Linux and Open Source news headlines
Updated: 8 hours 33 min ago
Fri, 11/15/2024 - 22:20
Pimoroni’s new Clipper HAT Mini brings 4G LTE connectivity to the Raspberry Pi, enabling projects to operate where Wi-Fi is limited or unavailable. Designed for remote applications, it supports reliable data transmission for outdoor sensors, mobile setups, and monitoring systems.
Fri, 11/15/2024 - 22:20
This is a multi-part blog looking at a DreamQuest N100 Mini PC running Linux. The model we’re testing has an Intel N100 processor, 16GB of DDR4 RAM, and a 512GB M.2 SSD.
Fri, 11/15/2024 - 22:20
Microsoft released its .NET 9 free and open-source development platform with significant updates in performance, memory optimization, and AI integration.
Fri, 11/15/2024 - 22:20
Framework Computer has been promoting a RISC-V motherboard option for their Framework Laptop 13 to complement their existing Intel Core and AMD Ryzen motherboard options.
Fri, 11/15/2024 - 22:20
This tutorial explains how to change file timestamps to a specific date and time in Linux. It also covers how to verify that the timestamps have been changed correctly.
Fri, 11/15/2024 - 22:20
The Document Foundation announced today the general availability of LibreOffice 24.8.3 as the third maintenance update to the latest LibreOffice 24.8 office suite series fixing more than 80 bugs.
Fri, 11/15/2024 - 22:20
The promise or the commitment (IBM and OSI said they would continue OpenSource.com at OpenSource.net) hasn't lasted even a year (or just a little over a year).
Fri, 11/15/2024 - 22:20
The Meerkat mini-desktop is a compact, versatile solution for professional and personal use, supporting multitasking on up to four displays with seamless media, email, and web browsing on Pop!_OS or Ubuntu.
Fri, 11/15/2024 - 22:20
The Uncomplicated Firewall (UFW) is a user-friendly tool for managing firewall rules in Linux. Whether you are migrating servers, need to reinstall your operating system, or simply want to safeguard your configurations, backing up and restoring UFW is an essential skill.
Fri, 11/15/2024 - 22:20
There are lots of budding developers who have developed software to improve on du in a number of regards. The tools featured here are all command line tools or ncurses interface.
Thu, 11/14/2024 - 22:20
Apple last week released their latest iMac, Mac Mini, and MacBook Pro products powered by their fourth-generation M-series Apple Silicon. The new Mac Mini in particular is interesting for under $600 starting out with the all re-designed Mac Mini with 10-core M4 and now the base model having 16GB of memory.
Thu, 11/14/2024 - 22:20
It's the Heinz of Linux – but that only boasted 57 varieties. At the end of October, Fedora 41 came out, with more different variants than ever before: 29 by our count, not including all the architectures and download options.
Thu, 11/14/2024 - 22:20
Linkwarden 2.8 bookmark manager is out now with custom preview images, Phosphor icons, link details drawer, browser sync, multilingual support, and more.
Thu, 11/14/2024 - 22:20
The company provides Android 13, Buildroot+QT, Ubuntu, and Debian OS images for the module and development board. You’ll find some documentation on the product page, but accessing it requires leaving a query with your email, and the company should reply with the documentation within a few hours or days.
Thu, 11/14/2024 - 22:20
Today, we are delighted to announce a growing collaboration with MediaTek which will enable Collabora to introduce, improve, and maintain MediaTek's IoT Edge AI Genio platforms upstream, with the goal of fully supporting the official Evaluation Kit (EVK) in Debian as well as other Linux distributions.
Thu, 11/14/2024 - 22:20
I’ll admit that using a Linux distro can seem daunting at first, but it’s actually quite straightforward once you get started. Thanks to the wide variety of Linux distros, many are designed to be similar to Windows and macOS, making the switch easier than ever.
Thu, 11/14/2024 - 22:20
With Linux systems increasingly under threat, this guide outlines essential security practices to harden Linux servers.
Thu, 11/14/2024 - 22:20
The AlmaLinux operating system project that was started from the fallout of the RHEL/CentOS development shift several years ago has once again courted AMD as a sponsorship of this community enterprise Linux operating system.
Thu, 11/14/2024 - 22:20
The upcoming Fedora Linux 42 release, due out in late April or early May 2025, promises to port the Anaconda system installer as a native Wayland application and also default to the long-awaited Anaconda WebUI installer for the Fedora Workstation edition.
Thu, 11/14/2024 - 22:20
Vi is a powerful text editor included with most Linux systems, even embedded ones. Sometimes you'll have to edit a text file on a system that doesn't include a friendlier text editor, so knowing Vi is essential.