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Most Popular Software Repositories

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Here is a complete collection of the most popular software repositories: CentOS http://mirror.centos.org/centos/ Fedora https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/ Open Suse https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/ Open Solaris https://mirror.opencsw.org/opencsw/ Open AIX ftp://www.oss4aix.org/ HP-UX http://hpux.connect.org.uk/hppd/packages.html Ubuntu https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ Debian https://ftp.debian.org/debian/ Alpine https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/ Alma https://repo.almalinux.org/ Rocky https://download.rockylinux.org/pub/rocky/ Gentoo https://packages.gentoo.org/ Manjaro https://repo.manjaro.org/ Arch https://archlinux.org/packages/ Remi Repository https://rpms.remirepo.net/ Epel Repository https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/ Perl Modules (MetaCPAN) https://metacpan.org/ Perl Modules (CPAN) … Read more

Open Sources: Voices from the Open Source Revolution

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Open Sources: Voices from the Open Source Revolution is a book published by O’Reilly Media. It is an anthology of essays written by luminaries of the open source and free software movements. The essays variously chronicle aspects of free software history, describe various philosophical positions, or sketch groups important to the movements. The book is … Read more

Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary

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Once upon a time Linus Torvalds was a skinny unknown, just another nerdy Helsinki techie who had been fooling around with computers since childhood. Then he wrote a groundbreaking operating system and distributed it via the Internet — for free. Today Torvalds is an international folk hero. And his creation LINUX is used by over … Read more

“534 Protection level negotiation failed.” error when attempting to transfer files to a Microsoft Internet Information Server FTPS service using lftp?

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Issue: Why do I get “534 Protection level negotiation failed.” error when attempting to transfer files to a Microsoft Internet Information Server FTPSservice using lftp? Resolution:Please force lftp to encrypt data transmissions with the following settings: You can enter those settings manually before establishing a connection: Alternatively you can store those settings in a configuration file … Read more

What is open source software?

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Overview Open source software is released through a specific kind of license that makes its source code legally available to end-users. There are many such licenses, but typically software is considered open source if: Is open source software free? Open source software does not necessarily mean that executable software is given away for free. It does, however, mean that … Read more

What is open source?

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The term open source refers to something people can modify and share because its design is publicly accessible. The term originated in the context of software development to designate a specific approach to creating computer programs. Today, however, “open source” designates a broader set of values—what we call “the open source way.” Open source projects, products, or … Read more

The open source way

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The open source way is a set of principles derived from open source software development models and applied more broadly to additional industries and domains. Opensource.com exists to share how the open source way can change our world in the same way the open source model has changed software. Principles of the open source way Transparency. Whether we’re … Read more