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The MS-CF17 from MSI is an advanced single-board computer that combines high performance with a compact, fanless, ultra-low-power design. Featuring Intel’s latest 13th Gen Raptor Lake-P processors, the board is also available in an industrial-grade variant, making it suitable for demanding applications.

Simply telling someone to RTFM is not an answer when the manual is outdated, unreadable, or nonexistent. We need to improve the quality of our documentation, and the way to do that is simple.

As one of the early feature proposals for Fedora 42, there is a proposal being considered to make for a nice out-of-the-box experience running x86/x86_64 game/application binaries atop Fedora 42 AArch64 hosts.

Redis is the most popular database on AWS, which is, of course, the most popular cloud. The fact the relatively little known database, which launched in 2009, punches above its weight against well-established rivals might owe a lot to its reputation as a handy off-the-shelf cache developers know and love.

With Fedora 41 working its way to release toward the end of October, some early feature/change proposals for Fedora 42 are being filed for what will be the Fedora Linux release out next spring.

Minor updates break clients 94% of the time, while version upgrades cause issues 95% of the time, according to Endor Labs researchers.

Programmers, the behind-the-scenes innovators driving technological progress, are honored on International Programmers' Day, observed on the 256th day of each year, to recognize their invaluable contributions.

Cosmic Void developers of Twilight Oracle, Blood Nova and The Corruption Within have released their latest point and click adventure with Devil's Hideout. The developers did a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign earlier this year, where they managed to raise €11,458 to finish it. Available to buy on Steam with Native Linux support.

The Linux Mint project has at times forked various open-source projects to evolve them on their own such as the Cinnamon desktop starting out as forks of several GNOME 3 components. While their software forks and focus has mostly been at the desktop-level, they are going a bit further down the stack now to develop forks of several APT components that power package management on Debian/Ubuntu systems.

Docker images can take up significant disk space over time, especially if you frequently build and pull images. This guide will walk you through the process of deleting Docker images that are no longer needed.

Parallels Desktop 20 has been released for macOS. The virtualisation software introduces a number of buffs for Linux VMs running on macOS. The headline change in Parallels Desktop 20 is support for macOS Sequoia, both as host OS and as a guest — important given that Sequoia is due to be released in the next few weeks.

It's quite a long way from ready – but it's clearly visible in the distance. The latest version of System76's Ubuntu remix is available, but it's not finished by any means. The new Rust-based desktop is somewhat usable, though.

Developed in collaboration with Behaviour Interactive, the new Stellaris: Cosmic Storms expansion and free 3.13 'Vela' update are out now. Stellaris has Native Linux support and you can buy it from: Fanatical, GOG, Humble Store, Steam.

Early in the year we enjoyed seeing AMD Zen 5 "znver5" support upstreamed for the GCC 14 compiler in making it into that annual GNU Compiler Collection feature release. It was great seeing AMD Zen 5 support make it into this open-source compiler well ahead of any Zen 5 products being announced.

Syncthing is a secure and open-source file synchronization program for multiple platforms, such as Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, Solaris, Darwin, and BSD.

If you own a modern smartphone with Android or iOS installed, you have most likely come across a virtual assistant like Siri or Google Assistant. These can assist in a wide range of tasks, such as searching the web, replying to an email, controlling any linked home automation devices, and more.

VirtualBox 7.1 is now available to download for Windows, macOS, and Linux. Those upgrading from VirtualBox 7.0 or earlier will find a sizeable set of changes on offer, among them what Oracle describe as a “modernized look and feel”.

Setting up a Linux distro on a Windows machine is a time-consuming process, even for experienced Linux users. This is especially true when dealing with Windows tablets like the Surface Pro. Now, Juno is promising a more convenient escape route with the Juno Tab 3—it runs Ubuntu out of the box, there's no need to deal with obscure drivers or other nonsense.

Motherboard vendors have begun rolling out updated BIOS versions for AMD AM5 platforms that allow a configurable TDP on the Ryzen 5 9600X and Ryzen 7 9700X processors to allow a 105 Watt cTDP compared to the base 65 Watt TDP.

Plex Media Server is a DIY streaming solution for your local environment. This guide will show you how to install the Plex Media Server on Debian 12 server.