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📚 Recommended Linux Books to Read for Jan. 31, 2025

Linux in a Nutshell Author(s): Jessica Perry Hekman, Ellen Siever, Aaron Weber, Stephen Figgins, Robert Love, Arnold Robbins, Stephen Spainhour Linux in a Nutshell: An In-Depth Review "Linux in a Nutshell", is a prodigious technical reference book penned by an impressive team of authors – Jessica Perry Hekman, Ellen Siever, Aaron Weber, Stephen Figgins, Arnold Robbins, Stephen Spainhour and Robert Love. It provides a comprehensive and utterly engaging tour of the Linux operating system for begin
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📚 Recommended Servers Books to Read for Jan. 31, 2025

Web Server Programming Author(s): Neil Gray Subject: servers 'Web Server Programming' Explored: An Enlightening Dive into Digital Engineering As someone deeply entrenched in the world of literature, there are books that unravel their mysteries instantly and others that unfold their knowledge meticulously. Falling gleefully into the latter category is Web Server Programming by Neil Gray. In this technologically intensive era, Gray masterfully deciphers the art of web server programming, venturing
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JavaScript Skill Progression: The Path from Beginner to Extreme

{{#anchor-lvl1}} Level 1 - The Foundations: Understanding JavaScript Basics Introduction to JavaScript: What it is, how it works, and where it runs (browsers, Node.js). (part 1) JavaScript Variables & Data Types: var, let, const, and primitive types (String, Number, Boolean, Undefined, Null, Symbol, BigInt). (part 2) JavaScript Operators & Expressions: Arithmetic, comparison, logical, and assignment operators. (part 3) JavaScript Conditional Statements: if, else, switch. (part 4) Jav
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Harden and Secure Linux Servers by Level (1 - 6)

Securing a Linux server is an ongoing challenge. Every day, bad actors attempt to penetrate systems worldwide, using VPNs, IP spoofing, and other evasion tactics to obscure their origins. The source of an attack is often the least of your concerns, what matters most is implementing strong security measures to deter threats and protect your infrastructure. Hardening your servers not only makes them more resilient but also forces attackers to either move on or, ideally, abandon their efforts altog
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📚 Recommended Programming Books to Read for Jan. 31, 2025

Reconfigurable Processor Array a Bit Sliced Parallel Computer (USA) Author(s): A. Rushton Subject: programming The Breakthrough of Parallel Computing: A Review of A. Rushton's 'Reconfigurable Processor Array a Bit Sliced Parallel Computer (USA)' In the ever-evolving world of technology, keeping up with the innovation and concepts that define the landscape can be a challenge. Yet, in his book, 'Reconfigurable Processor Array - A Bit Sliced Parallel Computer (USA)', A. Rushton provides a solid f

GSAP is Now Completely Free, Even for Commercial Use!

by: Ryan Trimble Tue, 06 May 2025 14:14:41 +0000 Back in October, the folks behind the GreenSock Animation Platform (GSAP) joined forces with Webflow, the visual website builder. Now, the team’s back with another announcement: Along with the version 3.13 release, GSAP, and all its awesome plugins, are now freely available to everyone. Webflow is celebrating over on their blog as well: Check out the GSAP blog to read more about the announcement, then go animate something

I Created a Better Alternative to the Classic CD Command

by: LHB Community Tue, 06 May 2025 18:08:50 +0530 Anyone who works in a terminal, Linux or Windows, all the time knows that one of the most frequently used Linux commands is "cd" (change directory). Many people have come up with tools to change the current directory intuitively. Some people use the CDPATH environment variable while some go with zoxide, but which doesn't suit my needs. So I created a tool that works for me as a better alternative to the cd command. Here's the story. Why did I b

AI Software For Linux: Which Linux AI Tools Are Best in 2025?

By: Janus Atienza Tue, 06 May 2025 08:32:32 +0000 AI Software For Linux: Which Linux AI Tools Are Best in 2025? Artificial Intelligence is no longer just a trend; it’s the backbone of every data-driven decision,  prediction, and automated task. When you look at AI software for Linux, you’re diving into some of the most developer-centric, scalable, and open-source environments available today. The right choice of software depends on the project’s specific goals and technical demands. From buil

Chris’ Corner: GSAP, more like FREESap

by: Chris Coyier Mon, 05 May 2025 17:00:34 +0000 The news is that GSAP, a hugely popular animation library on CodePen and the web writ large, is now entirely free to use thanks to their being acquired by Webflow. Cool. In celebration, they are also running a Community Challenge where you make stuff and submit it and maybe win some swag. You make something to submit either with Webflow or CodePen, and they provide a quick Pen template to get started. As you can see in that temp

