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JStock - Free Stock Market Software

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JStock is an open-source stock market software that is available for Linux, MacOS, and Windows. It is a comprehensive tool that allows users to track their stock portfolio, view financial news, and perform technical analysis on a wide range of markets. In this article, we will take a closer look at JStock and its features, as well as its advantages over other stock market software.

SMTP in the Era of Cloud Computing

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Email has been and continues to be one of the most widely used communication tools in the world. This is due in part to the fact that email is versatile, fast and easy to use. More and more people are turning to email as their primary form of communication.

However, as email usage has increased, so too has the amount of email that needs to be handled. This has led to the development of SMTP, or Simple Mail Transfer Protocol, which is a protocol used to send and receive email.

Kubernetes Versus Docker For Containerized Applications

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By increasing portability and using fewer system resources than traditional virtual4 machines, containers make application deployment easier. They are used by DevOps engineers to create workflows that are tailored to agile methodologies, which encourage frequent and incremental code changes.docker versus kubernetesdocker vs kubernetes

Do You Own a Raspberry Pi? If so, What Do You Do With it?

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I own two Raspberry Pi Single-Board Computers (SBC). The first Raspberry Pi that I purchased was a model 3B+ (1GB RAM) with heat sink, but without a fan. I use this Raspberry Pi to host two of my WordPress websites: DpNetwork & the Domain: Dancalloway.com.

The second Raspberry Pi I purchased was a model 4 (4GB RAM) with cooling fan.  I use this SBC to run my OpenMediaVault 6TB NAS and Portainer (a Docker Container application) for running docker applications across my network via a Web browser.

Do you own a Raspberry Pi. If so, what do you use yours for?

Poor Man's Video Capture With Motion Detection in Bash

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Laurent22 on Github has developed a very simple bash script for capturing images using a standard default webcam with motion detection support attached to your system. This bash script process was developed to assist Laurent22 to record what his dog was doing while he wasn't at home.

The daily driver used by Laurent 22 is OSX. However, the bash script that he developed for creating images that can be converted into a motion picture .mp4 file for viewing using VLC Media Player, is cross-platform and can be run in Linux and MS Windows as well.

Remembering an Old Acquaintance: The Obituary of a Dead Operating System

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REDMOND, WASHINGTON – This author was recently searching on the Internet looking for an old acquaintance—he called OS/2—with which he had lost touch. While searching numerous online newspapers, this author stumbled across an obituary for his friend that confirmed his demise. The obituary was from a newspaper in the Redmond, Washington area that announced the death of OS/2, someone with whom this author was very familiar and had worked with many years ago.