But the Foundation zeroed in on the Villupuram GNU/Linux Users Group (V-GLUG), reportedly the first Indian free-software organisation, where volunteers consist of rural youth trained on high-tech software for free. The non-profit organisation advocates the use of free software in digital tools, including computers and smartphones.
Professionals who hold top positions in IT conglomerates reach out to the youth and provide them free training on coding programmes. V-GLUG volunteers include students from various government arts colleges in the district, too.
"One of the volunteers is the son of a single mother, who has worked a better part of her life as domestic help. Another is a daily wage labourer’s daughter. Many volunteers are from underprivileged families. Here, they are taught crucial programming languages like Python for free," V-GLUG manager U Karkee told The New Indian Express.
Though the district is often labelled ‘backward’, technology has helped put Villupuram on the path to development. "There is nothing like application of technologies to boost economic and social growth of youngsters in rural areas, if we teach them the right ways to use it. This is the idea behind V-GLUG," says senior coordinator J Syed Khaleel.
Welcome to this week's Linux Weekly Roundup. We had a full week of Linux distro releases with NixOS 22.05, Linux Lite 6.0, Nitrux 20220602, deepin 20.6, and Bluestar Linux 5.18.1.
It's one thing to install Linux on someones computer if they ask for some support or ask for help but please stop installing linux on other peoples comuter just for the fun of it
In this video, we are looking at Deepin 20.6.
Today we are looking at Deepin 20.6. It comes with Linux kernel 5.15, based on Debian 11, and uses about 1.5 - 2 GB of ram when idling.
NixOS recently had a new release, and it's a big one! Now, NixOS comes with an easy-to-use graphical installer (calamares). This could be a real game changer because the traditional NixOS installation is a barrier to entry for novice NixOS users. So I'm going to try out the new NixOS calamares installer and see if it works!
More in detail, this means that your computer won't go to sleep or start the screen saver while you are watching a video. To achieve this, I wrote a portable (well, for the time being it only supports Linux and Windows, but macOS support will eventually arrive too) library for inhibiting the screensaver: QScreenSaver. It lives in its own repository, and it's written in a way that should be easy to integrate with your own project. You are welcome to try it out (and add support for cmake/qmake/meson/…).
The AppImage support has been improved after a user filed a bug about MiTubo not working in Arch; I myself could not verify the issue as I've grown too lazy to install a distribution like Arch, but I did it on Manjaro (which is also based on Arch), and indeed the MiTubo AppImage contained some unnecessary libraries (while missing some others) that rendered it non-functional in those distributions. Now it's all fixed, so there's a good chance that the AppImage will work on your distribution, too.
When it comes to sticky note apps for Linux it’s fair to say we’re spoilt for choice – heck knows I’ve tried most of the ones out there!
EverSticky is another open-source sticky notes app for Linux but it has a major difference: it syncs to Evernote, the hugely-popular note taking and task management service. Existing Evernote users will find this a compelling USP as, with minimal effort, it’s easy to take notes and keep them in sync across multiple devices.
By default, Inkscape uses the fonts that are installed in the system, and every time you open Inkscape it checks the default-font locations in your operating system, and updates its fonts list according to what did it find; so, there is no in-app setting to install fonts in Inkscape.
Usually, installing fonts in any operating system is done simply by clicking the font file and then installing the font.
Inkscape is a vector graphics editor, but Trace Bitmap is a tool with underlying algorithms to convert a raster image to vector paths.
In this article, we will explore how to use the trace bitmap tool, as well as the option under this menu.
Illustrator is the market standard of vector graphic and illustrations.
Whether you are already an Illustrator user or planning to move to a more advanced software, it might be a convenient way to change Inkscape shortcuts to match those of Illustrator’s.
In this tutorial, we are going to walk through how to change Inkscape shortcuts, not just match Illustrator’s, but also other vector graphics software.
The built-in touchpad gestures refuse to work after switched to Xorg session in Ubuntu 22.04? Here’s how to re-enable this feature in 2 ways.
The GNOME desktop introduced cool 3-finger touchpad gestures to switch desktop and trigger overview since v40. However, it only works on Wayland session.
Ubuntu 22.04 defaults to GNOME 42 on Wayland. For some reasons, user may need to switch back the classic Xorg session, which however miss the multi-touch gestures support.
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Node.js on AlmaLinux 9. For those of you who didn’t know, Node.js is an open-source, cross-platform, back-end JavaScript runtime environment that executes JavaScript code outside a web browser. It should be noted that Nodejs is used for traditional websites and API support services, but is designed with real-time, push-based architectures. This allows users to write websites in JavaScript whose code runs on the server instead of the client browser.
This article assumes you have at least basic knowledge of Linux, know how to use the shell, and most importantly, you host your site on your own VPS. The installation is quite simple and assumes you are running in the root account, if not you may need to add ‘sudo‘ to the commands to get root privileges. I will show you the step-by-step installation of the Node.js JavaScript runtime environment on AlmaLinux 9. You can follow the same instructions for CentOS and Rocky Linux.
