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Penguins are OK with glaciers. Academics not so much Ah, gentle reader, we find ourselves once again at that juncture of the week we call Who, Me? in which your fellow Regizens' tales of technical not-quite-competence brighten an otherwise dull Monday.…

'The solution to the surveillance economy seems to be more surveillance' Vivaldi boss tells El Reg. Google's Web Environment Integrity (WEI) proposal, according to one of the developers working on the controversial fraud fighting project, aims to make the web "more private and safe."…

CIQ, Rocky Linux's founding support and services partner, has customized its own take, Ascender on the Ansible AWX front end to the popular DevOps program Ansible.

There's still life in the wider Version 6 Unix family – and 9front too. Not only are various editions of Version 6 UNIX, often known as V6 for short, still being maintained – but new ones continue to appear.…

PowerDNS is a free and open-source authoritative nameserver written in C++. It supports several databases such as MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, and Oracle to store zone files and records. In this post, we will explain how to install PowerDNS and PowerDNS admin on Ubuntu 22.04 server.

Mir 2.14 and its easily installable sibling Miriway. Canonical is still working away on its own Mir display server, used in several of its IoT product lines. Version 2.14 gains more functionality useful for full desktop environments.…

Understanding how to efficiently automate tasks on Linux can significantly simplify your daily operations. One such routine task is mounting drives, which can be performed automatically, saving you precious time. If you're a GNOME user, you will be pleased to know that this interface makes auto-mounting drives particularly effortless. By following the steps outlined below, you'll be on your way to becoming proficient at auto-mounting drives on Linux with GNOME in no time.

BLISS this: Berkeley Low-cost Interplanetary Solar Sail project wants to head into space on the cheap. Boffins believe the future of space exploration may belong to small, affordable probes sailing away under the Sun's power.…

Whether you're an experienced developer or a beginner trying to establish a secure connection between your computer and a remote Linux server, PuTTY is a tool you can rely on. Let's delve into understanding how to utilize PuTTY to Secure Shell (SSH) into a Linux machine from a Windows operating system.

SolidRun revealed today two fanless PCs built around the 8-core AMD Ryzen 7040 Series CPUs along with up to three Hailo-8 AI accelerators to provide 78 TOPS AI performance. The Bedrock R7000 Edge AI has been designed to operate in diverse commercial and industrial applications including robotics, agriculture, transportation, etc.     The product announcement […]

A letter from Fedora Project Leader Matthew Miller Hello Fedora friends! In just about a week, we will kick off Flock to Fedora — our annual contributor conference. I hope you’re as excited as I am! For the last three years, we’ve run this as a virtual event — we stayed cozy at home with […]

NTP, or Network Time Protocol, is a networking protocol for time and clock synchronization on the computer network. In the following guide, I will show you how to install Chrony on an AlmaLinux 9 server. We will install Chrony as an NTP server and NTP client. Furthermore, you will also learn how to use the chronyc command line for managing and monitoring Chrony.

Banana Pi launched today, a mini router board built on the MediaTek MT7986 wireless networking System-on-Chip optimized for routers. The Banana Pi BPI-R3 Mini Router Board also supports wireless connectivity and starts at ~$78.95.   The product announcement indicates that this new router board integrates the MediaTek Filogic 830 SoC with a 12nm process. MT7986 […]

The next version, 'Trixie', is starting to take shape and boasts an additional official CPU architecture The first point release in the Debian "Bookworm" series is here, but version 12.1 is a modest bugfix. It might be time for even the ultra-cautious to start taking a look.…

ONLYOFFICE Docs is an open-source office suite that comprises collaborative editors for text documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and digital forms, along with a PDF viewer and converter. In this tutorial, we’ll learn how to connect the instances of ONLYOFFICE Docs and Odoo using an integration app.

MSI has recently launched its Mini PC line-up, catering to a diverse range of industries such as SMBs, medical facilities, kiosks, and various commercial settings. These mini PCs are powered by the latest Intel Core processors, ensuring they can handle high-demanding applications with ease. MSI has launched four Mini-PCs, expanding their product line with the […]

Linux security is anything but stagnant. It's no secret that cybercriminals are exploiting the growing popularity of the OS and the high-value servers and devices it powers worldwide with new and evolving attacks such as malware and rootkits. Despite the reputation Linux has earned of being an exceptionally secure and stable OS , Linux malware is on the rise, and the number of new Linux malware variants reached a record high in the first half of 2022 , as researchers discovered nearly 1.7 million samples during this period.

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Kontron revealed this month two motherboards in mini-STX form-factor and equipped with i3 processors and N-Series processors. These devices are designed to continuously operate 24/7 and target medical, kiosks, digital signage and other commercial/industrial applications.      The product page specifies that the K3921-N mSTX can be configured with any of the following processors:  N50 […]

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