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Linux, the cornerstone of open source operating systems, has always been synonymous with flexibility and choice, particularly through its diverse range of desktop environments (DEs). These DEs are more than just user interfaces; they are gateways that define user interaction with the vast world of Linux. This article delves into the future trajectory of Linux DEs, exploring upcoming trends and innovations that are poised to redefine the Linux user experience.

If you are a KDE poweruser, you may already know and use one of KDE's most useful widgets: the configurable button. If you have never used these you will soon know how and if you apply all of what I am about to present, your experience of KDE will be smoother and more refined than it has ever been -- especially if your system (like mine) uses multiple displays.

Lockheed Martin uses Red Hat OpenStack and Red Hat Enterprise Linux to host NASA's Artemis mission simulations.

As Ubuntu approaches its 20th anniversary, some more of its pieces may be Snapping together. Canonical hosted an amusingly failure-filled demo of its new easy-to-install, Ubuntu-powered tool for building small-to-medium scale, on-premises high-availability clusters, Microcloud, at an event in London yesterday.…

Cloud programmers, in particular, will want to use RHEL 9.3 as their enterprise Linux operating system of choice.

The Hat adds tool to facilitate migration from various free RHEL-a-like distros. The latest version of Red Hat's flagship distro appeared last week, closely followed by Alma Linux 9.3. RHEL 8.9 is coming soon – and presumably, so is Rocky Linux 9.3.…

File sharing is a fundamental aspect of networked computing, and in Linux environments, two of the most prevalent protocols facilitating this are NFS (Network File System) and Samba. This article aims to offer a comprehensive guide on using these systems, outlining their setup, configuration, and best practices.

Why a Text User Interface? Many use the terminal on a daily basis. A Text User Interface (TUI) is a tool that will minimize user errors and allow you to become more productive with the terminal interface. Let me give you an example: I connect on a daily basics from my home computer into my […]

Step by step, the Rust programming language is moving deeper into the Linux kernel.

Head in the sand about the end of CentOS? Have a few more years of support... for a fee. Interview SUSE is serious about Linux in the enterprise, so much so that the veteran penguin-botherer is willing to risk the ire of Red Hat with OpenELA and the offer of CentOS support for users that just can't let go of the soon-to-be end-of-life operating system.…

Still no word on when the deal will happen, or what’s holding it up. Two weeks past the expected close of Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware and neither party has yet explained what’s holding up the deal, or detailed when it might close. But at last week’s VMware Explore event in Barcelona, VMware offered a teaser of how the two companies’ wares might integrate.…

The Linux Foundation is backing several different high-performance computing initiatives with two new foundations.

Did you know there's an Asahi flavored Ubuntu? And Debian, too. Ubuntu Summit 2023 A subthread of the Ubuntu Summit was Ubuntu on Arm and RISC-V kit: a fast-growing area of interest for many people.…

Fedora 39 enables FIDO2 authentication for centrally managed users with SSSD and FreeIPA. This post introduces the steps to follow to configure and start using it. FIDO2 FIDO2 is an open authentication standard based on public-key cryptography. It is more secure than passwords and OTPs (one time passwords), and simpler to use. It is usually […]

The i.Core AM62x by ENGICAM is an embedded system module powered by the low-cost Texas Instrument’s AM62x Sitara processors . It is designed to be versatile, suitable for various applications that require 3D graphics acceleration, dual GbE interfaces and high-performing memory capacity. The heart of the i.Core AM62x is the TI AM62x Sitara processor with […]

Traditional Unix sanity plus your choice of MATE or Xfce The first new version of GhostBSD in over a year is here. If you want to try FreeBSD, Linux's most credible rival and competitor in the FOSS OS marketplace, there's no easier way.…

It’s been about a month since we announced the Fedora Slimbook laptop. That was just the first step in our partnership with Slimbook to see Fedora Linux preinstalled on more devices. The feedback we’ve received has been great! With that, we wanted to share more news from our hardware partner that we hope is exciting […]

The kernel team is working on final integration for Linux kernel 6.6. This version was just recently released, and will arrive soon in Fedora Linux. As a result, the Fedora Linux kernel and QA teams have organized a test week from Sunday, November 12, 2023 to Sunday, November 19, 2023. The wiki page in this […]

ICP Germany has recently unveiled its latest 3.5? embedded board designed to meet the requirements of various industries, from IoT to smart display systems. The board also includes dual 2.5 Gigabit ports and multiple expansion ports for storage and wireless connectivity.  According the product announcement, the Wafer-ADL-P is compatible with the following Intel Alder Lake-P […]

Despite what you may have heard, it's not as proprietary as the trolls think. Ubuntu Summit One of the most common bits of FUD about Ubuntu's Snap packaging format is that it's proprietary – but exploring the documentation shows that is wrong.…