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It's time we got to try an open-source browser not based on Chrome. Zen Browser is the hero we didn't know we needed.

Most Linux distributions have been defaulting to MariaDB as the default MySQL server for years. Ubuntu though has been a notable outlier still relying on Oracle MySQL for the default MySQL service. A proposal raised by an Ubuntu developer hopes to change that for Ubuntu 25.04 in the new year.

Relic Entertainment / SEGA have announced that all players that have Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War and Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II have been given a free upgrade to the new Anniversary Edition. Dawn of War II does have an old Native Linux version from Feral Interactive.

Around 70 percent of Redis users are considering alternatives after the database company made a shift away from permissive open source licensing.

The ATOMS3R development kit is a compact and versatile programmable controller based on the ESP32-S3-PICO-1-N8R8 module. Designed for embedded smart device applications, it combines robust processing power with built-in Wi-Fi, making it effective for a wide range of IoT and motion-sensing projects.

GStreamer 1.24.8 multimedia framework rolls out with bug fixes for video encoding and software encoder enhancements.

When it comes to the question of the fastest x86_64 Linux distribution the answer is very easy with Intel's Clear Linux. But what about in the AArch64 world? When having the AmpereOne server in the lab curiosity got the best of me and I ran benchmarks across seven different Linux distributions on this Supermicro ARM server for seeing what platform had the fastest out-of-the-box Linux performance.

Vivaldi web browser has arrived on the Canonical Snap Store – officially. This closed-source, Chromium-based web browser has been available on Linux since its debut in 2015, providing an official DEB package for Ubuntu users (which adds an APT repo for ongoing updates).

Web scraping is a technique organizations and researchers use to extract useful information from the web. However, this method poses various ethical and technical concerns. Many websites employ anti-scraping measures, making collecting data efficiently and responsibly challenging.

The GNOME Project announced today the general availability of GNOME 46.5 as the fifth maintenance update to the GNOME 46 “Kathmandu” desktop environment series to address more bugs and improve performance.

While no method can guarantee 100% security for your data, encryption provides a highly reliable layer of protection, making it significantly more difficult for hackers and unauthorized users to access your private information. In this tutorial, we'll explore the best encryption solutions available for Linux users and walk you through the process of creating an encrypted partition step by step.

Virter is a useful little tool if you often create – and then remove – VMs to try stuff. It's arguably carried on the ripples from HashiCorp dropping the BSL into the FOSS pond.

Pulsar 1.121, an open-source and cross-platform code editor, enhances CLI, adds Linux and macOS commands, and updates language support.

There has been a lot of talk the past few days over the AMD AGESA PI 1.2.0.2 update that has begun rolling out to AMD AM5 motherboards with BIOS updates. The AGESA 1.2.0.2 is said to improve inter-core latency for Ryzen 9000 "Zen 5" processors when cores from different CCDs are cross-communicating.

This article, will introduce Podman Pods and demonstrate how to use them with a simple application built using Node.js. The app will be lightweight and easy to set up, showcasing the power of running multiple containers in a pod.

Every year, on the third Saturday of September, comes a special occasion: the Software Freedom Day (SFD), a global celebration dedicated to free and open source software (FOSS) organized by the Digital Freedom Foundation.

As the name indicates, a package manager manages packages, which are groups of files packaged together for installation and removal as a single entity. Logically, a Debian package manager executes this function on the Debian interface.

How many thousands got laid off secretly? This month we sort of broke the story about IBM layoffs, starting with "soft" rumours and later more substantiated rumours. "Scouting" the insiders sort of 'paid off'. Not in a monetary sense of course; we don't make money, we lose money.

Object–relational mapping (ORM) is a programming technique for converting data between incompatible type systems using object-oriented programming languages. This creates, in effect, a “virtual object database” that can be used from within the programming language.

This article will teach you how to check the user login, determine when the system has shut down and rebooted, and identify the culprit.