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    • Applications

      • Petros KoutoupisRapidDisk 9.1.0 now available

        RapidDisk is an advanced Linux RAM Disk which consists of a collection of modules and an administration tool.

    • Instructionals/Technical

      • Network WorldUnderstanding Linux file system types

        You may not spend much time contemplating the characteristics of the file systems on your Linux system, but the differences between the various file system types can be both interesting and highly relevant. This article explains commands that you can use to verify your file system types and describes their differences.

      • UNIX CopHow to install CyberPanel on Ubuntu 22.04 / 20.04

        Hello, dear friends. In this post, you will learn how to install CyberPanel on Ubuntu 22.04 / 20.04. This is one of the best admin panels that we can find for all Linux and the installation of this is very easy.

      • LinuxiacVirtualBox 7 on Fedora 38: A Complete Installation Guide

        VirtualBox 7 + Fedora 38: The perfect combination for virtualization enthusiasts. Our installation guide has all the details.

      • Linux JournalInstalling and Using Yarn on Ubuntu

        Yarn is a powerful JavaScript package manager that is compatible with npm and helps automate the process of installing, updating, configuring, and removing npm packages. Yarn provides speed and reliability by caching downloaded packages and parallelizing operations. In this tutorial, we will cover how to install both the latest version and classic version of Yarn on Ubuntu, along with an overview of basic Yarn commands and options.

      • How to install XFCE GUI on AWS Ubuntu EC2 Instance

        Whether you are running Ubuntu 22.04 or 20.04 or any other version of this Linux, here we learn the commands to install XFCE GUI on Ubuntu Linux running on AWS EC2 Instance.

      • HowTo ForgeRedis Made Easy: A Step-by-Step Guide to Installing Redis on AlmaLinux 9

        Redis is a popular and open-source in-memory key-value data store. It supports various data structures such as Hash, Lists, Sets, Strings, and many more. This tutorial will show you how to install and configure Redis on the AlmaLinux 9 server.

      • HowTo ForgeHow to Install Cacti on Rocky Linux

        Cacti is an open-source web-based monitoring tool based on PHP and MySQL. This guide will teach you how to install the cacti monitoring tool on the Rocky Linux system.

      • Make Use OfHow to Customize Ubuntu 23.04 to Look Like macOS

        Ubuntu 23.04 Lunar Lobster, released in April 2023, brings forth many exciting features. Despite intense competition from OSes such as macOS and Windows, Ubuntu has still managed to create a niche for itself in the market.

        If you are an Ubuntu aficionado fascinated by macOS’s layout, you can imbibe the look and feel onto your Ubuntu 23.04 desktop. With these basic but effective methods, you can make Ubuntu look like macOS.

        So let’s start customizing your Ubuntu 23.04 desktop so it looks like macOS.

  • Distributions and Operating Systems

  • Free, Libre, and Open Source Software

    • MedevelOpen Source is Striving in Latin America, Here is Why!

      Latin America is undoubtedly a thriving hub for open source software development. The region boasts a significant number of highly skilled open-source developers, and the community is consistently making remarkable strides towards creating innovative solutions that cater to various industries.

    • Programming/Development

      • MedevelBlitz Adds Full-stack Engine To Next.js

        Next.js is a popular React-based framework for building scalable web apps. It can also be used to build desktop apps using Tauri or Nextron, or mobile apps using Iconic. Although it comes bare-bones, it has a vast ecosystem and strong community support.

      • Medevel13 Most Used Open-source Free Laravel CMS For Building Scalable Sites In 2023

        What is a Laravel?

        Laravel is a free, open-source PHP web application framework that has revolutionized the way web development is done. Created in 2011 by Taylor Otwell, Laravel has quickly become one of the most popular PHP frameworks in the world, and for good reason.

      • Josef Strzibny: Reflections on my 24h startup challenge

        I completed a first startup challenge I set for myself. 24 hours and 30 days to build an MVP and find people to try it. How it went and what’s next?

      • Jonathan DowlandJonathan Dowland: Separate hledgers

        In a previous blog post I described the use of virtual postings to track accidental personal/family expenses. I've always been uncomfortable with that, and in hledger 1yr I outlined a potential scheme for finally addressing the virtual posting problem.

      • Drew DeVaultWho should lead us?

        Consider these two people, each captured in the midst of delivering a technical talk.

        Based on appearances alone, what do you think of them?

        The person on the left is a woman. She’s also pretty young, one might infer something about her level of experience accordingly. I imagine that she has led a much different life than I have, and may have a much different perspective, worldview, identity, and politics than I. Does she complain about sexism and discrimination in her work? Is she a feminist? Does she lean left or right on the political spectrum?

        The person on the right looks like most of the hackers I’ve met. You’ve met someone who looks like this a thousand times. He is a man, white and middle-aged – that suggests a fair bit of experience. He probably doesn’t experience or concern himself with race or gender discrimination in the course of his work. He just focuses on the software. His life experiences probably map relatively well onto my own, and we may share a similar worldview and identity.

        Making these assumptions is a part of human nature – it’s a useful shortcut in many situations. But they are assumptions based only on appearances. What are the facts?

      • Perl / Raku

        • Rakulangrakudoweekly: 2023.17 ReleasePeriod

          This week saw a number of remarkable releases: first of all a new version of Rakudo (2023.04), which was released by Justin DeVuyst (with the binary packages for various Linux distributions by Claudio Ramirez, including for the latest Ubuntu and Fedora). This was followed up by the release of Rakudo Star 2023.04 by Anton Oks.

      • Shell/Bash/Zsh/Ksh

        • TecAdminBash Examples for “Press any key to continue…”

          In this article, we will explore the techniques for detecting keypresses in Bash scripts and how to make your script wait for user input before proceeding. This skill is essential when developing interactive shell applications that require user interaction or confirmation before executing specific actions.

  • Leftovers

  • Gemini* and Gopher

    • Personal

      • Strings To Numbers

        Suppose we wish to convert strings to numbers. There are various reasons for this; a trivial one is to colorize IRC nicknames or by a hostname according to some algorithm. Lagrange apparently does this to colorize gemini capsules, so you might cheat and look at how it does that. Hostnames are already numbers, sequences of them, though we may want to color particular hosts in particular ways, maybe hosts under .com should be similar to one another. Another and more typical way would be to feed the sequence of numbers into a hash function, a digital equivalent of sausage.

      • A rub, or a couple rubs

        Well, I've got a rub or two that I'd love to discuss. Not as dramatic as death, only as dramatic as taxes. The rubs in question have to do with sustainable living, and the so-called Green Movement. The former concept I really appreciate, the latter I view as a form of societal cancer.

    • Technical

      • Internet/Gemini

        • Exposed Capsule Directories

          My capsule currently uses Jetforce, a Python-based Gemini server. I've been quite happy with its versatility and ease of setup, and I think it works well for anyone who wants a no-nonsense hosting solution.

          The invocation for Jetforce includes an "--index-file FILE" flag, which tells the server to check if a given directory contains a file named "FILE", and if so, serve that file instead of listing the directory's contents. I have enabled this flag on my server, as I suspect most others have. If the index file is not present, the server still lists the directory's contents. I did not take this fact into mind--I simply assumed the server would give a resource-not-found error.


* Gemini (Primer) links can be opened using Gemini software. It's like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter.



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