Manjaro Linux is developing a new tool called Manjaro Data Donor (MDD) to gather usage statistics about its user base.

Linux is particularly strong in the field of open source statistical software. The purpose of this article is to identify software for performing statistical analysis.

As more vendors, suppliers, and contractors become integral to an organization's operation, the need to identify and mitigate risks associated with such external partners is significant. Third-party risk management automation (TPRM) is essential in this process.

Fear not, FOSS fans. Bitwarden isn't going proprietary after all. The company has changed its license terms once again – but this time, it has switched the license of its software development kit from its own homegrown one to version three of the GPL instead.

GitHub's 2024 Report: Python has surpassed JavaScript for the first time, becoming developers' most preferred language.

Arch-based Manjaro Linux is working on Manjaro Data Donor "MDD" as a new data collection tool of its users. This is intended to succeed their former ping-based solution for user counting plus incorporate hardware/software data collection on users.

Redox OS, a microkernel-based operating system written in Rust, now supports the RISC-V architecture. This includes support in the kernel, toolchain, build process, and Orbital Desktop.

The alternative CD version even comes bundled with games like Doom and Wolfenstein

This article introduces projects available in Flathub with installation instructions. Flathub is the place to get and distribute apps for all of Linux. It is powered by Flatpak, allowing Flathub apps to run on almost any Linux distribution.

Linux Mint has announced it’s adding a native Night Light feature to the Cinnamon desktop. Earlier versions of Linux Mint included a third-party app called Redshift to provide similar ‘blue light’ filtering functionality.

Translate is a translation app developed by Apple for their iOS and iPadOS devices. It functions as a service for translating text sentences or speech between several languages. Here are the best free and open source alternatives for Linux.

CachyOS continues to be a fascinating Arch Linux based distribution that pushes the boundaries of out-of-the-box performance with a variety of patches, optimization techniques, specialized package builds, and more.

Several Russian maintainers were removed from the Linux kernel due to compliance concerns, leading the Russian Ministry to propose a separate Linux community.

To clear up the ever-growing stack of laptops, I recently bought a TOUPUWAN 30-Slot Laptop/Tablet Storage Cart. This laptop/tablet storage cart can accommodate 32 devices in total while slots for up to 30 laptops/tablets 16.3-inches in size. It does have built-in power strips as well to easily facilitate charging of the devices while securely stored away but for my purposes I was just looking for something to better organize the mess of laptops I only occasionally pull out when running new Linux laptop benchmarks.

Bash, the Bourne Again Shell, is a powerful command language interpreter that is widely used in Linux environments. Learning the syntax of Bash commands can help you perform a wide range of tasks, from basic file manipulation to advanced scripting. In this guide, we’ll explore essential Bash command syntax and cover 18 examples, moving from basic to intermediate levels.

Docker Desktop 4.35 introduces org access tokens, Docker Home, an integrated terminal, macOS boosts, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux support.

The x86-simd-sort project from Intel has been an interesting open-source software effort for much faster number sorting by using AVX-512. There's been lightning fast number sorting with AVX-512 and AVX2 code paths also added to broaden the appeal in helping CPUs without AVX-512. Projects like Numpy have been making use of this library while today x86-simd-sort 6.0 was released and also comes a few days after PyTorch has begun using this library too...

The 212th installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending on November 3rd, 2024, keeping you updated with the most important things happening in the Linux world.

The Plasma desktop environment is amazing. Hands down, the best Linux offering by a parsec. Not only is it the prettiest, it's also the most consistent, the most professional-looking, has the most options and customization, it also comes with a pretty solid bundle of KDE programs, many of which are mature, elegant and powerful.

From the creators of the now defunct Atom, we have Zed editor with interesting capabilities.