Holidays come early for distro builders with two init systems to choose from. Everyone's favorite Linux component has hit a milestone, while a fresh contender comes of age – with a touch of Lisp.

Remote access is a cornerstone of modern IT infrastructure, enabling administrators and users to manage systems, applications, and data from virtually anywhere. However, with great power comes great responsibility—ensuring that remote access remains secure is paramount. This is where OpenSSH steps in, providing robust, encrypted communication for secure remote management.

Mission Center is a multi-featured system monitor. It’s free and open source software written in the Rust programming language.

The grep command, short for "global regular expression print," is one of the most powerful and frequently used tools in Unix and Linux environments. From sifting through log files to finding patterns in text, grep is a Swiss Army knife for system administrators, developers, and data analysts alike. However, many users limit themselves to its basic functionality, unaware of the myriad options that can make it even more effective.

After some six months of silence, this past week the NTSYNC LInux kernel driver patches were revived for completing this open-source driver to better match the Windows NT synchronization primitives to help with Wine / Proton (Steam Play) Windows gaming performance on Linux.

Say Goodbye to blurry screens. KWin 6.3 brings crystal-clear fractional scaling to KDE Plasma desktop environment.

Incus 6.8 introduces live VM migration between storage pools, improved OpenFGA access models, and updates to custom storage volume configurations.

An interesting addition to Mesa 25.0 this week is Alyssa Rosenzweig adding a standard library for the driver OpenCL C code, including the initial abbility to support assert() on device and other standard C constructs for the OpenCL C code...

CentOS Stream 10 "Coughlan" is now available for download with new features, enhanced Linux kernel 6.12, and support for AMD/Intel, ARM, IBM Power, and IBM Z architectures until 2030.

The COBOL programming language may be 65 years old since its original release but the mainline GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) in 2025 might finally see upstream support for it.

Olimex RP2040pc is an inexpensive “all-in-one” computer board based on a Raspberry Pi RP2040 MCU with support for Apple //e, Apple ][+, and Oric Atmos emulation through the Reload emulator. The board features an HDMI port, stereo audio, four USB ports, and two UEXT expansion connectors.

And the kernel team's patience? AlmaLinux 10 is joining RHEL 10 in public beta testing, and the developers of CentOS Stream 10 have just hit the release button ahead of the festive break.

John the Ripper is one of the most powerful password cracking tools available on Linux systems. It remains so popular because it is relatively simple to use, it supports many different types of password hashes, and will brute force almost any type of password.

The M5PaperS3 is a low-power e-ink development kit built around the ESP32-S3 microcontroller. This lightweight device features a 3.7V 1800mAh LiPo battery and a MicroSD card slot, designed for use in applications such as IoT monitoring, smart home systems, electronic labeling, and data logging.

The ATOM RPG team have returned with another RPG, Swordhaven: Iron Conspiracy has started its time in Early Access if you're in need of a fresh party-based RPG to try out. Just like their previous games it has full Native Linux support too.

The SPIR-V target within the LLVM compiler for outputting to this common IR used across different accelerator/device types, different APIs from Vulkan and SYCL to GLSL / OpenCL / HLSL, and adapted for a variety of innovative use-cases could soon become an official target within LLVM.

KDE Frameworks 6.9 introduces refined libraries, bug fixes, improved icon support, and more.

OBS Studio 31.0 drops Ubuntu 22.04 LTS support, and adds exciting features.

OpenSearch is a community-driven project by Amazon and a fork of Elasticsearch and Kibana. It's a fully open-source search engine and analytics suite with rich features and innovative functionality. This guide will show you how to install OpenSearch and OpenSearch Dashboard on the Ubuntu 24.04 server.

Bash scripting is an essential skill for anyone looking to automate tasks in a Linux environment. One of the powerful features of Bash scripts is the use of positional arguments, which allows you to pass data directly to your scripts from the command line. This article will guide you through the basics of using positional arguments, specifically focusing on how to utilize variables like $1, $2, and beyond, to enhance your scripting capabilities.