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Node.js on AlmaLinux 9, as well as some extra required packages by Node.js
How To Install Deepin Desktop Environment On Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS is the latest stable version of Ubuntu. Ubuntu 22.04 LTS is the 36th Ubuntu release since 2004. Ubuntu 22.04 LTS is released on April 21, 2022. The Ubuntu 22.04 codename is “Jammy Jellyfish“. Ubuntu 22.04 LTS is powered by GNOME 3.36. Gnome is the default desktop environment in Ubuntu. In this post, we are going to show you the steps to install the Deepin desktop environment on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.
In our previous multi-part Red Hat Satellite tutorial — How to provision a RHEL VM from Red Hat Satellite — we covered an end-to-end scenario for provisioning Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) VMs from Satellite to a VMWare cluster. In that series we had the Satellite installer install and configure both DNS and DHCP services on our Satellite server. Often you will need to integrate Satellite with an existing "external" DNS and DHCP services in your organization.
In this tutorial, we extend the work of the previous tutorial by providing step-by-step instructions to integrate external DNS and DHCP services to a Satellite server. Steps used for installing and configuring the base DNS and DHCP services on a separate server for use with this tutorial are covered in the appendix section of this article.
While in a discussion with my coworkers, a coworker brought up that they wanted to have automatic LUKS disk decryption on their desktop while it was at home. Normally they would use a passphrase to decrypt the LUKS volume but would prefer automatic decryption. There are multiple ways to achieve this with TPM2 or Tang.
A Trusted Platform Module (TPM) is a secure processor which contains the secrets required to decrypt the LUKS volume when certain conditions are met (secure boot not disabled, CMOS not reset and others..).
Tang is a network service which runs in your network and on boot is used to decrypt your LUKS volume automatically.
As Google announced Gsuite is no longer free and I moved to GrapheneOs to de-google further, the last frequently used Google application I use is Youtube. For a long time Youtube has support for RSS feeds for channels although they are not publicly visible. I usually watch videos in my living room and use Kodi to play YouTube videos via it's YouTube addon. With Kodi's android app it's easy to cast videos to my TV, but I wanted to get rid of having a YouTube app on my phone.
Having previously written a Kodi addon for FOSDEM videos, writing one which parses RSS feeds and displays YouTube channels was a nice evening project. The only challenge was figuring out how to play YouTube videos listed via my addon with Kodi's YouTube addon. As it turns out Kodi can call other addons with parameters via plugin://plugin.video.youtube/play/?video_id=$id.
A few months have passed since we released ScummVM 2.5.1.
No matter if you expect the scorching heat of the upcoming summer or freezing blizzards in winter (depending on your favorite hemisphere): it’s release time again!
Today we are looking at how to install LÃâVE Game Engine on a Chromebook. Please follow the video/audio guide as a tutorial where we explain the process step by step and use the commands below.
We are back with our usual monthly update! Boiling Steam looks at the latest data dumps from ProtonDB to give you a quick list of new games that work (pretty much?) perfectly with Proton since they were released in May 2022 – all of them work out of the box or well enough with tweaks...
A Real-Time Strategy (RTS) game is a time-based game which typically focuses on finding resources, managing resources, and building an empire. You can engage other players and make alliances, and find different ways to conquer foes. This type of game puts you in control of a personal army. There are no turns to take, everything takes place continuously, with players issuing commands at any time.
RTS games have a large fan base since their inception. This game genre requires cunning, creativity, and the ability to devise innovative strategies to usurp your opponents. Some of the best known proprietary RTS series are Warcraft, Starcraft, Command & Conquer, and Age of Empires.
Before delving into our pick of fun open source RTS game, we’ll pay tribute to Spring. We’re not referring to the season, the mechanical device that stores energy, or a natural source of water, or even a geometric surface in the shape of a helically coiled tube. No, we mean the Spring RTS engine. It’s a fantastically versatile 3D engine for developing RTS games. It uses Lua for scripting game-specific code to make almost all aspects of the engine customizable, from GUI, to unit AI, to pathfinding. There’s many RTS games that owe their existence to Spring.
All of the games featured below are highly addictive, immersive, fascinating, and hugely satisfying. Attractive graphics are an important element to any RTS game. But these games also have great gameplay coupled with the urge of always having just one more play. And as the source code is freely available, anyone can pick up, modify, and expand upon the games.
Say about GNOME what you want, but this looks kind of amazing. Of course, the issue will always be application support – or lack thereof – but as a UI for a true Linux smartphone, this is totally workable.
I have no reservations about stating that Fedora is by far the best desktop Linux distribution you can get today (assuming you prefer GNOME, that is). It’s polished to an insane degree, not afraid to both develop and implement new technologies that bring the Linux desktop forward – kicking and screaming, lots of kicking and screaming – and sports excellent community support through things like RPM Fusion.
