Founder/CEO of Ghost CMS silenced us I recently wrote a critical post about Ghost CMS. A link to the post was then listed on Ghost's forum for comments and feedback. A couple of Ghost users joined the discussion, mostly agreeing with me and contributing to the conversation
When we talk about a traditional or coupled CMS, it is a package that was developed and marketed for use as designed, according to the manual written for you, the end user. This applies equally to all, regardless of the license, whether it is a free, open-source CMS or a
Do all good things come to an end? I disagree. However, reality can be brutal sometimes. Intel closed another open source project, Clear Linux OS, as announced in this thread. Can we say, "Big Evil Corp getting rid of open source"? Well, partially, at some point. Hopefully, Intel
Newsletters lock-in with Mailgun Currently, Mailgun is the only option if you wish to use Ghost’s built-in newsletter delivery feature. Period. The problem isn't just the exorbitant pricing of popular bulk email providers today; the severe lack of options makes it seem monopolistic. They have said for
Do you know that a Windows system installation can be booted from a VHD (Virtual Hard Disk) file under a known file system instead of from a raw partition? If you are looking for exactly that capability, Windows Native Boot is the answer. Overview Windows Native Boot has been there
Note: This is a short post on the topic of Content Delivery Network (CDN). For thorough and in-depth understanding of the concept, please consult proper primary sources. I believe whoever reading this must have seen subdomains that start with a "cdn", when loading a website for example. Have
In this tutorial, I am going to show you how to write an AWS CloudFormation Template that deploys a server on EC2. In 2020, I wrote an AWS CloudFormation Template to deploy an IPsec VPN server on EC2, using Lin Song's setup-ipsec-vpn deployment script. And I am also
We are pleased to announce that anyone with a Red Hat account can download the latest Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 release images using their customer portal. Workstation Install using Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Binary DVD ISO Installing RHEL 10 on a workstation using the RHEL 10.
Introduction Web configuration tools for server management and provisioning are very useful. Some local devops prefer to make all changes via VNC console, but they quickly change their position when they start to manage tens and hundreds of servers. Modern orchestration systems allow to create many groups of virtual or
April 1st, 2025, would go down as a dark day in the history of software freedom. The infamous leader, pioneer of the software freedom movement, Mr. Richard Stallman, sees no point in fighting for software freedom anymore and has endorsed Microsoft Windows, a non-free, user-subjugating operating system. Reasons not to
Important projects for getting Windows applications up and running on Linux Let's find out why we need another game launcher for Linux and why famous developers invest their time to create it. The first question from newcomers will probably be "What does the word UMU even mean?
Proofs - this is not clickbait When you open the "Introducing GNOME 47" page on GNOME official website (Wayback Machine) you will see this image at the top: All is well, let's check the image metadata with curl and grep: $ curl --output - https://foundation.gnome.
AI
Deepseek is undoubtedly a revolution in AI. It has created a storm on the AI market and has driven down the product prices of OpenAI, Google and Facebook products. It's super cool technology, but today we want to look at it from a different angle - Chinese propaganda,
Opinion
TLDR; First learn to pay your talented programmers the minimum hourly wage of a developed country - then expect them to work 70-90 hours a week. If they want to. There are calls from CEOs of various fields and backgrounds for young people to work up to 90 hours a
Opensource
Introduction Ventoy is a great tool for teaching your flash drive how to multiboot, developed by Hailong Sun aka longpanda. Just install it on your flash drive, download any popular Linux or even Windows image (.iso, .wim, .img, .vhd(x), or .efi are supported) and voila - the image is
Software
Introduction In this tutorial, you will learn how to use Aria2 to handle multiple downloads with many files over different protocols. Aria2 is a command-line tool that can be controlled via JSON-RPC and XML-RPC interfaces, and supports the following protocols: * HTTP/HTTPS * FTP * SFTP * Metalink and BitTorrent with Fast, DHT,
Linux
Winter is already coming with cold, snow or rain and other problems for people. But there's no reason to give up - great things like Black Friday and Christmas are waiting for us! Yes, shopping can't solve all problems and it can even be addictive because
Many years ago, smart homes were common and popular only in science fiction movies or books, but thanks to advances in technology and electronics, it is now available to everyone and won't be a black hole in your pocket anymore. The tech giants like Apple or Samsung started
Networking
The Internet is very important these days and can't be underestimated. Not just for shiny pictures on Instagram, but for work, education, dating, news, daily chats with friends and family, and many other things. So choosing a good and reliable ISP (Internet Service Provider) is also important -
Networking
This device was created in late 2021 by Linksys (a company owned by Taiwanese giant Foxconn - the note about free Taiwan was earned) and Fortinet, a cybersecurity company based in sunny California. This company provides services and sells devices such as firewalls, wireless access points, intrusion detection systems and
As you can see, this blog is mostly dedicated to Linux and FOSS reviews, tips, ticks and hacks, but Apple sowtware can also be called *nix, at least kind of. So we decided to jump in and figure out what really happened at the September event, what's amazing
Networking
The network is a critical point of failure for almost all modern infrastructure. All of them are connected to the Internet, except perhaps military systems. This allows you to easily scale high load by adding more servers and work on tasks in parallel or distribute a portion of it to
Linux
Why terminal is not legacy and command line skills still matter Many new people in tech think that the terminal is something old-fashioned from the 70s or 80s and should be replaced by a UI with a bunch of flashy buttons. Reality is different, as it often happens. Console is
Linux
Introduction COSMIC is a Linux desktop environment developed by System76, a company known for its high-performance laptops and desktops with Linux preinstalled and the Intel® Management Engine disabled. They started by customizing Ubuntu releases and later added many unique features, making the project self-sustaining. COSMIC is a significant update to