Linux and Open Source news headlines
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Sun, 09/01/2024 - 22:20
Longtime Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) subsystem maintainer David Airlie of Red Hat has written an interesting blog post providing an analogy to types of developers compared to road builders and hotels.
Sun, 09/01/2024 - 22:20
You know how on Windows you can collapse icons in the task tray to keep them out of sight? Or on macOS, third-party apps like Bartender let you hide menu bar icons until you need them? Well, Lilypad is a new GNOME Shell extension that does the same thing, just for GNOME Shell. It gives you greater control over what top bar items are visible or hidden, and the order they’re arranged in.
Sun, 09/01/2024 - 22:20
Zeek 7 passive open-source network traffic analyzer debuts with comprehensive updates in scripting, telemetry, & analyzer configurations.
Sun, 09/01/2024 - 22:20
Most "free" games are used to push ads, subscriptions, microtransactions, and dubious games of chance (that never quite meet the legal definition of gambling). They can leave you feeling frustrated, even if you haven't spent a penny.
Sun, 09/01/2024 - 22:20
The EdgeBerry is an open-source platform that comprises a base board, hardware cartridges, and software for building Raspberry Pi IoT Edge solutions designed by Belgium-based maker, Sanne Santens.
Sun, 09/01/2024 - 22:20
This article focuses on container managers, software which make it easy to find, run, build, share and deploy applications using open containers.
Sun, 09/01/2024 - 22:20
Halls of Torment is basically Vampire Survivors styled like classic Diablo, it's bloody good and now it's just about ready to release. Announced on Steam the release date of September 24th at around 1PM UTC. Halls of Torment is Steam Deck Verified and has a Native Linux version.
Sun, 09/01/2024 - 22:20
Learn a step-by-step guide to install Perl modules on Ubuntu, list Perl modules on Ubuntu, and uninstall Perl modules from Ubuntu.
Sat, 08/31/2024 - 22:20
Like most Linux distributions, Fedora Linux comes in many different variants. For years, I stuck with the default version: Fedora Workstation. Now it's only Fedora Silverblue for me. Here's how this version of Fedora won me over.
Sat, 08/31/2024 - 22:20
Submitted today via DRM-Misc-Next to DRM-Next for staging ahead of the Linux 6.12 merge window in mid-September is optional support for displaying a QR code within the DRM Panic handler infrastructure when a Linux kernel panic occurs.
Sat, 08/31/2024 - 22:20
The Debian Project announced today the release and general availability of Debian 12.7 as a new ISO update to the latest Debian GNU/Linux 12 “Bookworm” operating system series.
Sat, 08/31/2024 - 22:20
Suricata is an open-source IDS (Intrusion Detection System) and IPS (Intrusion Prevention System) developed by OSIF (open infosec foundation). It can monitor and examine network traffic and process every packet to detect malicious network activity.
Sat, 08/31/2024 - 22:20
This is what the Linux Foundation did to Linux.com after firing all the staff!
Sat, 08/31/2024 - 22:20
NoSQL database vendor MongoDB says it is making significant gains against open source relational rival PostgreSQL in a claim that seems to fly in the face of recent research.
Sat, 08/31/2024 - 22:20
Shotcut 24.08, a free cross-platform video editor, brings subtitle improvements, including new import formats and streamlined editing.
Sat, 08/31/2024 - 22:20
VersaLogic’s Swift is an upcoming high-performance embedded computer powered by Intel’s 6-core Xeon-E processor. This unit is designed for industrial applications, featuring robust capabilities such as up to 32 GB of error-correcting RAM, fast NVMe storage, and multiple expansion slots.
Sat, 08/31/2024 - 22:20
nook is an application which plays Animal Crossing hourly themes on the hour. Animal Crossing is a social simulation video game developed by Nintendo.
Sat, 08/31/2024 - 22:20
Even before the Bcachefs file-system driver was accepted into the mainline kernel, Debian for the past five years has offered a "bcachefs-tools" package to provide the user-space programs to this copy-on-write file-system.
Sat, 08/31/2024 - 22:20
ONLYOFFICE Docs or Document Server is an online office suite that can be installed on your local server. This guide shows you how to deploy the ONLYOFFICE Document Server on an Ubuntu 24.04 server, with PostgreSQL as the database and Nginx as a reverse proxy. You'll also secure the ONLYOFFICE Docs with HTTPS through Certbot and Letsencrypt.
Sat, 08/31/2024 - 22:20
Coming two months after Shotcut 24.06, the Shotcut 24.08 open-source and cross-platform video editor has been released today with new subtitle features and various other improvements.