Why European universities are choosing open source software
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Nowadays, it is no surprise that a lot of universities, academies, colleges, conservatories, etc. have already implemented open source software in their learning process.
Open source culture and concepts help students, professors, and communities have a better learning experience, being independent of tech giants that always call the shots, and therefore free to share their ideas and build on the work of others.
Let's explore why open source software is so attractive for Higher Education Institutions (HEI) in Europe.
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Why European universities are choosing open source software
Nowadays, it is no surprise that a lot of universities, academies, colleges, conservatories, etc.
The perfect combo with Prometheus and Grafana, and more industry trends
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As part of my role as a senior product marketing manager at an enterprise software company with an open source development model, I publish a regular update about open source community, market, and industry trends for product marketers, managers, and other influencers. Here are five of my and their favorite articles from that update.@uselinux
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The perfect combo with Prometheus and Grafana, and more industry trends
As part of my role as a senior product marketing manager at an enterprise software company with an open source development model, I publish a regular update about open source community, market, and industry trends for product marketers, managers, and other…
Vulkan 1.2.140 spec out and NVIDIA has a new Vulkan Beta Driver up with new extension support
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Two bits of Vulkan related news to share today. Recently the Vulkan specification was bumped again with new extension and today a new NVIDIA Vulkan Beta Driver went up.@uselinux
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Why use Java Streams instead of loops
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In a recent article, I mentioned my 2020 New Year's resolution: no more loops in Java. In that article, I chose a common (and simplified) forest management calculation—determining whether an area is forested, based on a legal definition, by calculating the proportion of ground shaded by tree canopies.
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Why use Java Streams instead of loops
In a recent article, I mentioned my 2020 New Year's resolution: no more loops in Java. In that article, I chose a common (and simplified) forest management calculation—determining whether an area is forested, based on a legal definition, by calculating the…
BleachBit 4.0 Open-Source System Cleaner Adds Major Changes and Improvements
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9to5Linux; By Marius Nestor
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BleachBit, the open-source disk space cleaner, privacy manager, and computer system optimizer software has reached a major milestone, version 4.0, which brings many improvements and major changes. One of the major changes of BleachBit 4.0 is support for Python 3 to ensure the application will work well on the latest releases of the popular Ubuntu Linux distribution, such as Ubuntu 19.10 or the upcoming Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, which dropped support for Python 2.@uselinux
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BleachBit 4.0 Open-Source System Cleaner Adds Major Changes and Improvements - 9to5Linux
BleachBit 4.0 open-source disk space cleaner, privacy manager, and computer system optimizer software arrives with many improvements and major changes.
25 years of PHP: The personal web tools that ended up everywhere
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'PHP is not very exciting and there is not much to it' = the secret of success?
Feature On 8th June 1995 programmer Rasmus Lerdorf announced the birth of "Personal Home Page Tools (PHP Tools)".…@uselinux
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25 years of PHP: The personal web tools that ended up everywhere
'PHP is not very exciting and there is not much to it' = the secret of success?
Here are the 3 Open Source Prototyping Tools
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FOSS Post; By Simon James
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Looking for UI/UX open source prototyping tools? Are are all the three available ones in the market and how to download them.@uselinux
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Linux Mint 20 Gets Approved For ‘Beta’ Release, ISO To Arrive Soon
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Fossbytes; By Sarvottam Kumar
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According to the official Linux Mint ISO status page, the upcoming Linux Mint 20 has been approved for the beta release. Clem Lefebvre, head of the Linux Mint project, has given his nod after testing Cinnamon, MATE, and Xfce editions twice.@uselinux
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Fossbytes; By Sarvottam Kumar
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Linux Mint 20 Gets Approved For 'Beta' Release, ISO To Arrive Soon
According to the official Linux Mint ISO status page, the upcoming Linux Mint 20 has been approved for the beta release. Clem Lefebvre, head of the Linux Mint project, has given his nod after testing Cinnamon, MATE, and Xfce editions twice.
Adding mainline Arm Frame Buffer Compression support for Rockchip
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Collabora Blog; By Andrzej Pietrasiewicz
(Posted by mfilion on Apr 19, 2020 6:49 AM EDT)
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Rockchip SoCs, notably the RK3399, are popular in devices such as Chromebooks and single-board computers. Indeed, they bring some interesting features, one of them being the Arm Frame Buffer Compression (AFBC).@uselinux
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Collabora Blog; By Andrzej Pietrasiewicz
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Adding mainline Arm Frame Buffer Compression support for Rockchip
Since late 2018, the Mali-DP display drivers, malidp and komeda, have had the ability to use AFBC, and now support for Rockchip (RK3399) is also on its way.
Favicons found housing credit card skimming malware
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May 7, 2020
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Malicious actors set up an entire online repository of malicious, credit card skimmer-laden favicons to lure in companies looking for a graphic to appear their browser tab. Favicons are a branding graphic, also known as a shortcut icon, website icon, tab icon, URL icon or bookmark icon. And while they are normally benign, a cybergang…@uselinux
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Favicons found housing credit card skimming malware | SC Media
Malicious actors set up an entire online repository of malicious, credit card skimmer-laden favicons to lure in companies looking for a graphic to appear their browser tab.
Tails 4.6 Anonymous Linux OS Adds Support for U2F USB Security Keys
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9to5Linux; By Marius Nestor
(Posted by hanuca on May 6, 2020 6:53 PM EDT)
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Tails, the amnesic incognito live system based on Debian GNU/Linux, has been updated to version 4.6, a new release that brings several new features and security fixes.@uselinux
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9to5Linux; By Marius Nestor
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Tails 4.6 Anonymous Linux OS Adds Support for U2F USB Security Keys - 9to5Linux
Tails 4.6 amnesic incognito live system adds support for Universal 2nd Factor (U2F) USB security keys, Tor Browser 9.0.10, and latest Debian updates.
