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Like many of you, I use cloud services, particularly cloud storage, primarily as a backup solution for my data. My focus has always been on open-source, privacy-focused solutions that natively support Linux and provide essential security features like end-to-end and zero-knowledge encryption.

About five years ago X.Org / FreeDesktop.org was experiencing a cloud hosting crisis with their cloud costs running out of control after losing free credits for Google Cloud and the continuous integration (CI) testing driving up expenses. They ended up switching public cloud providers over to Equinix.

Krita 5.2.9 free and open-source digital painting app brings major bug fixes, improved EXR handling, and enhanced stability for digital artists.

Many users trust in a variety of VPN solutions to securely protect their privacy or access to personal or company’s resources when connecting from an untrusted network. This may be an airport or cafe’s WiFi network.

KaOS Linux 2025.01 has been released today as the latest ISO snapshot for this independent Linux distribution built on top of the latest KDE software and featuring Arch Linux’s pacman package manager.

If you need legacy drivers, you might want to keep your older OS version – possibly indefinitely. The Reg FOSS desk spent some quality time downgrading Ubuntu to restore graphics acceleration. How and why would we do this?

Windows Clock is a time management app offering alarms, world clocks, timers, a stopwatch, and focus sessions. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives for Linux.

The Axelera AI Metis M.2 is an edge AI accelerator designed for inference processing in compact computing environments. It features an AI processing unit within an M.2 2280 form factor, enabling real-time workloads on constrained devices. With support for multiple neural networks and AI pipelines, it delivers efficient performance while maintaining low power consumption.

Last week was the review embargo lift on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 graphics card while today the review embargo lifts on the GeForce RTX 5080, both of which graphics cards are officially available in the retail channel tomorrow (30 January).

Google breathes new life into Pebble watches with an OS source code release, giving developers the tools to continue this smartwatch journey.

In this article, we’ll explore how to create a simple Bash script that uses SSH to connect to a remote host with a username and password. Though using a password in scripts is generally discouraged due to security reasons, this example aims to demonstrate the mechanics of SSH connections in Bash scripting.

An elder returns, for those still seeking it. Enlightenment is one of the granddaddies of Linux desktops, and after a couple of years, the project has a shiny new release.

The Linux /proc filesystem is a virtual filesystem that provides detailed real-time information about the system, including CPU, memory, processes, and network activity.

The Chinese firm said it cost just $5.6 million to train a model that can reason through complex answers and compete with OpenAI’s o1.

Earlier this month the Raspberry Pi 5 16GB was announced for finally pushing the Raspberry Pi single board computers beyond an 8GB limit for RAM. This opens up the Raspberry Pi 5 to new use-cases, more multi-tasking, and other applications where 8GB of RAM / 2GB per core was a bottleneck. In my tests thus far of the Raspberry Pi 5 16GB it's been working out well and helping the performance of some workloads by reducing the memory pressure / swapping.

The EdgeBox-Blue is an industrial VPN router and edge gateway designed for applications requiring secure networking and data management in industrial environments. It runs on an OpenWRT-based platform and supports real-time data acquisition, automation, and cloud integration.

openSUSE's Agama Installer v11 now supports Slowroll and introduces enhanced installation features for SLES 16 Beta and Leap 16 Alpha.

In the world of modern software development and IT infrastructure, containerization has emerged as a transformative technology. It offers a way to package software into isolated environments, making it easier to deploy, scale, and manage applications.

If you want a desktop that's secure and reliable, forget about Microsoft. Come October 14, 2025, Windows 10 support dies. Despite that, more users than ever are using Windows 10 rather than moving to Windows 11.

Are you searching for a new desktop environment for your Linux OS? Perhaps you'd like to give Orbitiny Desktop a try!