Try some of these open source tools. Get more done. Alan Smithee Many of us, admittedly, only use computers because they’re fun. But some people use computers to get stuff done, and their theory is computers are supposed to make things faster, better, and more organized. In practice, though, computers don’t necessarily improve our lives without… Lees meer
Research from Veracode suggests that 70 percent of apps have security flaws due to their use of open-source libraries. Ryan Daws The application security firm set out to determine the risk one flawed library can pose to software. For its The State of Software Security (SOSS): Open Source Edition report, Veracode analysed 351,000 libraries across the Veracode… Lees meer
Linux on Windows just took a big graphical desktop step forward with Microsoft’s plans for Windows subsystem for Linux. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols Linux on the desktop has had more than its fair share of troubles. Sure, the Linux desktop has long been a favorite of top-flight developers, system administrators, and loyal fans. But, when it… Lees meer
Turn your WordPress site into an interactive learning management system with this open source plugin. Don Watkins WordPress is best known as a website content management system, but it also a great learning management system (LMS) for delivering online courses. If that is what you are looking for out of WordPress, then H5P should be the top plugin on… Lees meer
Machine om luiers te verversen Sta je als kersverse pap voor de taak om de luiers van je baby te verversen en denk je als rechtgeaarde nerd ”Zou dat niet te automatiseren zijn?”. Jawel hoor, de Iraanse ingenieur Iman Farahbaksh vond een automatische ‘babywasmachine’ uit en kreeg in 2018 zelfs een octrooi erop toegekend. … Lees meer
Download our new curl cheat sheet. Curl is a fast and efficient way to pull the information you need from the internet without using a graphical interface. Seth Kenlon Curl is commonly considered a non-interactive web browser. That means it’s able to pull information from the internet and display it in your terminal or save… Lees meer
Toen een Finse student in de zomer van 1991 de broncode van een nieuwe kernel publiceerde met de gevleugelde woorden “just a hobby, won’t be big and professional like gnu”, kon niemand vermoeden dat Linux anno 2020 juist wel heel groot en professioneel zou worden. Iedereen gebruikt Linux, de meesten zonder dat ze het weten.… Lees meer
Despite Python 2 nearing end-of-life on January 1, 2020, 10% of Python developers were still using it in 2019, according to JetBrains’ 2019 Python developer survey. Jenna Sargent The share of developers still using Python 2 has been decreasing year-over-year. JetBrains’ 2017 survey found that 25% were using Python 2 and their 2018 found that… Lees meer
Google wil het web steeds ‘eenvoudiger’ en ‘gebruiksvriendelijker’ maken.Helaas is het resultaat juist meer complexiteit en meer risico op fouten. Koen Vervloesem Zes jaar geleden al schreef ik op deze pagina een /rant met de titel ‘De debilisering van het internet’. Ik klaagde daarin de evolutie aan dat de browserfabrikanten steed meer de complexiteit van… Lees meer
Connect to your console for troubleshooting with Tio, a Linux serial communication program. Alan Formy-Duval As a systems engineer, I spend aloof time in data centers configuring servers another computer equipment. Two of the items I keep in my toolkit are an RS-232 serial-to-USB converter and a standard DB-9 serial cable. These can be indispensable… Lees meer