Modern Scroll Shadows Using Scroll-Driven Animations

by: Kevin Hamer Mon, 05 May 2025 13:01:43 +0000 Using scroll shadows, especially for mobile devices, is a subtle bit of UX that Chris has covered before (indeed, it’s one of his all-time favorite CSS tricks), by layering background gradients with different attachments, we can get shadows that are covered up when you’ve scrolled to the limits of the element. Geoff covered a newer approach that uses the animation-timeline property. Using animation-timeline, we can tie CSS animation to the scr

7 Essential Logseq Plugins I Use and Recommend

by: Sreenath Sat, 03 May 2025 08:56:47 GMT In an earlier article, I discussed installing plugins and themes in Logseq. And you already know that there are plenty of third-party plugins available in Logseq plugins Marketplace. Let me share some of the Plugins I use to organize my contents. 🚧Before installing Plugins, it is always good to frequently take backups of your notes. In case of any unexpected data loss, you can roll back easily.I presume you know it already, but in case you need hel

CSS shape() Commands

by: Geoff Graham Fri, 02 May 2025 12:36:10 +0000 The CSS shape() function recently gained support in both Chromium and WebKit browsers. It’s a way of drawing complex shapes when clipping elements with the clip-path property. We’ve had the ability to draw basic shapes for years — think circle, ellipse(), and polygon() — but no “easy” way to draw more complex shapes. Well, that’s not entirely true. It’s true there was no “easy” way to draw shapes, but we’ve had the path() function for som

State of Devs: A Survey for Every Developer

by: Sacha Greif Thu, 01 May 2025 12:34:58 +0000 I don’t know if I should say this on a website devoted to programming, but I sometimes feel like *lowers voice* coding is actually the least interesting part of our lives. After all, last time I got excited meeting someone at a conference it was because we were both into bouldering, not because we both use React. And The Social Network won an Oscar for the way it displayed interpersonal drama, not for its depiction of Mark Zuckerberg’s PHP cod

FOSS Weekly #25.18: Linux Magazine, Modern Terminals, Muse Pi, apt Guide and More

by: Abhishek Prakash Thu, 01 May 2025 05:49:00 GMT Before the age of blogs, forums, and YouTube tutorials, Linux users relied on printed magazines to stay informed and inspired. Titles like Linux Journal, Linux Format, and Maximum Linux were lifelines for enthusiasts, packed with tutorials, distro reviews, and CD/DVDs. These glossy monthly issues weren’t just publications—they were portals into a growing open-source world. Let's recollect the memories of your favorite Linux magazines. Ever

Exploring Firefox Tab Groups: Has Mozilla Redeemed Itself?

by: Sourav Rudra Thu, 01 May 2025 05:10:17 GMT Mozilla's Firefox needs no introduction. It is one of the few web browsers around that is not based on Chromium, setting out to provide a privacy-focused browsing experience for its users. Sadly, some recent maneuvers have landed it in hot water, the most recent of which was a policy change that resulted in an intense backlash from the open source community, who felt wronged. The consensus being that Mozilla broke their promise of not selling u

Uninstall WSL: Step-by-Step Simple Guide

By: Edwin Wed, 30 Apr 2025 13:08:34 +0000 A lot of people want Linux but do not want to go either remove Windows or take up the overwhelming task of dual booting. For those people, WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) came as a blessing. WSL lets you run Linux on your Windows device without the overhead of a Virtual Machine (VM). But in some cases where you want to fix a problem or simply do not want WSL anymore, you may have to uninstall WSL from your Windows system. Here is step-by-step guide

shopt in Bash: How to Improve Script Reliability

By: Edwin Wed, 30 Apr 2025 13:08:28 +0000 There are multiple very useful built-ins in Bash other than cd, ls, and echo. For shell scripting and terminal command execution, there is one lesser known but very powerful built-in command. It is the ” shopt”. This comes in handy when you are customizing your shell behaviour or writing advanced scripts. If you understand shopt, you can improve your workflow and also your scripts’ reliability. In this guide, let us explain everything there is about

What is Ollama? How to Run LLMs Locally

By: Edwin Wed, 30 Apr 2025 13:08:26 +0000 AI is almost everywhere. Every day, we see new AI models surprising the world with their capabilities. The tech community (which includes you as well) wanted something else. They wanted to run AI models like ChatGPT or LLaMA on their own devices without spending much on cloud. The answer came in the form of Ollama. In this article, let us learn what Ollama is, why is it gaining popularity, and the features that set it apart. In addition to those, we