Linux Mint if you prefer less bleeding edge, Fedora if you want the best the Linux desktop has to offer.
The Tails project has announced the release of Tails 5.1. It comes with improvements to the Tor Connection assistant, the Unsafe Browser and captive portals, and most importantly, a fix for a serious vulnerability that was present in the Tor Browser in Tails 5.0. On May 24, the project warned people not to use Tails due to this vulnerability.
With regards to the Tor Connection assistant, Tails 5.1 fixes the clock computer for those who choose to connect to Tor automatically. The project said this makes it easier for those in Asia to get online. To do this, Tails uses Fedora’s captive portal detection service – which is present on many Linux distributions. One of the drawbacks is that this connection doesn’t use the Tor network. You can read the project’s assessment of using this software in the FAQ.
Another nice change that has been made to the Tor Connection assistant is the last screen which clarifies whether you’ve connected to Tor using bridges. This should help with the general usability of the Tails operating system.
This article gives you the top 10 best Ubuntu apps in 2022 (part 2) that you may use for your daily workflow.
"Linux Mint is taking over development of Timeshift, a popular open-source backup tool," reports the blog OMG! Ubuntu...
A time-saving window management feature from the Unity desktop could find its way back on to Ubuntu users’ desktops.
An omg! reader pointed me to a merge proposal presently pending against Dash to Dock — for those unawares the Ubuntu Dock is a re-named fork of Dash to Dock. Indeed: Ubuntu developers are pretty much the core contributors to the extension these-days.
So what does it do that’s so special?
Well, it makes it easier to switch between multiple windows of the same app.
Linux Plumbers Conference 2022 is pleased to host the RISC-V Microconference
The RISC-V software ecosystem continues to grow tremendously with many RISC-V ISA extensions being ratified last year. There are many features supporting the ratified extensions that are under development, for instance svpbmt, sstc, sscofpmf, cbo. The RISC-V microconference is to discuss these issues with a wider community to arrive at a solution as was successfully done in the past.
The second prize of Rs 15,000 went to Snehlata Shirude and Manish Joshi from KBC North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon, for their paper, titled “A successful recipe for localisation: A case of GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program).”
If your requirements are predominantly for people with audial impairments, try Orca’s screen reader for desktops like MATE, GNOME, and Unity. The Sonar GNU/Linux project is great for accommodating users with visual difficulties
On behalf of the Rakudo development team, I’m very happy to announce the June 2022 release of Rakudo #156. Rakudo is an implementation of the Raku1 language.
I am a huge fan of the Time Travel subgenre. Series spun from movies often suck, and my partner hates 'dystopian blue-filter' sci-fi, so I never got to see the show until now. I've been isolated and bingeing hard.
First of all, dust off your 35mm projector and watch your copy of La Jetée. If you don't have one, find it somewhere on the Interwebs and watch it. It's worth a detour.
Time travel presents infinite opportunities and possibilities of twists, turns, and revisits of fictional and historical events. The show does not dissapoint. As expected, trying to do anything in the past creates more problems, expanding the scope of the story out farther into space and time.
Online learning, also referred to as e-learning, is education that takes place over the internet. It is often also referred to as elearning. Online learning is the latest iteration of 'distance learning' – the umbrella term for any learning that takes place across distance and not in a traditional classroom (a form of learning that began decades ago with Correspondence Courses that were conducted through regular mail with little interaction between student and teacher.
Today's online learning platforms facilitate anytime/anywhere access to education in almost any imaginable learning topic. It also allows experts and practitioners in their fields to pass on their knowledge and experience uncoupled from a traditional teacher role. The offerings include MOOCs (Massive Online Open Courses), which have become a standard model for delivering learning content online to any person who wants to take a course, from anywhere, with no limit on attendance. They also include self-paced course offerings based on prerecorded video tutorials combined with online forums, discussion boards and downloadable course materials.
After well over a year of making excuses and arguing with myself, I finally went vegan a couple of weeks ago. And one of the things that made me so hesitant to do it, despite firmly believing that it was the right thing to do, was my budget. Or lack thereof.
(There’s also the fact that I’m a notoriously picky eater, but I was already mitigating that some by researching and preparing my own food. Knowing how something is prepared can take some of the edge off. Though there is still a part of me that throws a tantrum because Violife doesn’t taste exactly like real cheese, even if it tastes fine in its own right.)
Compounding the issue was the fact that, at the time, I was staying in a hotel room (attending CDL school downstate), with no personal transportation, in an area with such poor walkability I couldn’t even walk to the neighborhood grocery store less than a mile away without putting my actual life in danger. (Shout-out to American urban planning!) And for the duration of my stay there, I had two or fewer digits in my bank account about 90% of the time.
If you’re interested in learning more about bug bounty schemes in 2022, this blog post is for you. We’ll go over some of the greatest bug bounty programs for bug bounty hunters in this blog.
Proton is building a privacy-centric alternative to the Google software ecosystem