Docker is a collection of Platform as a Service (PaaS) products that make use of operating-system-level virtualization to deploy containers and containerized services. Docker has been around since 2013, so it’s mature enough to handle enterprise-level needs. Speaking of which, you’ll find a few different versions of Docker, such as the community edition, the open-source ...

If your business is either considering or planning a migration to Linux desktops, you might be wondering which distributions are your best options. Given how many Linux distributions are available, that decision may seem like an insurmountable hurdle. It’s not. In fact, once you weed out the distributions that aren’t a good fit for enterprise ...

In addition to the COVID pandemic, analytics, automation, artificial intelligence, digital transformation, and other tech trends are changing business needs more rapidly than in recent years. It’s also causing companies and workers alike to grapple with a growing skills gap that must be closed. Should companies offer employees retraining, upskilling or other educational and development ...

Many developers use Linux as their platform. This choice is becoming even more widespread as enterprises continue to grow dependent on Linux and open-source software, tools, frameworks, and languages. Developers new to the Linux platform may not know what is needed to get started. You may even think that gathering all the necessary tools is ...

Many businesses depends on Linux and open source in the data center or any number of Linux-based virtual machines hosted on a third-party cloud service. So why are you continuing to ignore Linux on the desktop? Is it because Windows is simply the desktop operating system you’ve always used and can’t figure out a reason ...

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Thanks to low-code and no-code platforms, employees don’t need to know how to code to become a coder. This reality has increased low-code and no-code platform usage across businesses small and large. For some developers these platforms are a welcome time-saving solution to focus their efforts on other higher-value projects. While other developers might disagree ...

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Selecting the right Linux distribution out of the gate could make the difference between enjoying a long, productive life with the operating system or a short-term experience filled with frustration. But for many, the hundreds of options can be overwhelming. Of course, all of those varied choices, are (at the same time) one of the ...

Modern video games rely on a cornucopia of sounds to engage and engross players. Whether it is ambient sound to set the mood, music to invoke a feeling, or dialog to tell the story, sound is vital to the immersive experience of a video game. The individual responsible for meshing all those disparate sounds together ...