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As you know, Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is a great solution for Microsoft’s users and developers to natively work within Linux right on their Windows desktops. If you’re a Windows 11 user running WSL, there is some good news for you. A preview of the WSL is now on Microsoft Store.

Linux is as much a phenomenon as it is an operating system. In fact Linux is what supports much of the internet, but the general public is not all that familiar with the word Linux. This guide for nontechnical users can help you get started.

Every developer who spends hours in front of a computer screen writing codes, absolutely needs an editor to program. Geany is a code editor which uses GTK+ toolkit. The new version comes with increased speed when opening documents.

Debian doesn’t follow a fixed release schedule, and that makes it somewhat hard to know exactly when a new release will be available. Now the Debian project has announced the availability of two new versions of its operating system simultaneously.

According to the latest ratings from the software company TIOBE, Python is now the most popular programming language in the world. The so-called TIOBE Index is based on the number of language searches performed online, which may also be a measure of a language’s popularity.

While openSUSE is known for their friendliness towards the KDE desktop, this week’s openSUSE Tumbleweed updates have made GNOME 41 available on this rolling-release distribution.

Feren OS is a Linux distribution with focus on visual aesthetics, user interface and user experience. Now Feren OS have just released their latest snapshot to their user friendly distribution bringing us to version 2020.11. So let’s jump right in and have a look at what’s new.

Squid is one of the most popular proxy/cache server, and the 5.2 version fixes several vulnerabilities and bugs found in the prior Squid releases.

Nano is a simple command-line text editor inspired by Pico and included by default in the most Linux distributions. The legendary open source text editor GNU Nano has released version 5.9. So let's take a look at what features this new release brings.

There are times when you want to access a specific file but can’t find it on your Linux system. While there are many ways with which we can search and locate files and directories on Linux, the easiest and quickest is probably through the terminal. This guide will show you how to use “find” and “locate” commands to find files and directories on your Linux file systems.

Certainly, open source software plays an integral part of many critical infrastructure and national security systems, with recent data suggests that attacks on open source software have increased in the last year. Google starts the Secure Open Source (SOS) Rewards pilot program run by the Linux Foundation with initial sponsorship of $1 million.

Python is a powerful multipurpose programming language. The new 3.10 version sports powerful pattern matching features, better error reporting, and more. Here’s what’s new.

One of the basic file system administration tasks in Linux involves creating, modifying, and deleting different types of files and directories. Knowing some basic tools and concepts for file deletion comes in handy and can save you time. In this guide you will learn several ways how to quickly and easily delete files and directories in Linux using the command line.

In the regular monthly updates, Linux Mint team announced that the next Linux Mint 20.3 release is planned for Christmas and will contain some interesting updates.

The MariaDB and MySQL database management systems have a lot in common, which can make it difficult to choose when you need to decide on a database solution for your needs. This article is an in-depth comparison of MariaDB vs MySQL based on license model, popularity, features, performance, and support.

The PostgreSQL team released the PostgreSQL 14 database, providing users of the widely deployed relational database with new features. The new PostgreSQL release is the first major update for the database since the PostgreSQL 13 version that debuted in October 2020.

Exim is one of the most used email server software, developed at the University of Cambridge. The latest version of this popular mail transfer agent, Exim 4.95, ships with TLS resumption support included in default builds.

One of the great things about Docker is how you can quickly use it to try out applications without having to install it directly on your machine. This guide explains step-by-step how to set up a new MySQL server running in Docker container in only a few minutes.

Deepin is a rising star among Linux distros thanks to its combination of an elegant desktop environment with the stability and reliability of Debian. In Deepin 20.2.4 many of the DDE applications have been patched and optimized to improve the overall user experience.

GNU Wget2 has many improvements in comparison to Wget. Designed and written from scratch, GNU Wget2 wraps around libwget, that provides the basic functions needed by a web client.