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Using variables in Bash

opensource.com - Mon, 08/26/2019 - 15:02

In computer science (and casual computing), a variable is a location in memory that holds arbitrary information for later use. In other words, it’s a temporary storage container for you to put data into and get data out of. In the Bash shell, that data can be a word (a string, in computer lingo) or a number (an integer).


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5 ops tasks to do with Ansible

opensource.com - Mon, 08/26/2019 - 15:01

In this DevOps world, it sometimes appears the Dev half gets all the limelight, with Ops the forgotten half in the relationship. It's almost as if the leading Dev tells the trailing Ops what to do, with almost everything "Ops" being whatever Dev says it should be. Ops, therefore, gets left behind, punted to the back, relegated to the bench.

I'd like to see more OpsDev happening. So let's look at a handful of things Ansible can help you do with your day-to-day Ops life. 


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3 Best Windows Alternatives | Most secure & private operating systems - proprivacy.com

Google News - Mon, 08/26/2019 - 15:00
3 Best Windows Alternatives | Most secure & private operating systems  proprivacy.com

Windows is not a secure or private operating system, in fact, it has been target by hackers and malware peddlers for decades. In this guide we list the best ...

Introduction to the Linux chown command

opensource.com - Mon, 08/26/2019 - 15:00

Every file and directory on a Linux system is owned by someone, and the owner has complete control to change or delete the files they own. In addition to having an owning user, a file has an owning group.

You can view the ownership of a file using the ls -l command:


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Bookworm is a light-weight eBook reader for Linux - Ghacks Technology News

Google News - Mon, 08/26/2019 - 14:26
Bookworm is a light-weight eBook reader for Linux  Ghacks Technology News

While Calibre has a built-in reader, and is the absolute best when it comes to managing and converting eBooks, some people may prefer an alternative when it ...

Linux 5.3-rc6 Released - Marking Linux's 28th Birthday

Phoronix - Mon, 08/26/2019 - 05:25
Linus Torvalds today released the sixth weekly test release of the upcoming Linux 5.3 kernel. It also happens to be 28 years to the day since Linus Torvalds announced the original Linux kernel...

Samsung DeX is darn close to the “Chrome Phone” I'd like to see - About Chromebooks

Google News - Mon, 08/26/2019 - 05:07
Samsung DeX is darn close to the “Chrome Phone” I'd like to see  About Chromebooks

I've been pondering what a Chrome Phone would look like since 2013. We'll probably never see one but if you want to get an idea for the concept, look no ...

Sorry Linux Gamers, The 'Halo: The Master Chief Collection' Situation Isn't Looking Good - Forbes

Google News - Mon, 08/26/2019 - 03:47
Sorry Linux Gamers, The 'Halo: The Master Chief Collection' Situation Isn't Looking Good  Forbes

For a minute there, we had a nice dream. But Easy Anti-Cheat has infected the long-awaited Master Chief Collection on Steam.

Civilization VI: Gold Edition is peak strategy gaming, and it's only $25 - Windows Central

Google News - Sun, 08/25/2019 - 23:30
Civilization VI: Gold Edition is peak strategy gaming, and it's only $25  Windows Central

Few games have ever managed to capture imaginations across the globe like Sid Meier's famed Civilization series, in which players use a combination or ...

Linux Kernel Turns 28 Today - iProgrammer

Google News - Sun, 08/25/2019 - 22:52
Linux Kernel Turns 28 Today  iProgrammer

August 25th is taken to be the official birthday of the Linux. What's so special about 28? Well we managed to miss 21 and 25 so we are making sure we mark it ...

FreeBSD In Q2'2019 Saw Updated Graphics Drivers, Continued Linux Compatibility Layer

Phoronix - Sun, 08/25/2019 - 21:19
The FreeBSD project has published their Q2'2019 summary that outlines the various accomplishments for this open-source operating system project over the past quarter...

FreeBSD In Q2'2019 Saw Updated Graphics Drivers, Continued Linux Compatibility Layer - Phoronix

Google News - Sun, 08/25/2019 - 21:19
FreeBSD In Q2'2019 Saw Updated Graphics Drivers, Continued Linux Compatibility Layer  Phoronix

The FreeBSD project has published their Q2'2019 summary that outlines the various accomplishments for this open-source operating system project over the ...

5 ways Linux changed our lives and we didn't even know it - Android Authority

Google News - Sun, 08/25/2019 - 21:16
5 ways Linux changed our lives and we didn't even know it  Android Authority

To commemorate the nearly 30 years that Linux has been available, we compiled a shortlist of ways Linux has fundamentally changed our lives.

5 ways Linux changed our lives and we didn't even know it - Android Authority

Google News - Sun, 08/25/2019 - 20:03
5 ways Linux changed our lives and we didn't even know it  Android Authority

To commemorate the nearly 30 years that Linux has been available, we compiled a shortlist of ways Linux has fundamentally changed our lives.

Android Studio 3.5 arrives with better performance and full Chrome OS support - Chrome Unboxed

Google News - Sun, 08/25/2019 - 19:46
Android Studio 3.5 arrives with better performance and full Chrome OS support  Chrome Unboxed

At Google I/O back in May, developers announced Andriod Studio support for Chrome OS. Still in Beta at the time, the widely used developer's tool lacked a ...

Vulkan 1.1.121 Brings AMD Device Coherent Memory Extension

Phoronix - Sun, 08/25/2019 - 19:34
Vulkan 1.1.121 is the newest Sunday morning update to the Vulkan graphics/compute API. In addition to various bug fixes/clarifications to the documentation, there is a new Vulkan extension around device coherent memory support from AMD...

KDE Ending Out August With Various Fixes & Other Enhancements

Phoronix - Sun, 08/25/2019 - 19:28
As the end of the summer nears and KDE's Akademy conference approaches, development is busy as ever on this open-source desktop environment...

DragonFlyBSD Pulls In AMD Radeon Graphics Code From Linux The 4.7 Kernel

Phoronix - Sun, 08/25/2019 - 16:38
It was just last month that DragonFlyBSD pulled in Radeon's Linux 4.4 kernel driver code as an upgrade from the Linux 3.19 era code they had been using for their open-source AMD graphics support. This week that's now up to a Linux 4.7 era port...

Happy birthday to the Linux kernel: What's your favorite release?

opensource.com - Sun, 08/25/2019 - 15:00

Let's take a trip back to August 1991, when history was in the making. The tech world faced many pivotal moments that continue to impact us today. An intriguing project called the World Wide Web was announced by Tim Berners-Lee and the first website was launched. Super Nintendo was released in the United States and a new chapter of gaming began for kids of all ages. At the University of Helsinki, a student named Linus Torvalds asked his peers for feedback on a new free operating system he had been developing as a hobby. It was then that the Linux kernel was born.


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