Linux and Open Source news headlines
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Mon, 08/26/2024 - 22:20
Linus Torvalds criticizes Bcachefs' development in the Linux kernel, expressing frustration over unstable updates.
Mon, 08/26/2024 - 22:20
The 202nd installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending on August 25th, 2024, keeping you updated with the most important things happening in the Linux world.
Mon, 08/26/2024 - 22:20
Adopting – or increasing the use of – a proprietary computing architecture like IBM's POWER is a very niche thing to do in 2024. Yet in June, Big Blue suggested doing just that: employing its single-supplier stack as a replacement for the VMware stack.
Mon, 08/26/2024 - 22:20
Just one week after the Archinstall 2.8.2 update, another release of this command-line driven Arch Linux installer is now available for quick and easy Arch deployments.
Mon, 08/26/2024 - 22:20
If you use modern technology regularly, there are doubtless certain apps difficult to imagine going without. In the world of Linux distributions, there's no universal default set of apps, so you sort of have to forge your own path.
Mon, 08/26/2024 - 22:20
phpMyAdmin is a free, open-source, web-based application for managing MySQL and MariaDB databases from the web interface. This post will show you how to install and secure phpMyAdmin on Debian 12.
Mon, 08/26/2024 - 22:20
Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new stealthy piece of Linux malware that leverages an unconventional technique to achieve persistence on infected systems and hide credit card skimmer code.
Mon, 08/26/2024 - 22:20
Redis introduced Redis Flex, cutting costs by 80%, and launched Redis for AI, empowering devs to build and deploy fast GenAI apps efficiently.
Mon, 08/26/2024 - 22:20
Some of the newer Espressif Systems wireless SoCs such as the ESP32-H2 and ESP32-C6 support Zigbee through their built-in 802.15.4 radio. It’s been working since the release of the ESP-IDF 5.1 framework along with the ESP-Zigbee-SDK for a while, but Arduino support was less straightforward.
Mon, 08/26/2024 - 22:20
With all of the exciting hardware launches this summer, I'm a bit behind on writing my summary of the Linux 6.11 kernel features for that next kernel version due out in mid-September. But here it is with a concise look at all of the great Linux 6.11 features.
Mon, 08/26/2024 - 22:20
Deadlock, perhaps the worst kept secret from Valve, has now been softly revealed as the latest game from the maker of Half-Life, Counter-Strike, Portal and Team Fortress 2.
Mon, 08/26/2024 - 22:20
FTP, or File Transfer Protocol, is a standard network protocol used for transferring files between a client and a server over a network, such as the internet. In the Linux shell, FTP is commonly used for uploading, downloading, and managing files on remote servers.
Mon, 08/26/2024 - 22:20
Linux wildcards let you type a single command that acts on whole groups of files at the same time. That’s a great time saver, unless things go wrong. And they can. Destructively.
Mon, 08/26/2024 - 22:20
Half a year ago: Linus Torvalds on 'Hilarious' AI Hype: "I Hate the Hype" and "I Don't Want to be Part of the Hype", "You Need to Be a Bit Cynical About This Whole Hype Cycle" So Torvalds got asked about "hey hi" again (of course, hard to escape mindless hype and cargo cults that game the stock market). Today it's Linux's birthday, so what better time to examine what he said?
Mon, 08/26/2024 - 22:20
Wine 9.16 launches with Driver Store, Wayland Pbuffer support, MSHTML updates, and more.
Mon, 08/26/2024 - 22:20
In a never-ending stream of distributions based on Debian, we sometimes get to see some options that offer something novel, something that sets them apart from the rest.
Mon, 08/26/2024 - 22:20
Google Android engineers have shared a status update on bringing support for 16KB page size handling to Android. In moving from a 4KB to 16KB page size, Google has found a 5~10% performance boost but at the cost of around ~9% additional RAM usage.
Sun, 08/25/2024 - 22:20
With the release of a variant of the Raspberry Pi with 2GB of RAM, a board that costs $10 less than the one with 4GB of RAM, people have been asking the predictable question -- is 2GB of RAM enough? As with most things, it depends on what you intend to do with it.
Sun, 08/25/2024 - 22:20
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Sun, 08/25/2024 - 22:20
Sysdig is an open-source and comprehensive activity monitoring tool for Linux. It is used to capture and analyze application logs and helps you to troubleshoot system-related issues. In this post, we will show you how to install and use the Sysdig monitoring tool on Linux.