Writing useful terminal TUI on Linux with dialog and jq
Why a Text User Interface? Many use the terminal on a daily basis. A Text User Interface (TUI) is a tool that will minimize user errors and allow you to become more productive with the terminal...
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Crash course on using Textual Python on Linux has nice GUI (Graphic User Interface) development libraries like TkInter, but what if you cannot run graphical applications? Text terminals, are available...
View ArticleJSON and JSONB support in SQLite
This article provides insight on SQLite’s support for JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) and the latest addition, JSONB. It explains how SQLite facilitates handling JSON and JSONB data and what the...
View ArticleContribute at the Fedora Linux 40 i18n Test Week
The i18n team is testing changes for Fedora Linux 40 (ibus-anthy 1.5.16, IBus 1.5.30 and many more). As a result, the i18n and QA teams organized a test week from Tuesday, March 05, 2024, to Monday,...
View ArticleBuild custom images for Testing Farm
You may know the Testing Farm from the article written by David Kornel and Jakub Stejskal. That article highlighted the primary advantages of this testing system. You should review the earlier...
View ArticleCVE-2024-3094: Urgent alert for Fedora Linux 40 and Rawhide users
The Fedora Council was notified of CVE-2024-3094 on Friday, March 29th related to the xz tools and libraries. At this time, Fedora Rawhide users are likely to have received the tainted package. Fedora...
View ArticleCVE-2024-3094: All Clear
It’s official — CVE-2024-3094 is the “Backdoor in XZ Utils That Almost Happened“. Fortunately, the malware was detected before we released the compromised version as an official update. If you are...
View ArticleAn alternative way of saving toolboxes
A previous article in the Fedora Magazine describes how toolboxes can be saved in a container image repository and restored on the same or a different machine. The method described there works well...
View ArticleContribute at the Podman 5.1 and Kernel 6.9 Test Week
Fedora test days are events where anyone can help make certain that changes in Fedora work well in an upcoming release. Fedora community members often participate, and the public is welcome at these...
View ArticleFedora’s openQA Cloud Deployment
Fedora benefits from a long-standing, comprehensive, and robust openQA deployment used in release validation testing and testing updates. A recent project extended Fedora’s openQA infrastructure to...
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