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Without any preface, let me get straight to the point. In this tutorial, we will be installing Damn Vulnerable Web Application (DVWA) on a Ubuntu virtual machine. Our attacker machine would be Kali Linux, which is also installed as a virtual machine (or virtual box). The host can be any OS, and doesn’t matter since we won’t be using it at all. An alternate configuration is when your host is either Kali or Ubuntu, in which case you need only one VM, to install their the other OS. Alternatively, you could just use a single Kali machine both as attacker as well as victim (running the vulnerable application). However, that makes things less realistic.

Contents

1. Pre-requisites
2. Installing DVWA

Disclaimer : No cool stuff in this tutorial, just straightforward installation.

Pre-requisites

You need to have Kali Linux (rolling release) and Ubuntu (I’m using 16.04) up and running. If you aren’t familiar with virtual machines and stuff, then take a break of a few days, get familiar with them, install and run a few Linux (any flavour) VMs, drink some coffee, etc. Once you’re comfortable with virtual machines (and have Kali & Ubuntu up nd running), proceed onward.

You also need some minimal knowledge of linux, networking, and web applications. As an exercise, you could try getting some free web host (a pathetic one will suffice, since you are only doing this for learning and won’t need anyone to use your website), and deploy a wordpress site. Tinker around the website, install themes and stuff to get a feel for it. Then, go one step further and deploy a wordpress instance on your linux virtual machine. This time, don’t use the wordpress UI to do things, but instead try and figure out stuff manually. Install themes, modules, etc. on your own by placing them in the correct directory. Just tinker away, in short, till you have some level of familiarity with web applications.

Now, you are familiar with web apps, virtual machines, and linux (not networking though). The task above were pretty simple but for now you can move ahead with the tutorial with the given amount of expertise. Also, the pre-reqs listed above are for the entire web pentesting series, and most probably you’ll be able to follow this tutorial without completing some of them, since this is the first and very basic installation tutorial.

Important: Make sure you use the same version of stuff as me. This will avoid scenarios where our systems behave differently (in which case you’ll have to use google-fu to figure our how to deal with unexpected stuff happening).

Ubuntu Version – 16.04.1 LTS

XAMPP Version – 7.1.1 (you’ll install this later in the tut)

Installing DVWA

This is a fairly simple procedure. Below are screenshots with explanation. At the end of the tutorial, I have listed commands that you need to type to get all this done (you can simply copy paste the commands). The unnecessary steps are not present in list of commands (in screenshots they are there to enhance your understanding oh what’s going on).

Overview-

1. First we will download DVWA.
2. Then we read it’s doc and find out what to do.
3. After reading doc, we realize we need to install XAMPP, we do that.
4. After installing XAMPP, we test if it works by starting it and opening localhost on our machine.
5. Once we’re sure that XAMPP works, we will proceed and copy DVWA files to htdocs folder of XAMPP.
6. Now we check if localhost/DVWA-master leads us to the vulnerable app. If it does, then we did everything right.

Navigate to the extracted archive. Get a lay of the land. You’ll find that there is documentation available in docs folder.

Here is the relevant section of the documentation. We need to install XAMPP. You can get it to work with any other equivalent software bundle, but for ease, let’s stick to the recommended way.

Proceed to download the XAMPP bundle. I went with the latest version (going with latest version poses a slight problem for us, while DVWA is flawed, our PHP version is perfectly patched. For now, let’s ignore this. If this cause hinderance at a later stage, then we’ll deal with it)

Navigate to downloads directory and run the installer for XAMPP

Realise that you forgot to run the installer as root! (kudos if you ran as root and didn’t make the same mistake as me)

Run installer as root

It’s a simple installer. You’d know what to do.

Wait for it to finish.

Start the XAMPP server (note that the directory is lampp in linux systems)

Check if your server is running by typing 127.0.0.1 or localhost on your browser. XAMPP is now up and running properly. Let’s run our vulnerable app on XAMPP now.

As suggested by the documentation, we simply move our folder into the htdocs directory.

Open the localhost/DVWA-master URL and you’ll see that everything works as expected. Our initial setup is successfully done.

