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Linux servers are everywhere. There's a good chance a number of your favorite websites are running on infrastructure that's powered by Linux, not to mention streaming services, social media platforms, gaming networks, the list goes on. The only thing more staggering than the number of Linux servers there are in the wild, is how many distributions you have to choose from.

The UBports Foundation announced today a call for testing for the next software update for their Ubuntu Touch mobile operating system for supported ‘Ubuntu Phone’ devices, OTA-22.

Sparky is a fast, lightweight, and fully customizable OS built on Debian that offers a few versions for different users and tasks. The SparkyLinux team has announced the release of SparkyLinux 6.2, the latest stable update in the project’s 6.x series.

Envoy Proxy is a high-performance proxy server with a small memory footprint enabling it to run on embedded devices such as routers, firewalls, and load balancers. In this guide, I will show you how to install Envoy proxy on Ubuntu Linux.

Released in early 1988, Perl is a postmodern programming language often considered a scripting language, but it is also capable of object-oriented programming. It is a mature language with tens of thousands of libraries, GUI frameworks, a spin-off language called Raku, and an active and passionate community. Its developers pride themselves on its flexibility: According to its creator Larry Wall, Perl doesn't enforce any particular programming style on its users, and there's more than one way to accomplish most things.

The Log4Shell vulnerability is described as the most critical zero-day vulnerability ever. Learn how to protect your Linux system against it.

How to Install Let’s Encrypt SSL with Apache on Debian 11. You will also learn to configure virtual host with Apache and secure your setup with HTTPS redirection.

The Qubes compartmentalised operating system developers have put out version 4.1.0. The new version has experimental support for running the GUI and audio server in their own VMs, and an optional remote-support facility.

Compulab has launched a highly customizable “Fitlet3” industrial mini-PC that starts at about $260 and runs Linux or Windows on Elkhart Lake. Standard features include 2x GbE, 6x USB, HDMI, mini-DP, FACET expansion, and M.2 M-, B- and E-key slots. Compulab has updated its five-year old, Apollo Lake based Fitlet2 mini-PC. The Fitlet3 advances to […]

The new release of KDE's Plasma desktop brings a GNOME Shell-like instant overview and other improvements. KDE is fairly mature now. The FOSS community was founded in 1996, allowing it to call last year's Plasma release, 5.23, the 25th Anniversary Edition. KDE 1.0 came out in 1998, making it the first FOSS desktop for Linux. It does also support FreeBSD, although not always the latest version.

Early in my Linux journey, I learned how to use the command line. It's what sets Linux apart. I could lose the graphical user interface (GUI), but it was unnecessary to rebuild the machine completely. Many Linux computers run headless, and you can accomplish all the administrative tasks on the command line. It uses many basic commands that all are familiar with—like ls, ls-l, ls-l, cd, pwd, top, and many more.

Twister UI is the easiest way to give your Linux Mint and Xubuntu a visual uplift using pre-loaded themes. Here's how.

Have you ever installed a program in Linux from an outside source and wished that it had a convenient entry in your desktop environment’s menu? This article explains briefly how to create useful and standard-compliant desktop entries on Linux by using the DeskCut app.

The KDE Project released today the Plasma Mobile Gear 22.02 software suite for the Plasma Mobile desktop environment targeting mobile devices like Linux phones and tablets.

Like open source, innersource is all about being transparent and collaborative. This usually leads to a sense of belonging that favors employee happiness if done right. Regardless of org charts, geographies, or expertise levels, innersource creates an inclusive environment where employees contribute and collaborate in the open and learn from one another.

Jellyfin is a free and open-source media streaming solution that allows you to host your own media server. In this tutorial, we will explain how to install and set up a media server with Jellyfin on Ubuntu 20.04.

Django is an open-source web framework written in Python. It is a popular all-in-one web framework and one of the top choices for many developers.

Trello is a web-based, Kanban-style, list-making application. Trello is proprietary software.

In the previous article in this series, we looked at how to get started with Fedora Flatpaks and how to use it. This article compares and contrasts between the Fedora Flatpaks remote and the Flathub remote. Flathub is the de-facto standard Flatpak remote, whereas Fedora Flatpaks is the Fedora Project’s Flatpak remote. The things that differ between the remotes include but are not limited to their policies, their ways of distribution, and their implementation.

Devs and maintainers getting paid – but not to concentrate on security. Open-source software has always been more secure than proprietary software, but that doesn't mean it's "secure." To lock it down, we need to invest serious cash in developers and maintainers.