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FreePBX phone system

FreePBX is a first-class replacement for commercial phone systems, even in complex setups.
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Photo by Marcus Woodbridge on Unsplash

Create flexible backups with Kopia

The Kopia open source system for automating the creation and transfer of backups supports a wide range of remote storage devices, making it particularly useful as a backup tool in cloud environments. The convenient GUI for Windows installations holds its own against commercial products, despite its short development history.
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Lead Image © Paul Aniszewski, 123RF.com

Modern network diagnostics

We take a deep dive into two powerful tools for tracing network paths and troubleshooting connectivity issues: Test-NetConnection and mtr.
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Photo by Gustavo Xavier on Unsplash

Intelligent observability with AI and Coroot

In the deep waters of scalable environments, observability is more important than ever. Coroot enters the scene with eBPF to intercept traffic and collect data that is of interest for monitoring and attack detection.

Develop a simple scanning application with the NAPS2 SDK

A NAPS2 PDF scanner, the C# language, and the .NET Framework set the stage for a CLI app for scanning documents.
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Lead Image © Kirill Makarov, 123RF.com

Comparing system rescue distros

Rescue systems play a particularly important role for desktops because they cannot simply be reinstalled on the fly. We look at venerable but outdated Knoppix and three still in development: Grml, SystemRescue, and Finnix.
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Photo by Barnabas Davoti on Unsplash

File access optimization discovery and visualization

File I/O is a limiting factor for many applications and can become a bottleneck for data-intensive computing. We analyze different file access functions and present a script that visualizes and optimizes inefficient file I/O.
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Lead Image © Natalia Lukiyanova, 123RF.com

MAT: Monitor your infrastructure with Netdata

Netdata relies on easy commissioning and a hosted cloud service to simplify monitoring, alerting, and trending. More than 300 services can be monitored in addition to basic system parameters.

Container compliance with dockle

The open source dockle tool can help keep your Docker containers compliant.

Configuring WireGuard with wg-portal

The wg-portal project helps you set up, manage, and scale a WireGuard VPN environment.