There is still further configuration to be done, but I don’t want to extend the tutorial any further. After the next section, there is link to part 2 of this series.

Commands

For below commands to work, ensure the following-

• xampp-linux-x64-VERSION-installer.run – this file downloaded and is located in Downloads folder
• DWVA-master directory is located in home folder (the archive to be downloaded and extracted to obtain this directory).
• Replace VERSION with the version you have downloaded (7.1.1.0 in my case)

Here are the commands-

1. cd ~/Downloads
2. chmod a+x xampp-linux-x64-VERSION-installer.run
3. cd ~
4. sudo ./xampp-linux-x64-VERSION-installer.run
5. sudo mv ~/DWVA-master/ /opt/lampp/htdocs/

Part 2 : fixing the problems and finishing the configuration. Here’s the link –

Configuring DVWA

Extras

1. Read about localhost (what does this URL signify – 127.0.0.1)
2. Commands used – ls, cd, mv, sudo. Use man pages to find out what these mean (eg. type man mv into the terminal)

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Last updated October 11, 2018 By John Paul 7 Comments

There are a number of small operating systems out there that are designed to replicate the past. Haiku is one of those. We will look to see where Haiku came from and what the new release has to offer.

Haiku desktop

What is Haiku?

Haiku’s history begins with the now defunct Be Inc. Be Inc was founded by former Apple executive Jean-Louis Gassée after he was ousted by CEO John Sculley. Gassée wanted to create a new operating system from the ground up. BeOS was created with digital media work in mind and was designed to take advantage of the most modern hardware of the time. Originally, Be Inc attempted to create their own platform encompassing both hardware and software. The result was called the BeBox. After BeBox failed to sell well, Be turned their attention to BeOS.

In the 1990s, Apple was looking for a new operating system to replace the aging Classic Mac OS. The two contenders were Gassée’s BeOS and Steve Jobs’ NeXTSTEP. In the end, Apple went with NeXTSTEP. Be tried to license BeOS to hardware makers, but in at least one case Microsoft threatened to revoke a manufacturer’s Windows license if they sold BeOS machines. Eventually, Be Inc was sold to Palm in 2001 for $11 million. BeOS was subsequently discontinued.

Following the news of Palm’s purchase, a number of loyal fans decided they wanted to keep the operating system alive. The original name of the project was OpenBeOS, but was changed to Haiku to avoid infringing on Palm’s trademarks. The name is a reference to reference to the haikus used as error messages by many of the applications. Haiku is completely written from scratch and is compatible with BeOS.

Why Haiku?

According to the project’s website, Haiku “is a fast, efficient, simple to use, easy to learn, and yet very powerful system for computer users of all levels”. Haiku comes with a kernel that have been customized for performance. Like FreeBSD, there is a “single team writing everything from the kernel, drivers, userland services, toolkit, and graphics stack to the included desktop applications and preflets”.

New Features in Haiku Beta Release

A number of new features have been introduced since the release of Alpha 4.1. (Please note that Haiku is a passion project and all the devs are part-time, so some they can’t spend as much time working on Haiku as they would like.)

HaikuDepot, Haiku’s package manager

One of the biggest features is the inclusion of a complete package management system. HaikuDepot allows you to sort through many applications. Many are built specifically for Haiku, but a number have been ported to the platform, such as LibreOffice, Otter Browser, and Calligra. Interestingly, each Haiku package is “a special type of compressed filesystem image, which is ‘mounted’ upon installation”. There is also a command line interface for package management named pkgman.

Another big feature is an upgraded browser. Haiku was able to hire a developer to work full-time for a year to improve the performance of WebPositive, the built-in browser. This included an update to a newer version of WebKit. WebPositive will now play Youtube videos properly.

WebPositive, Haiku’s built-in browser

Other features include:

• A completely rewritten network preflet
• User interface cleanup
• Media subsystem improvements, including better streaming support, HDA driver improvements, and FFmpeg decoder plugin improvements
• Native RemoteDesktop improved
• Add EFI bootloader and GPT support
• Updated Ethernet & WiFi drivers
• Updated filesystem drivers
• General system stabilization
• Experimental Bluetooth stack

Thoughts on Haiku OS

I have been following Haiku for many years. I’ve installed and played with the nightly builds a dozen times over the last couple of years. I even took some time to start learning one of its programming languages, so that I could write apps. But I got busy with other things.

