linux

heise offer: iX workshop: system deployment and automation with Ansible

Ansible is probably the most widely used tool for configuration management. With the tool, systems in the network can be configured and managed from a central instance, and applications can be deployed and updated automatically. Ansible uses existing programs so that no special client software is required. In this interactive online workshop with many practical… Read more

CloudLinux announces AlmaLinux, to pick up the CentOS legacy

Farewell to CentOS as a version free and community driven by Red Hat Enterprise Linux has upset the balance of the market. A void that is filled by other distributions such as AlmaLinux by Riccardo Robecchi published 19 January 2021 , at 08: 01 in the Innovation channel Linux With the CentOS project that has… Read more

Last week in news: (major) developments around CPUs and GPUs

Björn Meijer December 6 2020 18: 47 3 Comments Processors The past week was relatively busy and therefore somewhat confusing for many. A small overview with the most important news is therefore desirable, and for the past week it appears that processors, video cards and major developments have been central. Last week, CPUs were probably… Read more

Google blocks private API for Chromium-based browsers

Google’s synchronization functions are only intended for Chrome. Therefore, an API that was previously used by Chromium-based browsers is now blocked in order to also offer the functions. Browser providers can only go up to 15. March to access Google’s “private Chrome APIs”. This affects more than synchronization. In the short blog post, Google does… Read more

Text editor nano 5.5: On request without a title bar, but with a minibar

In the new version 5.5, the nano project expands its text editor for the command line with several new functions. Among other things, set minibar removes the title bar of the program and instead adds a bar at the bottom with information about the open document. Here you can find the name of the file,… Read more

Linux boots for the first time on ARM Macs

Corellium, a specialist in the virtualization of ARM devices, has succeeded in porting the Linux kernel to Apple’s new M1 ARM processor. In a tweet, the company shows with a photo that the kernel is booting on the M1 Mac. The necessary code should be open source. Corellium CTO Chris Wade points out, however, that… Read more

How to Build a Raspberry Pi-Powered Digital Photo Frame

A digital photo frame is a small screen that can sit on your desk in your office or in your kitchen displaying your favorite pictures, changing at regular intervals. The first commercial digital photo frame was introduced in the 1990s shortly after the digital camera. Digital photo frames made a comeback in popularity during 2020,… Read more

Windows API replica: Wine 6.0 with Vulkan renderer for Direct 3D

One year after Wine 5.0, version 6.0 of the Windows compatibility layer for Linux, macOS, ReactOS and Android has now been released. The release brings a Vulkan backend for WineD3D and extends the implementation of the console and the integration of the Media Foundation framework. It also continues the conversion of the libraries to the… Read more

Copy protection, head, table $ @% &!

Lockdown, winter, Friday evening … How about a “show today” to get other thoughts? So I start my new Macbook, go to the media library and, in anticipation, plug in the HDMI cable from the home theater (with the HDMI-to-USB-C adapter I bought as a precaution!) While the familiar opening melody plays badummbummbumm *. But… Read more

Oracle's software top man Wim Coekaerts: Linux is my hobby

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Patchday: Adobe is almost always targeting critical security vulnerabilities

On the first patch day of this year, Adobe closed critical security gaps in Animate, Bridge Campaign Classic, Illustrator, InCopy and Photoshop. A gap with “Important” classification in Captivate has also been eliminated. Product updates are available for the Windows, macOS and Linux platforms alike. Adobe recommends that users import them promptly in view of… Read more

Raspberry Pi OS Update Kills Flash

Home News (Image credit: Future) The end has finally come for Adobe Flash on the Raspberry Pi. What once powered many memes and early Internet games is no more. With the latest update to Raspberry Pi OS, Adobe Flash has been removed from the official Raspberry Pi operating system but this brings about an issue… Read more

CentOS clone Project Lenix becomes AlmaLinux

According to the manufacturer CloudLinux, the RHEL-based operating system will appear in the first quarter 2021. The CentOS alternative developed under the working title Project Lenix is now called AlmaLinux and will be released as planned by March 2021. The distribution, which is binary-compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), comes from CloudLinux Inc., which… Read more

BeagleV: Single-board computer with RISC-V-CPU, HDMI and AI accelerator

The Chinese manufacturer Seeedstudio has announced the BeagleV, a comparatively inexpensive RISC-V single-board computer. Unlike the Raspberry Pi 4, for example, the BeagleV uses a RISC-V processor with two U 64 CPU cores from architecture designer SiFive. The subsidiary StarFive designed the processor JH 7100 using SiFive technology. The pure CPU performance should be on… Read more

Linux / Unix desktop Gnome 40: The next evolution of the Gnome shell

The users of the Linux / Unix desktop Gnome have a few new features: The developers are making extensive changes to the Gnome Shell user interface. The focus is on a new spatial arrangement of the work surfaces, which affects the overview of activities and the behavior of the application launcher. The operating concept thus… Read more