Firefox Tab Groups: Managing Tabs Like a Pro

By: Edwin Wed, 30 Apr 2025 13:08:24 +0000 Firefox is the browser of choice for many tech-enthusiasts. If you are reading this, it probably means that your go-to browser is Firefox. But very often, we find ourselves buried under dozens of open tabs in Firefox? You are not alone. Tab overload is a real productivity killer and Firefox dev team knows it. Here is the solution: Firefox Tab Groups. Firefox stunned the world by removing the built-in tab grouping but there are powerful extensions and

Raspberry Pi Zero Projects: Top 10 in 2025

By: Edwin Wed, 30 Apr 2025 13:08:23 +0000 Many hardcore Linux users were introduced into the tech world after playing with the tiny Raspberry Pi devices. One such tiny device is the Raspberry Pi Zero. Its appearance might fool a lot of people, but it packs a surprising punch for its size and price. Whether you’re a beginner, a maker, or a developer looking to prototype on a budget, there are countless Raspberry Pi Zero projects you can build to automate tasks, learn Linux, or just have fun.

Revisiting Image Maps

by: Andy Clarke Wed, 30 Apr 2025 12:12:45 +0000 I mentioned last time that I’ve been working on a new website for Emmy-award-winning game composer Mike Worth. He hired me to create a highly graphical design that showcases his work. Mike loves ’90s animation, particularly Disney’s Duck Tales and other animated series. He challenged me to find a way to incorporate their retro ’90s style into his design without making it a pastiche. But that wasn’t my only challenge. I also needed to achieve t

Journals and Contents: Two Special Pages in Logseq

by: Sreenath Wed, 30 Apr 2025 05:46:58 GMT Logseq is different from the conventional note-taking applications in many aspects. Firstly, it follows a note block approach, rather than a page-first approach for content organization. This allows Logseq to achieve data interlinking at the sentence level. That is, you can refer to any sentence of a note in any other note inside your database. Another equally important feature is the “Special Pages”. These are the “Journals” and “Contents” pages.

Open Up With Brad Frost, Episode 2

by: Geoff Graham Tue, 29 Apr 2025 14:27:25 +0000 Brad Frost is running this new little podcast called Open Up. Folks write in with questions about the “other” side of web design and front-end development — not so much about tools and best practices as it is about the things that surround the work we do, like what happens if you get laid off, or AI takes your job, or something along those lines. You know, the human side of what we do in web design and development. Well, it just so happen

Resize Panes in Tmux

by: Pranav Krishna Tue, 29 Apr 2025 09:53:03 +0530 In this series of managing the tmux utility, the first level division, panes, are considered. Panes divide the terminal window horizontally or vertically. Various combinations of these splits can result in different layouts, according to your liking. Pane split of a tmux windowThis is how panes work in tmux. Creating Panes Take into focus any given pane. It could be a fresh window as well. The current window can be split horizontally (up an

Chris’ Corner: Reacting

by: Chris Coyier Mon, 28 Apr 2025 17:20:59 +0000 I was listening to Wes and Scott on a recent episode of Syntax talking about RSCs (React Server Components). I wouldn’t say it was particularly glowing. We use them here at CodePen, and will likely be more and more as we ship more with Next.js, which is part of our most modern stack that we are always moving toward. Me, I like Next.js. React makes good sense to me for use in a very interactive, long-session style application with oodles of s

Anchor Positioning Just Don’t Care About Source Order

by: Geoff Graham Mon, 28 Apr 2025 12:43:01 +0000 Ten divs walk into a bar: <div>1</div> <div>2</div> <div>3</div> <div>4</div> <div>5</div> <div>6</div> <div>7</div> <div>8</div> <div>9</div> <div>10</div> There’s not enough chairs for them to all sit at the bar, so you need the tenth div to sit on the lap of one of the other divs, say the second one. We can visually co

Dual Booting CachyOS and Windows

by: Abhishek Prakash Mon, 28 Apr 2025 06:04:44 GMT There is something about CachyOS. It feels fast. The performance is excellently smooth, specially if you have newer hardware. I don't have data to prove it but my new Asus Zenbook that I bought in November last year is rocking CachyOS superbly. The new laptop came with Windows, which is not surprising. I didn't replace Windows with Linux. Instead, I installed CachyOS in dual boot mode alongside Windows. The thing is that it was straightforw

A Simple Way to Install Talos Linux on Any Machine, with Any Provider

By: Linux.com Editorial Staff Sun, 27 Apr 2025 23:40:06 +0000 Talos Linux is a specialized operating system designed for running Kubernetes. First and foremost it handles full lifecycle management for Kubernetes control-plane components. On the other hand, Talos Linux focuses on security, minimizing the user’s ability to influence the system. A distinctive feature of this OS is the near-complete absence of executables, including the absence of a shell and the inability to log in via SSH. Al

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