I’m very conflicted about it. I like Haiku because it is a neat non-Linux project, but it is only just getting features that everyone else takes for granted, like a package manager.

If you’ve got a couple of minutes, download the ISO and install it on the virtual machine of your choice. You just might like it.

Have you ever used Haiku or BeOS? If so, what are your favorite features? Let us know in the comments below.

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My name is John Paul Wohlscheid. I’m an aspiring mystery writer who loves to play with technology, especially Linux. You can catch up with me at my personal website

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Linux kernel is the essential part of any Linux operating system. It is responsible for resource allocation, low-level hardware interfaces, security, simple communications, basic file system management, and more. Written from scratch by Linus Torvalds (with help from various developers), Linux is a clone of the UNIX operating system. It is geared towards POSIX and Single UNIX Specification compliances.

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Linux provides users with powerful features, such as true multitasking, multistack networking, shared copy-on-write executables, shared libraries, demand loading, virtual memory, and proper memory management.

Initially designed only for 386/486-based computers, now Linux supports a wide range of architectures, including 64-bit (IA64, AMD64), ARM, ARM64, DEC Alpha, MIPS, SUN Sparc, PowerPC, as well as Amiga and Atari machines.

The most essential component of a Linux-based OS

The most essential component of a Linux-based operating system is the Linux kernel. Without it, the entire system (libraries, applications, etc.) is useless. When creating a Linux distribution, it is also very important to know how to correctly optimize the Linux kernel package, in order to make it support certain hardware components or recognize a specific device.

Distributed in multiple stable branches

Once should not be confused by the many stable branches of the Linux kernel, as they are available for different purposes. For example, there are several LTS (Long Term Support) branches that can be used to deploy very stable Linux operating systems.

These days, major Linux distribution developers provide users with optimized kernel packages for different purposes. However, advanced users can configure, compile and install their own kernels directly from the source packages at any point (all you need is a supported GCC compiler).

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As the creator of the first commercially supported enterprise Linux distribution, SUSE is no stranger to open source innovation or working with partners to achieve industry goals.

SUSE is proud to join the Forschungszentrum Jülich research institute, Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems, Huawei, Mellanox, and E4 in a new initiative to develop open ecosystems for High Performance and Edge Computing. This initiative brings together end users and solution providers to accelerate adoption of new technologies for HPC and Edge computing workloads including deployments of 5G networks.

SUSE contributions to this initiative will leverage our experience delivering three versions of our commercially supported Linux distribution for Arm. SUSE supports a variety of 64-bit Arm System-on-a-Chip processors including those from Marvell (Cavium), NXP, Qualcomm, HiSilicon, Ampere, Mellanox, and Xilinx among others. SUSE Linux for Arm is already being used by customers for workloads such as the Catalyst UK High Performance Computing project with HPE. Multiple manufacturing customers are also using SUSE Linux on the Raspberry Pi for industrial IoT automation and monitoring.

SUSE as a key player in High Performance Computing where SUSE Linux is the underpinning for almost half of the TOP 100 HPC systems. SUSE has already delivered an initial set of HPC infrastructure packages such as slurm, openblas, openmpi, and fftw that are supported as part of the HPC Module, available for Arm-64 and X86-64 platforms.

This new initiative is expected to improve the maturity of ecosystems across multiple industries and simplify using new technologies such as Arm processor technology to deliver innovative High Performance and Edge Computing solutions. ­­

Press release: http://www.fz-juelich.de/SharedDocs/Pressemitteilungen/UK/EN/2018/2018-10-10-hpc.html

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At last year’s International supercomputing conference (ISC) we noted the trend of Linux underpinning the vast majority of supercomputers that are being built using sophisticated acceleration and interconnect technologies, effectively redefining the term “commodity“ in high performance computing (HPC).

