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Red Hat - How An Open Source Software Company Became 34 Billion Dollars Company
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Red Hat - How An Open Source Software Company Became 34 Billion Dollars Company

In a historic milestone, Red Hat, the company that triumphed with Linux and open source has been acquired by IBM for 34,000 million dollars, the largest transaction in history for a software company. In its 25 years of history, Red Hat has been in charge of demonstrating that betting on open source is not only profitable, but it can generate millionaire profits and that believing in Linux and its philosophy of collaboration can be the basis of a business of gigantic figures. But how di

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Wonderwall: Cool Wallpaper Program For Linux
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Wonderwall: Cool Wallpaper Program For Linux

Wonderwall is a snap app cool wallpaper program for Unity and GNOME Desktop Environment. Its simple user interface allows the user to easily browse, download and install wallpapers on his Ubuntu desktop. The program provides high-resolution images which are suitable for modern widescreen monitors. However, it is still in its infancy so certain features are still buggy but not critical enough to negatively impact the program’s functionality. Installing Wonderwall Launch Ubuntu

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How Linux Makes Life Easier
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How Linux Makes Life Easier

This article is about how Linux simplifies various things from software installations, to secure repositories to an easy to use terminal. We divided the Making life easier with Linux article into three parts so that we could carter for three groups of computer users; A novice, a professional and a developer. Making Life Easier With Linux (For Beginners) The founder of Linux, ‘Linus Torvalds’ created Linux because he did not like the rigidity of MS-DOS. His dissatisfaction with

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Best Projects Created With Raspberry Pi - Part 10
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Best Projects Created With Raspberry Pi - Part 10

Raspberry Pi is rated as one of the best computing devices for the dynamic world of prototype experimentation and Do-It-Yourself projects. The PI is a very versatile computer praised for its ability to enhance computing activities in any niche from astronomy, computer science to environmental science. From the start of this series, we have been reviewing the PI and offering information ranging from the best Raspberry operating systems, how to use python with the PI  to ten things lists r

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Various Features In Git - Git Series Part 5
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Various Features In Git - Git Series Part 5

Now that we have seen how you can use a GUI or IDE to interact with a repository, let’s look at the many features that git offers to make life easier. I will demonstrate how to amend the previous commit message, how to see what files were changed in a commit, rebasing, and tools to help with troubleshooting. Follow complete Git series here. Revision Let’s look at the man page again to see what we have to work with. We have already discussed committing, pushing, pulling and merging c

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Difference Between Malware, Viruses, Worms, Spyware, Trojans And Ransomware
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Difference Between Malware, Viruses, Worms, Spyware, Trojans And Ransomware

The latest attack of a worldwide malware, the already famous WannCrypt, has not only made clear the security of hundreds of companies in the world but also how much we sometimes get involved in handling the terminology of these threats. Is a virus the same as a malware? And what is ransomware and how is it different from other threats? In general, we always call this a computer virus and that’s it. But today we will go a little further and we will explain what is the meaning of terms suc

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MongoDB Vs. MySQL
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MongoDB Vs. MySQL

The past few years have seen a  huge spike in the number of websites and apps using NoSQL databases. With MongoDB topping the charts everywhere. It is indeed fascinating how the modern web has drifted away from traditional SQL based databases.  MongoDB and other NoSQL databases have a new approach in storing and retrieving data. So let us have a look at some of the key factors in which MongoDB differs from MySQL. Data Modelling With a traditional SQL database like MySQL, we ne

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Variables in BASH - Learn BASH
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Variables in BASH - Learn BASH

Welcome to the second chapter of BASH scripting series in which we will discuss variables in bash. Did you know that every programming language has a way to let programmers declare variables in their programs? But what exactly are they and why do we need variables in programming? Please read on below to learn more about variables. * What is a variable? * Variables in BASH * Rules to follow * Purpose of variable * Examples * Simply store * Compute and stor

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Colibri - A Browser Without Tabs
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Colibri - A Browser Without Tabs

Almost all browsers are competing with each other in terms of functionality, speed, and performance. Though I did recently settle for Firefox as my default browser, I am still looking for better options. And this quest of mine took me to Colibri – A Browser without Tabs. I was really interested in finding out what this meant. How could a browser be without tabs? It’s like a car without wheels. So here is a review of Colibri. Availability and Installation Colibri is available f

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Is New Ubuntu 18.10 Worth Installing?
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Is New Ubuntu 18.10 Worth Installing?

The new Ubuntu release “Cosmic Cuttlefish” has hit the OS market after 6 months of development. I’ve been using it since it came out and now here is what I have to say about it. In this article, I’ll talk about the new things it brings in and also if it’s the release worth upgrading to. So let’s go. Before I start the review, let me first mention the Ubuntu 18.10 comes with 9 months of support. So anyone who doesn’t like to change the primary system every 9 months, should install this

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Introduction To BASH Scripting - Learn BASH | Part 1
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Introduction To BASH Scripting - Learn BASH | Part 1

Welcome to the introductory series on BASH scripting. This series will cover a complete guide on BASH scripting starting from the foundation of computer programming then progressing on to the basic constructs of this scripting language and finally, you will also create a simple mini-project using this scripting language. BASH is short for Bourne-again Shell, a superset (as in updated version) of Shell scripting language developed by Brian Fox in the mid-1980s. Ever since it has been wide

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What Is Tor? Is Tor Safe?
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What Is Tor? Is Tor Safe?

In this time where everybody is attempting to ensure their information and protection, we hear a considerable measure about the TOR network. Some sing acclaim while others think of it as an apparatus for crooks.  In this article, we give you the working standards of TOR by portraying likewise its preferences and drawbacks. WHAT IS THE TOR NETWORK? TOR remains for The Onion Router, and it’s a non-profit association that spotlights on securing the protection and obscurity of Inte

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