Canonical announces Ubuntu Security Research Alliance Program
Today, Canonical, the publisher of Ubuntu, announced its new Ubuntu Security Research Alliance Program, a free partnership between Canonical and open source vulnerability scanning organizations. The goal is to ensure vulnerability data is more transp...
Fedora Moves Towards Forgejo – A Unified Decision
The decision to move to Forgejo as the new git forge has been made. There are numerous factors involved in this decision and this article will discuss them, present some background on the process, and invite one more chance for feedback before the form...
Fedora Moves Towards Forgejo
The decision to move to Forgejo as the new git forge has been made. There are numerous factors involved in this decision and this article will discuss them, present some background on the process, and invite one more chance for feedback before the form...
How Chrome doubled its Speedometer scores on Android
Today’s The Fast and the Curious post covers how Chrome achieved best-in-class Speedometer scores on mobile devices, resulting in faster and smoother web experiences for Android users. Chrome has always been about speed. Whether it's loading pages q...
"Ceratopsian" will be the default theme for Debian 13
The theme "Ceratopsian" by Elise Couper has been selected as the default theme for Debian 13 "trixie". The theme is inspired by Trixie's (the fictional character from Toy Story) frill and is also influenced by a previously used theme called "futureProt...
AWS amplifies developer tools with new gen AI features
AWS is leaving no stone unturned to get generative AI tools embedded into every aspect of application development. At its annual re:Invent conference, AWS CEO Matt Garman showcased a large of features and tools that the company has built for developer...
Leap Micro 6.1 Release Candidate
Release Candidate images of Leap Micro 6.1 can be found at get.opensuse.org. At this point we’re only awaiting confirmation of the Leap Micro 6.1 maintenance setup prior making an official release; hopefully coming later this week. Please be aware th...
Cython tutorial: How to speed up Python
Python is a powerful programming language that is easy to learn and easy to work with, but it is not always the fastest to run—especially when you’re dealing with math or statistics. Third-party libraries like NumPy, which wrap C libraries, can im...
Intro to Express.js: Endpoints, parameters, and routes
Express.js is the most-used HTTP server and middleware platform for Node.js. Let’s take a hands-on look at what it brings to the table. Request handling with Express.js Handling requests over the Internet is one of the most frequent and common task...
Just say no to JavaScript
The JavaScript programming language has a lot of history, but it was created over about — yes — a week in 1995. It was first called LiveScript, but the name was changed to JavaScript to ride the bandwagon for Java, despite having nothing to do wi...