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The Devuan GNU/Linux project announced today the release and general availability of Devuan GNU/Linux 3.1 as the first update in the latest Devuan GNU/Linux 3.0 "Beowulf" operating system series.

Linux Torvalds announced the release of the latest Linux Kernel 5.11 ("Valentine's Day Edition") with some interesting new features. We take a look at what's new and how you can get the latest Kernel in your favorite Linux Distribution.

A user spun up an Ubuntu Linux instance on Azure and was extremely annoyed to receive a sales message from a Canonical representative.

The twentieth installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is out, for the week ending on February 14th, keeping you guys up to date with the most important things happening in the Linux world.

2DayGeek: You will need to use one of the commands listed in this tutorial to bring down/up the network interface in Linux.

In 2021, there are more reasons why people love Linux than ever before. In this series, I'll share 21 different reasons to use Linux. Let's explore why anyone can try Linux.

When imposter syndrome turns out to not be a syndrome at all. Who, Me? You can't hurry Linux kernel upgrades, as The Supremes never sang and a Register reader discovers in today's episode of Who, Me?…

In 4 reasons why JavaScript is so popular, I touched on a few advanced JavaScript concepts. In this article, I will dive into one of them: closures.

Linus Torvalds announced today the general availability of the Linux 5.11 kernel series, the next major kernel branch bringing better hardware support and new features.

Containers make it easy to deploy applications. Learn how to use Podman to install Nextcloud, the popular open source productivity platform.

We recently recommended Musicolet, a small yet powerful music player which organizes and plays local audio-files stored on your device. While the app receives our strong recommendation, it has a startling omission, the absence of support for media servers. Step forward foobar2000. foobar2000 is a first-rate audio player offering good network support (UPnP/DNLA) and a good range of features.

Linus Torvalds announced the availability of Linux Kernel 5.11 that comes with some exciting hardware support and software improvements.

Running smart contracts on a deterministic Linux runtime has never before been possible. For the first time, developers will have an entire operating system for smart contracts.

AMD admirers get plenty to swoon over, Intel’s SGX also makes it unto the kernel, as did some head-scratching gaming kit Linus Torvalds has delivered version 5.11 of the Linux kernel to the faithful.…

xz compression has been rising in popularity because it offers smaller file sizes than gzip and bzip2. You're still likely to see all three on a Linux system, but you may want to start opting for xz if you want smaller file archives. In this guide, we're going to introduce you to xz compression, starting from basic examples to more specific and advanced usage. If you've worked with compressed tar files or gzip compression (files with the .tar.gz extension, for example) in the past, you'll find that xz feels very familiar.

This article describes how to install VMware Workstation Player on Ubuntu 20.04.

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My search for the perfect GNU/Linux distribution for the Raspberry Pi 4 computer continues with Manjaro Linux ARM, which appears to be one of the best on the market for the tiny computer.

One way or another, this is the equation: Linux/BSD use + time = You're an expert.

The OpenMandriva project released today the final version of the OpenMandriva Lx 4.2 operating system, a major release that comes with many new features and improvements.

Undoubtedly the most useful feature of bash scripting is loop control. In any imperative programming language like bash, loop statements are commonly used along with conditional statements to perform repetitive tasks. In case of bash, three different types of loop statements are available: for, while and until. This tutorial demonstrates how to use for, while and until loops in bash using detailed examples.