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Debian is the universal operating system, but sometimes, it doesn’t feel all that universal out of the box. For people looking for a top-notch multimedia experience, Debian might not seem like the best choice because of its free software policies, but it can actually be made into a multimedia powerhouse. Debian Stretch, when combined with … Leggi tutto

Do you wish there was a more secure option for sending text messages and even making calls from your phone? Wouldn’t it be great if that option utilized end-to-end encryption to ensure that your communications were entirely protected? Well, that option exists in the form of Signal. Signal is an open source app that supports … Leggi tutto

Sharing files can be a pain. The larger the file is, the more difficulty it inevitably creates. If you want those files kept private, you’re in for a real nightmare. Well, not exactly. Onionshare is a relatively new applicaton that allows you to share files of any size securely and relatively anonymously over the Tor … Leggi tutto

Pass is an old school command line tool that’s known for top-notch password management. You can always still use that, but QtPass gives you a more convenient GUI on top of Pass, and PassFF lets you use the password database you create directly with Firefox. Installing these tools on just about any distribution is very … Leggi tutto

It was only last year that we reviewed the 3.5-inch HyperPixel from Pimoroni, itself a fantastic touchscreen offering great pixel density in a diminutive, Pi-sized form factor. This new, bigger HyperPixel model keeps the same high-quality parts but gives you more screen real estate to work on.

The computer has a respectable 1.8GHz ARM Cortex-A17 quad-core processor. It’s only 32-bit (unlike the Raspberry Pi 3) but it has a higher clock speed. The Tinker Board also sports an integrated ARM-based Mali-T760 graphics processor (GPU). Before we explore the apps, there is a leitmotif. The multimedia experience on Android is not perfect with … Leggi tutto

Tinker Board is a Single Board Computer (SBC) in an ultra-small form factor that offers class-leading performance while leveraging outstanding mechanical compatibility. With its powerful and modern quad-core ARM-based processor — the Rockchip RK3288 — Tinker Board offers significantly improved performance versus other popular SBC boards. To provide the flexibility needed for different builds and … Leggi tutto

The Asus Tinker Board seeks to offer a good user experience for two different types of users, catering for both Linux and Android enthusiasts.  

Welcome to the wonderful world of Linux. You’ll embrace a plethora of free open source software, with more choices than you could possibly imagine.

VANCOUVER, BC—Linus Torvalds is no longer worried about what happens to Linux if he gets hit by a bus, as he’s confident there is a work flow process in place that guarantees the success of Linux. Torvalds, the creator of Linux, shared his views on the future of Linux in a conversation with Dirk Hohndel, … Leggi tutto

ModSecurity WAF (Web Application Firewall ) is an open source software firewall that is used to safeguard applications from attacks & unauthorised access. ModSecurity WAF can be used as a module with already installed Apache web server or also with Nginx server or IIS. It continuously checks the incoming traffic & performs real time analysis … Leggi tutto

Dropbox is thinking of limiting the synchronization support to only a handful of file system types: NTFS for Windows, HFS+/APFS for macOS and Ext4 for Linux.

Orion is a free and open source QML / C++ client for Twitch.tv which can use multiple player backends (including mpv). The application runs on Linux, Windows, macOS and Android.

Natural language processing (NLP) is an exciting field of computer science, artificial intelligence, and computational linguistics concerned with the interactions between computers and human (natural) languages. It includes word and sentence tokenization, text classification and sentiment analysis, spelling correction, information extraction, parsing, meaning extraction, and question answering. Python Natural Language Processing Tools spaCy Industrial strength … Leggi tutto

ReactOS 0.4.11 Daily Build, con Oracle VirtualBox 5.2.10 OSE  in Ubuntu 18.04 Desktop 64, nell’assetto di  default Gnome e Xorg, è quasi utilizzabile nel contesto quotidiano. E’ possibile scegliere tra il tipo partizione FAT o BTRFS, che costituisce una vera novità. BTRFS nei primi test funziona. L’installazione delle Oracle Guest Box Additions si blocca. I … Leggi tutto

As PostgreSQL based applications scale, the need to implement connection pooling can become apparent sooner than you might expect. Since, PostgreSQL to date has no built-in connection pool handler, in this post I’ll explore some of the options for implementing connection pooling. In doing so, we’ll take a look at some of the implications for … Leggi tutto

GNOME developer Carlos Soriano announced today that the forthcoming GNOME 3.30 desktop environment is bringing back the beloved GNOME Classic mode that allows users to use desktop icons.

