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Nightly and Developer Edition Firefox users will be able to test the new cruelty. Mozilla plans to add support for Manifest v3 browser extensions to its online store – addons.mozilla.org – so developers can have them cryptographically signed for distribution.…

The new Rocky Linux 8.7 release brings the Network Manager up to version 1.40 and updates a part of the developer tool base.

Canonical released today new Linux kernel security updates for all supported Ubuntu LTS releases to address up to 16 vulnerabilities discovered by various security researchers.

Linux has a good track record for software support. There are about 60 commands in man section 1 of Unix 1st edition, and the majority still work today. Still, progress stops for no one. Thanks to vast global participation in open source, new commands are frequently developed. Sometimes a new command gains popularity, usually because it offers new features, or the same features but with consistent maintenance. Here are ten old commands that have recently been reinvented.

This step by step guide explains what is Chntpw utility and how to reset Windows password using Chntpw with a Linux Live CD.

This step by step tutorial explains how to upgrade to Fedora 37 from Fedora 36 and older versions. If you're already using Fedora 36, you can now safely upgrade to Fedora 37 desktop or server edition for latest features, performance and stability improvements.

MS SQL Server or Microsoft SQL Server is an RDBMS (Relational Database Management System) developed by Microsoft. In this tutorial, I will show you how to install MS SQL Server on a Rocky Linux server, set up SQL Tools for managing SQL Server, and also learn the basic operation of SQL Server for managing databases.

Linux Foundation presents IT and help to key volunteers – and some wonder if this is a deal with the Devil. Special report The free and open source software (FOSS) community is caught in a love triangle of sorts, and it's all down to money.…

This article will show you how to install the latest stable 7.6 version of the Unity desktop environment on your Arch Linux system.

Sticky is a note-taking app for the Linux desktop that simulates the traditional "sticky note" style stationery on your desktop. Sticky is written in Python, and uses the GTK3 toolkit.

A simple tutorial explaining how to install Unity Desktop environment in Arch Linux with a step-by-step guide.

From the early days of Linux, I was a fan of this innovative, open-source Operating System (OS). I appreciated it as a hobbyist, helping me run Linux at home. I appreciated it as an educator, helping my computer engineering students walk with […]

A detailed list of the best Linux distros that use KDE Plasma Desktop. Screenshots, pros and cons, their features, and more.

Apache Kafka is a distributed data store for processing streaming data in real time. In this tutorial, we will install Apache Kafka on the Rocky Linux server and learn the basic usage of Kafka as a message broker for streaming data via the Kafka plugin.

Where do people come together to make cutting-edge invention and innovation happen? One possible answer is the corporate research lab. More long-term focused than most company product development efforts, corporate labs have a long history, going back to Thomas Edison's Menlo Park laboratory in New Jersey. Perhaps most famous is Bell Labs' invention of the transistor—although software folks may associate it more with Unix and the C programming language.

Powered by Linux kernel 6.0, the just-released Fedora 37 gives its users the latest GNOME 43 and Raspberry Pi 4 support.

The previous two articles in this series looked at open source community health and the metrics used to understand it. They showed examples of how open source communities have measured at their health through metrics. This final article brings those ideas together, discussing the challenges of implementing community health metrics for your own community.

DebugPoint Weekly Roundup #22.13: AlmaLinux 8.7, sed new release, Deepin 23 Alpha, Thunderbird "Supernova" updates + More.

Today I’m excited to share the results of the hard work of thousands of Fedora Project contributors: the Fedora Linux 37 release is here! Let’s see what the latest release brings you. As always, you should make sure your system is fully up-to-date before upgrading from a previous release. Can’t wait to get started? Download […]

Kooha is billed as a simple GTK-based app to “elegantly record your screen”. It’s free and open source software written in the Rust programming language.