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LXer Feature: 14-Oct-2024

Linux is big, but is it small? I talk about some pieces of hardware that run Linux that can fit in the palm of your hand. Some even smaller than that, take a look.

Learn how to manage software on Ubuntu and other Linux distros using snap commands to install, remove, and update packages.

Remember that Microsoft keeps close to its chest the operations and finances of GitHub (because it's embarrassing!), so we must rely on leaks and/or whistleblowers

Today I’ll be reviewing the BeagleY-AI open-source single-board computer (SBC) developed by BeagleBoard.org for artificial intelligence applications.

Proxy Studios, developer of the popular Warhammer 40,000: Gladius, have announced their next 4x strategy game ZEPHON will release on November 8th. ZEPHON will have Native Linux support.

You probably knew Kate editor by KDE. But, now it is time to give it a try!

Now past the launch day for the AMD EPYC 9005 series server processors and having delivered initial AMD EPYC Zen 5 benchmarks for the EPYC 9575F / EPYC 9755 / EPYC 9965 SKUs, it's onto one of my favorite areas of testing and that is the more focused benchmarks looking at different specific changes/features of new processors.

Bottles 51.14, a Windows compatibility layer for Linux, brings native force stop, Windows 11 support, and personal repos.

A new tax-themed malware campaign targeting insurance and finance sectors has been observed leveraging GitHub links in phishing email messages as a way to bypass security measures and deliver Remcos RAT, indicating that the method is gaining traction among threat actors.

The ASUS Fanless Chromebox CF40, powered by the Intel Celeron N4500 processor, is a compact computing solution designed for stable performance. Its fanless chassis provides quiet operation and effective thermal management, with a small form factor and an optional lockable VESA mount for versatile placement.

Thundercomm has recently introduced the Rubik Pi AI SBC built around the Qualcomm QCS6490 SoC with a 12.5 TOPS AI accelerator. The SBC comes in a “PI-CO ITX” form factor that combines the Pico-ITX standard and the 40-pin GPIO header found on Raspberry Pi SBCs.

Cory Doctorow will be giving the closing keynote on the first day of the free online-only The Tech We Want Online Summit.

We’ve been here before, haven’t we? Every other week, a new vulnerability with a sky-high CVSS score causes a frenzy. This time, it’s a 9.9 CVSS vulnerability that was billed as a gift to hackers – a remote exploit that would supposedly render all Linux systems defenseless.

A single-player comedy adventure 2.5D platformer developer by a former Disney ride designer, Ari Buktu and the Anytime Elevator looks and sounds great. The game will have Native Linux support too.

The Plasma-centered KDE neon has been rebased from Ubuntu 22.04 LTS to 24.04 LTS. Here's more on that!

Security is paramount. Security involves defence in depth. Approaching security one step at a time, with consistency and rigour, you can mitigate threats, and keep intruders at bay.

The Haiku open-source operating system project inspired by BeOS is out with their newest monthly development summary to highlight advancements made to this unique OS.

The development team behind the KDE neon rolling release distribution announced that they’ve released KDE neon 6.2, based on the latest Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat) operating system series.

The Challenger+ RP2350 Wi-Fi6/BLE5 IPEX3 development board showcases the dual-core Cortex-M33/RISCV RP2350 microcontroller from Raspberry Pi. With 8MB of Flash and RAM, it’s optimized for developers creating embedded solutions that demand high-performance memory and wireless capabilities.

Distrobox 1.8 container wrapping layer brings massive updates, shell fixes, better NVIDIA support, and new container distros.