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Out for a brand new desktop from a true Linux vendor? System76 have a little something special announced today with their new Thelio Mira desktop powered by AMD Ryzen and NVIDIA.

Mozilla released today Firefox 86.0.1 as the first minor point release to its latest Firefox 86 open-source and cross-platform web browser to address various bugs that might affect all supported platforms.

The European Linux giant will soon be spun out from EQT in an IPO later this year.

Linux hardware vendor Tuxedo has refreshed some more of their lineup to bring on NVIDIA Ampere graphics to the Tuxedo Book XP15 and XP17 models.

Nexus is a repository manages that provides a platform that protects your entire software development lifecycle. It allows you to collect, and manage your dependencies and makes it easier to distribute your software.

System76 unveiled today the Thelio Mira Linux-powered desktop personal computer with outstanding hardware and the company's latest Ubuntu-based Pop!_OS Linux release.

A symbolic link (or symlink) is a special type of file in Linux that contains a path to another file or directory. Basically, it is similar to a shortcut and is also known as a soft link. In this post, we’ll see how to create, verify, and remove symbolic links in Linux. First, let’s start with a basic introduction to links

After some delays the crowdfunded indie fighting game with characters designed by acclaimed cartoon producer Lauren Faust, Them's Fightin' Herds, will release for Linux on March 25.

In mid-February, the Linux Foundation announced it had signed a collaboration agreement with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), enabling US Government suppliers to collaborate on a common open source platform that will enable the adoption of 5G wireless and edge technologies by the government. Governments face similar issues to enterprise end-users — if […]

This guide shows the step by step instructions to install WordPress on Ubuntu 20.04 with Apache HTTP server, MySQL database, and an SSL certificate from Let's Encrypt.

Well, that was embarrassing. Linus Torvalds' first release candidate for the Linux kernel 5.12 included a show-stopping bug. After shutting down that release Torvalds has launched a new version of 5.12, which doesn't include the mistake.

Data integration and data loading efforts could get easier to execute, as open source DFDL project becomes a Top-Level Project at the Apache Software Foundation.

When installing a content management system for your website, it's easy to get lazy and assume that it's going to do all the work for you. A CMS like Joomla certainly does make things more convenient, and lets you publish a polished website very quickly, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't take some extra time to secure it.

Thanks to the Solarwinds security blunders, we're all aware now of how vital it is to protect our software supply chain from unauthorized changes. Now, the Linux Foundation and partners have created a new free cryptographic software signing to improve open-source program security.

Suppose you want to have a bash script that sleeps in the background normally, and wakes up to perform some task only when you send a signal to the script. Once the script completes the task, it then goes back to sleep. In this tutorial, let's find out how you can wake up a sleeping bash script by utilizing a named pipe.

The Linux Foundation has launched a “sigstore” project for improving software security via crypto software signing and transparency logs. The LF also announced new members for OpenSSF and launched a “DizmeID Foundation” for digital ID credentialing. The Linux Foundation announced the launch of a sigstore project for cryptographic software signing and announced new members for […]

The Open Source Initiative (OSI) is the community-driven nonprofit organization that maintains and evaluates compliance with the Open Source Definition. Last year, I wrote a piece for Opensource.com with a series of questions for candidates in the 2020 election for the OSI board of directors.

German Linux computer manufacturer TUXEDO Computers launched today two Linux gaming laptops powered by the latest NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3000 graphics card series.

Aaeon’s rugged “Boxer-8253AI” edge AI system runs Linux on a Jetson Xavier NX and supplies HDMI in and out, 3x GbE (2x with PoE), 4x USB, SATA, mini-PCIe, M.2, SIM, and CAN. Aaeon has added to its growing subfamily of Boxer edge AI systems that run Nvidia’s Jetson Xavier NX. The $1,266 Boxer-8253AI is Aaeon’s […]

Flatpak developer Alexander Larsson announced today the release of Flatpak 1.10.2 as the second maintenance update in the latest Flatpak 1.10 stable series and an important security patch.