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There’s one feature in the Nautilus file manager I use daily: the Recent files shortcut. One-click gives me access to my most recently downloaded, modified, and newly created files together, regardless of the folder they’re in.

OpenSSH 9.9 is out now! Support for post-quantum key exchange, improved security features, and bug fixes.

Software industry veteran and developer advocate Kelsey Hightower, well known for his contributions to the Kubernetes community, has an interesting take on generative AI: he won't be paying too much attention to it for now, except insofar as how it will be instrumental in changing what it means to be a software engineer.

The EPO's lingering attempts to shut us down go back to 2015 and a year later the CEO of Sirius Open Source told me in person (in Alton Towers) that Microsoft was contacting him, trying to get me in trouble. They even phoned him.

Although Linux runs almost every supercomputer, most of the web, the majority of smart phones, and a few writers’ ancient Macbooks, there’s one major weak point in the Linux world that will almost always have developers reaching for a different operating system. Linux is not a real-time operating system (RTOS), meaning that it can’t respond to requests in the real world within a set timeframe.

If you ever get bored of your ordinary, default Ubuntu desktop or you feel that you do not utilize your video card the way you should, you could enable the 3D cube effect to give your desktop an extra spark. This effect is provided by Wayfire, a 3D compositor for Wayland.

The MS-CF16 is a compact Pico-ITX single-board computer designed for fanless, low-power, high-performance applications in harsh environments. Powered by Intel Alder Lake-N or Amston Lake Series SoCs, the board features a 2.5GbE LAN port, a GbE LAN port, and SATA 3.0 for storage.

In between Linus Torvalds' busy week being in Vienna for the Linux Kernel Maintainer Summit and related Linux Foundation events as well as managing the Linux 6.12 merge window with landing new features like sched_ext and real-time PREEMPT_RT, he also managed to finish up some of his own code for this next kernel version.

We take a fresh look at MusicPod and note that the program has seen significant improvements.

Many raise their eyebrows towards the security-side of open-source, and say that numerous projects are not as actively maintained as the popular ones.

In this brief tutorial, we will learn how to efficiently search Linux Manual Pages with the 'man -k' command in Linux with an example.

Broadcom has claimed that AT&T plans to stop using VMware software, but has been tardy about making the move.

The latest Wine release, 9.18, brings essential updates and a new Desktop Control applet. Here's more on that!

What do you do when you own a handheld gaming device that you really wish was a Steam Deck? You install SteamFork on it, that’s what you do.

The Protectli Vault V1410 is a fanless network appliance designed for applications that demand robust performance and reliable connectivity. Key features include four 2.5GbE Ethernet ports and multiple expansion slots, making it a versatile solution for a wide range of networking environments.

Stratis is a free and open source storage management system developed by Red Hat. Available as a technology preview since RHEL 8, it gained full support starting from version 9.3 of the distribution, and can be used also on Fedora. Stratis relies on existing storage technologies such as LUKS, device mapper, and the XFS filesystem, to provide features similar to those integrated in the BTRFS and ZFS filesystems.

Bcachefs lead developer Kent Overstreet has submitted all of the Bcachefs file-system feature patches for the Linux 6.12 kernel merge window.

Circuit Digest’s LiteWing is a low-cost DIY drone controlled by an ESP32 module, based on a custom PCB and off-the-shelf parts that costs around 1000 Rupees to make, or $12 at today’s exchange rate.

The 206th installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending on September 22nd, 2024, keeping you updated with the most important things happening in the Linux world

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