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Release highlights of Linux Kernel 6.0 (mainline) which bring improvements across GPU, CPU, storage and misc updates.

Debian has always aimed to adhere to the spirit of FOSS as closely as possible. As a result, its developers are known for their careful approach to the software included in the distribution. However, times are changing. In a vote held over the past two weeks, Debian’s developers decided to include non-free firmware by default in the Debian installer.

Today, the famous RPM Fusion is the go-to repo for anything that Fedora Linux can’t provide by default installer. It provides the non-free packages (such as ffmpeg, etc.) with an easy method for installation in Fedora and other RPM-based systems.

TUXEDO Computers, a Linux-focused computer manufacturer, has made its in-house operating system, TUXEDO OS, available to all Linux users.

Mist is a helper for MPR (makedeb Package Repository), which provides extra software for Debian and Ubuntu-based Linux distributions. In addition, it uses the same PKGBUILD format as Arch Linux; however, it builds DEB packages instead of Arch ones.

The September 2022 issue of my exclusive “Xfce’s Apps Update” monthly roundup is here and it’s packed with news about the latest release of your favorite Xfce applications, plugins, and tools.

DebugPoint Weekly Roundup #22.07: This week brings interesting updates such as KDE on Apple M1, Ubuntu 22.10 Beta and More.

ICP just released the ND118 board which comes in a PICO-ITX form-factor featuring the i.MX8M SoC from NXP. The ND118 provides up to 8GB of RAM, up to 32GB of eMMC storage, one GbE LAN port, dual display support and many other features. The i.MX8M SoC integrates a dual core Cortex-A53 processor or a quad-core […]

When we recently announced the full public roll-out of Firefox Total Cookie Protection — a new default browser feature that automatically confines cookies to the websites that created them, thus eliminating the most common method that sites use to track you around the web — it raised a question: Do container extensions like Mozilla’s Facebook...

Linux Lite lead developer and maintainer Jerry Bezencon announced today the Release Candidate (RC) development milestone of the upcoming Linux Lite 6.2 release to give users an early taste of what’s coming to this lightweight Ubuntu-based distribution featuring the Xfce desktop environment.

In this article, we are going to learn what is Ansible Vault and how to use Ansible Vault to protect sensitive playbook data by encrypting the data in Linux.

While we also have the GNU variant of Awk, called Gawk, the original Awk remains under development. Recently, Brian Kernighan started a project to add Unicode support to Awk. I met with Brian to ask about the origins of Awk and his recent development work on Awk.

SeeedStudio recently launched the DeskPi Super6C CM4 Cluster board which can accommodate up to 6 Raspberry Pi CM4 modules. This cluster board comes with a mini-ITX form factor providing access to 2x GbE LAN ports and M.2 sockets for each CM4 module. As seen below, the Super6C offers one M.2 socket and one MicroSD card […]

This tutorial shows you how to install the LEMP Stack (Nginx, MariaDB, and PHP) on Rocky Linux 9, transforming it into an ultimate server for developing and hosting your web applications.

The US government is recognizing the importance of open-source software. But is it ready for what's needed?

Linux Mint 21.1 release announcement introduces a new code-name, updated applications, rebased to Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS and more.

Linux Mint project leader Clement Lefebvre revealed today the codename and some of the changes to expect in the next Linux Mint release, 21.1, which is planned for Christmas.

Parrot OS, similar to Kali Linux, was created as a security-focused operating system for ethical hackers and privacy-oriented users. Updated security tools, IoT performance improvements, and its own Docker repo are some things the new Parrot OS 5.1 comes with.

Canonical published today the beta version of the upcoming Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu) operating system release for public testing ahead of the planned final release on October 20th, 2022.

The project with the thumbs up from CERN ... and China. Red Hat has released the latest iteration of its OpenStack Platform 17, with a strong slant towards network operators building out modern infrastructure such as that needed to deliver 4G and 5G services.…