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The OpenSSL Software Foundation released a completely refreshed version of the OpenSSL software, that handles much of the encrypted communications on the Internet. After over 7,500 commits and contributions from over 350 different authors, OpenSSL 3.0 is finally here.

ClamAV is an open source cross-platform antivirus software which is used in a variety of situations including email scanning, web scanning, and endpoint security. ClamAV 0.104 has been released a few days ago with major changes and new LTS (Long Term Support) program.

For Windows users, installing an antivirus software on their system has become one of the first steps over the years. But for a Linux system, the choice is not as clear. There are some situations when running an antivirus on Linux makes sense, but the average Linux desktop isn’t one of them.

OpenWrt is a free, open-source project for creating custom embedded operating systems for routers. Yesterday the OpenWrt community announced the first stable release of the OpenWrt 21.02 stable version series. The new release brings Linux kernel 5.4, gcc 8.4, glibc 2.33, and binutils 2.34, among many other updates and improvements.

One of the more popular reverse proxy tools at the moment is Nginx. Although Nginx itself is a web server, it does an outstanding job of serving as a reverse proxy. This step-by-step tutorial is going to show you how you can easily set up a reverse proxy with Nginx to improve security and performance.

Linux Lite is specifically developed to ease Windows users and more precisely those with old machines into the world of Linux. Linux Lite 5.6, based on the recently released Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS is now available for download. Here’s what’s new.

The popular open source office suite ONLYOFFICE Docs 6.4 is now available for the download. Here’s what’s new.

Rspamd is an advanced high-performance spam scan software for Linux and Unix servers which delivers very accurate filter results. It is fast, open source, and designed to process hundreds of messages per second simultaneously. Some days ago the new version of Rspamd 3.0 was released, so let’s see what’s new.

WordPress is the most popular CMS (Content Management System) in the world, which makes it a top-drawer consideration when building a new site. This tutorial is going to show you how to run a WordPress installation in Docker containers by using Docker Compose.

Delta Chat is a free open-source decentralized messenger that works on Windows, Linux, macOS, iOS, and Android. It is unique messaging application that functions like any text messaging tool but is built with an email back-end, enabling enhanced user privacy and security with end-to-end encryption via Autocrypt.

EndeavourOS 2021.08 brings massive improvements to the Calamares installer, introduces a new app called eos-apps-info.

Qt Creator is an open source full-featured Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for C++, QML, and JavaScript applications. QT Creator 5.0 heralds the switch to Semantic Versioning (SemVer) announced as part of the roadmap for 2021.

OpenShot Video Editor 2.6.0 comes with the all necessary tools a user needs to create exclusive videos for online sharing channels like YouTube.

Our lovely operating system Linux is turning 30 today so we will like to wish a very happy birthday to the Linux.

Clonezilla enables you to clone disks and partitions, storing resulting images on a backup storage device of your choice. Clonezilla Live 2.7.3 has been released based on Debian Sid. The new version adds support for mounting BitLocker device as image repository.

The cybersecurity company Red Code Labs has created an open source tool called easyWSL, which can be used to convert virtually any Docker image of a Linux distro to boot with WSL.

On on August 14th, 2021 the Debian project has finally released a stable version of Debian 11 Bullseye after over 2 years of development. This step-by-step tutorial is going to show you how to safely upgrade Debian 10 Buster to Debian 11 Bullseye from command line.

SparkyLinux 6 is here and brings the packages from Debian 11 “Bullseye”, which released a while back. Let’s take a look at what’s new. It is one of the few distributions which offers two versions, based on the Debian stable and testing branches.

The official Dropbox app isn’t liked by all. Many feel that it is too bloated, offering unnecessary functionality or limitations in a package that only seems to increase in size. If you’re looking for alternative to the Dropbox client application, you should definitely try what Maestral has to offer to you.

The MATE desktop environment, as you probably know, is the continuation of the GNOME 2 desktop. MATE Desktop 1.26 adds new functions and some more Wayland support to various parts of the stack while maintaining the look and feel.