Il disco fisso, sia per i Computer utilizzati come Server che per quelli ad uso Desktop, sono fondamentali in termini di sicurezza  e di prestazioni. La linea Western Digital WD Gold permette di allestire Sistemi Server di qualità.   Ci si chiede perché non adottarli anche per i Computer Desktop? In termini di costi ormai … Leggi tutto

Revisione 0.01. L’ Azienda  Seeed Studio ha introdotto il suo standard, denominato Grove, per Shield, Attuatori e Sensori per microntroller della famiglia Arduino e non solo. E’ una tra le molte possibilità e, forse, adattata ad un contesto che potremo definire di laboratorio iniziale con il Progetto I.o.T. Le schede Grove permettono di utilizzare un … Leggi tutto

GIMP 2.10.6 was released yesterday, just one and a half months after the previous release. Even though this stable branch is mostly for bug fixes, quite a few new features and improvements were added with this release, like support for vertical text, two new filters or vertical straightening.

DEB Packages can have access to everything on your computer. It shares libraries with other installed applications. Snaps are containerised software packages that are simple to create and install. They auto-update and are safe to run. And because they bundle their dependencies, they work on all major Linux systems without modification. In Ubuntu context snaps … Leggi tutto

Debian was begun in August 1993 by Ian Murdock, then an undergraduate at Purdue University.

The Debian GNU/Linux project will turn 25 on Thursday, with the Linux distribution having made its debut on 16 August in 1993 under the leadership of the late Ian Murdock. In its original manifesto, Murdock stated: “Many distributions have started out as fairly good systems, but as time passes attention to maintaining the distribution becomes … Leggi tutto

Dopo qualche mese dal rilascio possiamo riportare delle considerazione: abbandono di Unity: è una positiva riduzione della complessità che riporta ai desktop environment principali, soprattutto nel momento cruciale della sostituzione di Xorg con Weyland; inoltre adottare nuovamente Gnome, come default, risulta un sostanziale riavvicinamento a Debian Adozione di Gnome come default:  soluzione sensata perché semplifica … Leggi tutto

Revisione 0.05. La prima famiglia di controller che consideriamo è la AVR Arduino per la popolarità acquisita. Le schede con microcontroller AVR della famiglia Arduino non solo sono dotate delle interfacce adeguate per gestire sensori ed attuatori  con software ed hardware pronto all’uso, ma hanno una documentazione approfondita e facilmente apprendibile anche per addentrarsi nell’elettronica … Leggi tutto

Revisione 0.02. I Sistemi Unified threat management (UTM), unificando molti servizi, ed in particolare i servizi che presiedono alla sicurezza, quali i firewall, hanno raggiunto una buona diffusione. La principale distinzione in ambito UTM è riconducibile ad UTM Appliance UTM Server. Le UTM Appliance sono legate ad un dispositivo compatto che contiene tutte le parti … Leggi tutto

Zack Whittaker, brillante giornalista inglese trapiantato a New York, appassionato di divulgazione tecnologica e di tematiche legate a sicurezza e privacy. Incapace di resistere alla sua curiosità, Zack ha pensato di chiedere ad Apple di fornirgli i dati che la grande azienda aveva raccolto su di lui. I asked Apple for all my data. Here’s … Leggi tutto

Bionic is out the door and we’ve started the Cosmic cycle so I wanted to take this opportunity to tell you about our plans for this cycle, the sorts of features we want to work on and what you can expect from 18.10 when it arrives in October.  Updates to 18.04 LTS GNOME Software improvements … Leggi tutto

Microsoft has opted to use its own version of a Linux operating system instead of Windows 10 to drive its new Azure Sphere solution for securely connecting Internet of Things devices.

The background to this change is the Web’s gradual migration to the use of HTTPS rather than HTTP. With an ever-growing fraction of the Web being served over secure HTTPS—something now easy to do at zero cost thanks to the Let’s Encrypt initiative—Google is anticipating a world where HTTPS is the default. In this world, … Leggi tutto