Fast forward to ISC18 and Linux is the defacto standard operating system for all top supercomputers with Red Hat Enterprise Linux powering some of the largest and most intelligent supercomputers on the planet – Summit and Sierra. Red Hat is looking forward to seeing how these two newest US-based supercomputers have scored on the latest iteration of the Top500 list.

In the past, HPC workloads have had to run on custom-built software stacks and overly-specialized hardware. As HPC customers move toward cloud deployments, Red Hat is bringing open technologies to the supercomputing arena, from the world’s leading enterprise Linux platform tailored for HPC workloads to massively scalable, fully open cloud infrastructure, along with the management and automation technologies needed to keep these deployments running smoothly.

Red Hat technologies are at the heart of this transformation and we will be showcasing our latest solutions for HPC at ISC18. Stop by our booth (H-700) to learn about:

• Proven HPC infrastructure
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux provides the foundation for many HPC software stacks and is available across multiple hardware architectures. It is at the core of Red Hat Virtualization and Red Hat OpenStack Platform, both of which are part of many HPC environments.
• Persistent scale-out storage
  With the modernization of HPC applications based on containers and the adoption of hybrid cloud infrastructure, many enterprises, and government agencies with HPC workloads are increasingly frustrated with existing storage technologies. Software-defined solutions, like Red Hat Gluster Storage and Red Hat Ceph Storage, provide cost-effective alternatives for scale-out network-attached storage (NAS), containerized applications, and hybrid cloud environments.
• Emerging technologies for highly scalable environments
  Large supercomputing sites find Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform and Red Hat Ansible Automation compelling for their science work as they can provide better application portability and system provisioning and automation. Modern applications are more and more frequently involving machine learning, artificial intelligence, and other data science workloads which can make use of hardware such as GPUs. NVIDIA and Red Hat are working hard to enable these workloads and to make them usable with Linux containers for deployment simplification, build automation, and scale.

Also in the booth, you will have an opportunity to experience the power and flexibility of the Red Hat portfolio by way of a virtual reality experience. In this interactive encounter, you will create your own compute cluster using multiple hardware architectures, including Arm, x86_64 and IBM POWER, deploy multiple Red Hat products to solve advanced computational problems and visualize the results.

Red Hat’s chief ARM architect, Jon Masters, will be presenting on the effects of the Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities on large size clusters during the show. Be sure to catch his presentation at booth N-210 in the exhibit hall on Wednesday, June 27 from 3:30-4:00 pm.

See demos in our booth, discuss trends, challenges, and opportunities you’re facing with our global team, claim your red fedora and just in time for the FIFA World Cup enter to win soccer-themed barbeque grill that we’re raffling off at the end of each conference day.

For last minute announcements, demo updates and additional information please visit www.red.ht/ISC18. We look forward to seeing you in Frankfurt!

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For those who love a good twin-stick shooter, Smith and Winston certainly looks quite interesting and it has some pretty sweet design.

Currently in “First Access” on itch.io (their form of Early Access), Smith and Winston is a hand-built metroidvania-styled twin-stick shooter in a world built with voxels. Have a look at their teaser:

The developer kindly provided a testing key and I can confirm that it works rather nicely. The Steam Controller paired with SC Controller also works quite well in it. I often find twin-stick shooters not all that great with aiming on the right pad of the Steam Controller, in Smith and Winston it actually feels pretty natural which is awesome.

Since the world is built with voxels, it’s almost entirely destructible. You can shoot through walls, blow a hole in the floor to make enemies fall to their death, make a path for yourself through something and it does actually look really quite stylish. Interestingly, they’re not just using a destructible environment to look cool with explosions, some portals you need are also buried requiring you to dig them out which I thought was a fun idea. I hope they do more interesting things with it like that.

Camera controls are quite nice too since it’s also a fully 3D game, allowing you to rotate all the way around your character as well as adjust the tilt on it to get the position you want.

Unlike a lot of games, they’re not sticking in random generation. I like that, because so many games have now moved towards random generation that they can end up feeling a lot less personal, hopefully with the hands-on approach to world building the developer will be able to make it stay interesting.

