for iPhone and iPad users. It’s been a little over six months since we added Tracking Protection as an option in regular browsing. With Tracking Protection now turned on by default in both regular and private browsing mode, you can easily control which sites you want to deploy Tracking Protection for — like retail sites — and which ones you don’t. It’s simple, just tap your menu button and you’ll see it listed there!
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Get the FTP outta here, says Firefox
Mozilla developers have decided to block requests for File Transfer Protocol (FTP) subresources inside web pages.
A bug report and Intent to implement notice suggest the change will land in Firefox 61. The browser’s currently at version 59, with 61 due in May 2018.
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How to add users to a group in Linux
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These free ebooks can help you learn Python, Linux, Shell, and more
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How To Check User Created Date On Linux
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How to Connect Wi-Fi from Linux Terminal Using Nmcli Command
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How to Setup Symfony 4 on Debian 9 Server
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Markdown Tutorial — From Setup to Syntax
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