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The Latest Challenge to Copyleft
Copilot
GitHub's Copilot takes code autocompletion to a new level but raises copyleft licensing issues.
Expert Stitching
Create panoramic images from single shots with Hugin
Hugin is a tool for creating panoramic images, with many additional functions that make it a powerful supplement to your image editing toolbox.
Decoupled and Secure
Secure decoupled messaging with DANE and the TLSA resource record
Decoupled application design gets in the way of secure communication, but a little known feature of DNS can provide message security.
Double Your Security
Smartphone-based two-factor authentication
Protect your system from unwanted visitors with two-factor authentication.
What happens if the FSF collapses?
The Future of the FSF
With the controversy surrounding Richard Stallman’s reinstatement to the Free Software Foundation board refusing to go away, Bruce contemplates the future of the FSF.
Deep Dive
Exploring the kernel's mysterious Kconfig configuration system
The Kconfig configuration system makes it easy to configure and customize the Linux kernel. But how does it work? We'll take a deep dive inside Kconfig.
Secret Delivery
Secure communication over the unreliable UDP transport with DTLS
TLS encryption is wonderful if it is running over a reliable transport protocol like TCP; but if your needs call for the less reliable UDP transport, you'd better start learning about DTLS.
Visual Cues
Visual Studio Code for programming a Raspberry Pi
Professional and casual Python developers save time and keystrokes in a Visual Studio Code development environment for remote coding of a Raspberry Pi.
Health Check
Perform basic system checks with checksecurity
Linux offers users a wide range of options for system configuration. With the help of the checksecurity tool collection, you can automatically monitor basic system settings.
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