The combat can be a challenge since you only have limited lives and no health bar, if you’re hit you go down and you have to respawn. The movement system is also quite nice, with you being able to dash forwards and boost upwards to reach new areas and avoid enemies in a flash.

I really love what I’m seeing here and it could be especially fun when they add in two player co-op, which is planned. It’s a little limited right now since it’s still in development but very promising indeed.

They are planning a Steam release when it’s further along, for now it’s only on itch.io.

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WordPress 5.0 is on its way – and it’s bringing some major changes to the platform. Chief among these is Gutenberg, the brand-new editor that will transform the way WordPress users create content.

Gutenberg has been controversial since its announcement, but its developers have nonetheless been hard at work getting it ready for prime time. This means you’ll want to be prepared for its arrival, including ascertaining whether your theme is Gutenberg-compatible.

Fortunately, there are already lots of themes on the market that should work smoothly alongside Gutenberg when it launches. In this roundup, we’ll take a look at ten of the best options. First, let’s talk a bit more about Gutenberg itself!

A Brief Introduction to Gutenberg (And How It Affects Your WordPress Theme)

Every new WordPress update brings changes, but some are more transformative than others. The next major update – WordPress 5.0 – promises to shake things up in a significant way. This is almost exclusively due to Gutenberg.

In a nutshell, Gutenberg is a new WordPress editor offering a stark departure from the one you’re familiar with. It’s a visual, drag-and-drop tool that provides pre-built elements you can insert into your pages and posts, customize, and rearrange at will.

The goal of Gutenberg is to make the editor easier and more intuitive to use. At the same time, it does have its drawbacks. For example, existing WordPress themes and plugins have been designed to be compatible with the current editor, which means a lot of them will experience compatibility issues with Gutenberg.

Of course, developers are well aware of this inevitability, and many are hard at work updating their themes to work well with Gutenberg. Some are even creating entirely new themes. This is all good news, for two reasons:

• If you’re looking to build a new WordPress site after Gutenberg launches, you’ll need to select a theme compatible with the editor.
• If your existing site’s theme isn’t being updated with Gutenberg-compatibility in mind, it may be time to start looking for a replacement.

Finding a new WordPress theme is easier said than done, since there are so many options available. With this in mind, we’ve compiled a list of Gutenberg-ready themes to help you get started.

10 of the Best Gutenberg-Ready Themes to Use Alongside the New WordPress Editor

What follows are ten of the top themes you’ll want to check out, if you need something compatible with the new editor. Let’s start from the top!

1. Virtue

This free, multipurpose theme is designed to be versatile, so it works well for a wide variety of niches. Virtue boasts a flexible options panel that enables you to fully customize your site’s layout and design, and it’s also e-commerce ready.

Key Features:

• Provides an easy to use setup, with lots of customization choices.
• Built using Schema Microdata, to improve Search Engine Optimization (SEO).
• Offers a fully responsive and mobile-friendly structure.

Pricing: Virtue is free, with an optional premium version.

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2. Weaver Xtreme

Much like Virtue, Weaver Xtreme is focused on providing the widest possible range of theme options. It includes more than 20 ‘subthemes’ to get you started, then lets you alter each design to suit your site’s precise needs.

Key features:

• Gives you lots of options when it comes to headers, widget areas, menus, and more.
• Includes translation support for over 20 languages.
• Provides full-width design options.

Pricing: Weaver Xtreme is a free option, although there’s a pro version with additional features.

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3. Ascend

Ascend is a clean, stylish theme that puts the spotlight on your site’s content. It’s multipurpose, but is especially well suited to e-commerce stores and portfolios. To that end, it offers a lot of options for laying out and displaying your products, along with customizable image galleries.

Key features:

• Offers a transparent, dynamic website header.
• Provides various layout and menu options.
• Includes styles designed for blogs, portfolios, stores, and more.

Pricing: You can get the Ascend theme for free, or pay an additional fee to get the pro version.

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4. Ink

When it comes to your website’s design, sometimes less is more. Ink, for example, is a minimalist theme focused on your site’s story, whether that’s based around selling a product, attracting new clients, or something else entirely.