Banking trojan attack exposes dangers of not securing MDM solutions
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May 1, 2020
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A global conglomerate had 75 percent of its mobile devices infected by a variant of the Cerberus Android banking trojan after an attack compromised the company’s mobile device management (MDM) server and used it to spread the malware. In a company blog post report, Check Point Software Technologies identifies MDM as a fairly novel malware…@uselinux
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Banking trojan attack exposes dangers of not securing MDM solutions
A global conglomerate had 75% of its mobile devices infected by a variant of the Cerberus banking trojan after attackers breached the firm's MDM server.
Dockerizing Flask Application Using Docker on Debian 10
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Howtoforge Linux Howtos und Tutorials
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Flask is a popular Python web framework. It is classified as a microframework because it does not require particular tools or libraries. In this tutorial, we will explain how to deploy Flask application with Docker on Debian 10 server.@uselinux
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Howtoforge Linux Howtos und Tutorials
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Dockerizing Flask Application Using Docker on Debian 10
Flask is a popular Python web framework. It is classified as a microframework because it does not require particular tools or libraries. In this tutor...
How to Install Apache on Ubuntu 20.04
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Cloudbooklet; By Pappin Vijak
(Posted by cloudbooklet on Apr 29, 2020 6:03 AM EDT)
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How to Install Apache on Ubuntu 20.04 – Google Cloud. Apache is the most widely used HTTP web server which provides dynamic loading modules, easily integrating with other applications.@uselinux
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Cloudbooklet; By Pappin Vijak
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How to Install Apache on Ubuntu 20.04 - Google Cloud
How to Install Apache on Ubuntu 20.04 - Google Cloud. Learn how to install Apache web server on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS on GCP or AWS or any servers
VBA macro, remote template injectors included in Gamaredon post-compromise tool kit
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June 11, 2020
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The Gamaredon threat group has built a post-compromise tool arsenal that includes remote template injectors for Word and Excel documents as well as a unique Outlook mass-mailing macro, researchers recently discovered. The tools, previously undocumented, boast a VBA macro aimed at Outlook that sends spearphishing emails to a victim’s Microsoft address book contacts, according to…@uselinux
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June 11, 2020
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VBA macro, remote template injectors included in Gamaredon post-compromise tool kit | SC Media
The Gamaredon threat group has built a post-compromise tool arsenal that includes remote template injectors for Word and Excel documents as well as a
Kernel 5.2 Is Out, Tutanota Launches a Fully Encrypted Calendar, ISPA UK Announces Internet Hero and Villain Nominations, Tesla to Start Providing a Free Self-Driving Chip, and System76's Thelio Desktop Now Available with Third-Gen AMD Rizen Processors
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News briefs for July 8, 2019.
Kernel 5.2 has been released. Linus
Torvalds writes, "...there really doesn't
seem to be any reason for another rc, since
it's been very quiet. Yes, I had a few pull requests since rc7, but
they were all small, and I had many more that are for the upcoming
merge window. Part of it may be due to the July 4th week, of course,
but whatever - I'll take the quiet week as a good sign."@uselinux
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At Command in Linux
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at is a command-line utility that allows you to schedule commands to be executed at a particular time. Jobs created with at are executed only once.@uselinux
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At Command in Linux
at is a command-line utility that allows you to schedule commands to be executed at a particular time. Jobs created with at are executed only once.
What are the Key Advantages of Managed Hosting for Small Businesses?
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Rose Hosting Blog
(Posted by RoseHosting on May 14, 2020 6:35 PM EDT)
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If you are running a small business, or work on a small scale, you know that most of the work, if not all of it, has to be managed by you. In such a situation, if you take up the job of managing your own server, you will eventually discover that you are not able to give sufficient time to other important matters. This is where managed server hosting is ideal.@uselinux
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What are the Key Advantages of Managed Hosting for Small Businesses?
If you are running a small business, or work on a small scale, you know that most of the work, if not all of it, has to be managed by you. In such a situation, if you take up the job of managing your
Linux-Powered Azure IoT Security Platform Arrives
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February 25, 2020
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After several years of building and testing previews, Microsoft has announced the general availability of its Azure Sphere secure IoT service. Microsoft first introduced Azure Sphere in 2018, opting to use its own version of a Linux operating system instead of Windows 10 to drive its new Azure Sphere OS to securely connect Internet of Things devices. [More...]@uselinux
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February 25, 2020
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Linux-Powered Azure IoT Security Platform Arrives | LinuxInsider
Microsoft has announced the general availability of its Azure Sphere secure IoT service. It first introduced Azure Sphere in 2018, opting to use its own version of a Linux operating system instead of Windows 10 to drive its new Azure Sphere OS to securely…
Microsoft warns of ransomware attacks with ‘motley crew’ of payloads
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April 30, 2020
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Ransomware delivering a “motley crew” of payloads is straining security operations especially in health care, Microsoft warned, urging security teams to look for signs of credential theft and lateral movement activities that herald attacks. Examination of an uptick in ransomware attacks during the first two weeks “showed that many of the compromises that enabled these…@uselinux
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April 30, 2020
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Microsoft warns of ransomware attacks with 'motley crew' of payloads | SC Media
Ransomware delivering a “motley crew” of payloads is straining security operations especially in health care, Microsoft warned, urging security teams to