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In my article about getting started with YaCy, I explained how to install and start using the YaCy peer-to-peer search engine. One of the most exciting things about YaCy, however, is the fact that it's a local client. Each user owns and operates a node in a globally distributed search engine infrastructure, which means each user is in full control of how they navigate and experience the World Wide Web.

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When you're running containers with Kubernetes, you often find that they pile up. This is by design. It's one of the advantages of containers: they're cheap to start whenever a new one is needed. You can use a front-end like OpenShift or OKD to manage pods and containers. Those make it easy to visualize what you have set up, and have a rich set of commands for quick interactions.

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Linux 5.6 is a feature-packed update that brings the best of Nvidia and AMD  TechRadar

Linux 5.6 is a feature-packed update that brings the best of Nvidia and AMD  TechRadar India

I met Brendan Becker working in a computer store in 1999. We both enjoyed building custom computers and installing Linux on them. Brendan was always involved in several technology projects at once, ranging from game coding to music composition. Fast-forwarding a few years from the days of computer stores, he went on to write pyDance, an open source implementation of multiple dancing games, and then became the CEO of music and gaming event MAGFest. Sometimes referred to as "Mr.

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Seafile is an open-source, small and secure cloud storage solution for file synchronization and sharing, built using C (at the core) and Python. It features file encryption and group sharing, organization of files into...

Linus Torvalds has just tagged Linux 5.6-rc1 as the first test kernel of the forthcoming Linux 5.6. This is going to be a jam-packed big update debuting as stable at the end of March or early April...

Linux 5.6-rc1 Released For What's Shaping To Be A Superb Kernel  Phoronix

Ubuntu-based elementary OS 5.1.2 Hera update fixes dangerous Linux sudo bug  BetaNews

Linux kernel patch maker says court case was only way out  iTWire

Out this Sunday is OpenShot 2.5 as the non-linear video editor's biggest release yet for this cross-platform, open-source solution...

Linux 5.6 Is The Most Exciting Kernel In Years With So Many New Features  Phoronix

The Linux 5.6 merge window is anticipated to be ending today followed by the Linux 5.6-rc1 test release. This kernel is simply huge: there is so many new and improved features with this particular release that it's mind-boggling. I'm having difficulty remembering such a time a kernel release was so large.

One of the last features to land today for Linux 5.6 ahead of the merge window closure is Western Digital's Zonefs file-system...

Western Digital Proposes Zonefs File-System For Linux 5.6  Phoronix

After being added to Linux 5.4 and then being ejected a week later when it was clear not enough testing took place, the VirtualBox Shared Folder "VBOXSF" driver is now trying to make it into Linux 5.6...

VirtualBox Shared Folder Driver Seeks Inclusion In Linux 5.6  Phoronix

KDE Plasma 5.18 LTS is planned for release on Tuesday, 11 February, which means a mad rush of last minute fixes for this desktop as well as developers already working on Plasma 5.19 that is aiming for release in early June...

5 Best Linux Desktop Environments for 2020  News & Features

As first to write about yesterday, Linux 5.6 Arm platform changes now support the original Amazon Echo. While this allows the first-generation Amazon Echo to run with a mainline Linux kernel and is exciting for hobbyists, it's not really practical at this stage or even in the long-run...