Key features:

• Offers a blogging-focused design.
• Includes custom widgets that enable you to create a tailored layout.
• Gives you a number of background settings for your blog posts.

Pricing: A single-site license for Ink costs $55.

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5. Gutentype

While many of the themes on this list have simply been updated to ensure Gutenberg compatibility, Gutentype has been designed from the ground up as a theme for the new editor. Essentially, not only will it work smoothly, but it also packs in Gutenberg-specific functionality to enhance your content.

Key features:

• Offers enhanced Gutenberg block styles.
• Includes theme shortcodes with Gutenberg compatibility.
• Provides lots of demo content to get you started (created using the new editor).

Pricing: Gutentype will cost you $39 for a one-site license.

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6. LeGrand

If you’re using your website to run a business online, you’ll need a professional look and plenty of branding options. LeGrand is a theme offering both in spades. It’s well-designed for companies of all sizes, and along with Gutenberg, it’s also designed for compliance with the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Key features:

• Includes a variety of demo layouts you can customize to your specifications.
• Presents a huge library of customization options.
• Provides styles, layout options, and other functionality for your company blog.

Pricing: A license for LeGrand comes in at $56.

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7. Business Lounge

As the name suggests, Business Lounge is another theme built for company websites. It features a simple and straightforward design that puts the focus on your messaging. In addition, the generous amount of demo content makes putting together a functional site quick and easy.

Key features:

• Includes 12 home page layouts, all of which can be fully customized.
• Provides various styles and layouts for headers, menus, and footers.
• Includes tools for building portfolio pages and lists.

Pricing: $59 will get you a license and support for the Business Lounge theme.

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8. Rigid

If you’re running an online store, you can’t go wrong with WooCommerce. However, this means you’ll want a theme compatible with both WooCommerce and Gutenberg. Enter Rigid – an e-commerce theme to help you build both small and complex stores alike.

Key features:

• Compatible with both WooCommerce and other popular e-commerce plugins.
• Enables highly-customizable product pages with lots of image-related options.
• Offers a design supporting multi-vendor marketplaces.

Pricing: Rigid will cost you $64 to use on one site.

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9. Princess

While there may be no such thing as a WordPress theme that does it all, Princess comes close. This multipurpose theme is well suited to blogs, e-commerce stores, business sites, and a range of other applications. The developers are also looking to add additional Gutenberg functionality in the future, such as custom content blocks.

Key features:

• Includes plenty of demo content, including ten page templates and three header styles.
• Enables video and image slider options.
• Provides a responsive layout, mobile-friendliness, and translation-ready structure.

Pricing: This is one of the more inexpensive premium options, coming in at $29.

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10. Opinion

Last but not least, Opinion is a theme designed for news and magazine sites. It has a modern and clean look that’s appealing, yet gets out of the way of your site’s content. Plus, it gives you a lot of control over the way your articles are organized and displayed.

Key features:

• Enables lots of customization options relating to branding (colors, fonts, images, logos, etc.)
• Includes predefined ad slots to help you monetize your site
• Gives you the choice of many demo layout to start from.

Pricing: A one-site license for Opinion goes for $69.

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Conclusion – WordPress themes and Gutenberg

Gutenberg is going to bring some major changes to WordPress, which can be a little intimidating. Fortunately, there are many ways you can prepare both yourself and your website.

For instance, you can start looking now for a theme that plays nicely with the new editor. Many existing options have been updated to ensure compatibility. This includes broad multipurpose themes, as well as niche-specific tools.

Do you have another favorite theme that’s Gutenberg-ready? Tell us about it in the comments section below!

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A new business model for open source projects, Linux Mint Debian edition 3 released, Zorin OS 12.4 released, and Debian celebrates its birthday.

A New Business Model for Open Source Projects

Storj is a fully open source and decentralized storage solution that brings an Airbnb-like business model to users who have extra storage and bandwidth. At the Open Source Summit North America, Storj announced a new program that extends the revenue generation model to open source projects.

The newly announced Open Source Partner Program enables open source projects to generate revenue every time their users store data in the cloud.

“Our Open Source Partner Program will help open source companies to remain open and free and invest in growth,” said Storj CEO Ben Golub.

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