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For fans of the lightweight Slax Linux distribution, version 11.2 is now available and is re-based against upstream Debian 11.2 Bullseye. It is one of the smallest portables and fast Linux operating systems with a modular approach and outstanding design built to run from a USB stick.

lfs is a small tool similar to the df command for producing a list of file systems on Linux in a clear and beautiful tabular form.

When it comes to choosing the right VPS (Virtual Private Server) server for your solution, you may want to test its performance. This article will show you how to check the network speed, disk performance, and CPU performance of your Linux VPS server for a quick benchmark.

Valve has today released Proton 7.0 – an open-source custom version of Wine that enables Linux users to run Windows games directly from Steam using Steam Play.

Kali Linux 2022.1 is packed with new themes as well as enhancements to existing features, such as improved usability for visually impaired users. Here's what's new!

The KDE-focused desktop platform KaOS Linux has got a new update. Just over a month after the last release, KaOS 2022.02 has emerged with the latest KDE Plasma. Here's what's new!

Here we will learn what is Flatpak, how to install Flatpak on Linux, and how to use the Flatpak command-line user interface to install, remove, and update Flatpak applications.

MariaDB 10.7 is an evolution of MariaDB 10.6 with several entirely new features not found anywhere else. Here's what's new!

Sparky is a fast, lightweight, and fully customizable OS built on Debian that offers a few versions for different users and tasks. The SparkyLinux team has announced the release of SparkyLinux 6.2, the latest stable update in the project’s 6.x series.

Have you ever installed a program in Linux from an outside source and wished that it had a convenient entry in your desktop environment’s menu? This article explains briefly how to create useful and standard-compliant desktop entries on Linux by using the DeskCut app.

Today the KDE Community releases Plasma 5.24, a Long Term Support (LTS) release that will receive updates until Plasma 6 succeeds it. Here's what's new!

The latest version of the popular mail transfer agent, Postfix 3.7, makes maillog_file feature even more useful. Here's what's new!

Version 4.3 of the operating system comes with Linux kernel 5.16 and uses KDE Plasma 5.23.5 for its desktop environment. Here's what's new!

This guide will show you how to easily install the Slack application on both Ubuntu and Debian, as well as RedHat-based distributions such as AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, and Fedora.

When we think about SQL Server, we always think about it as running on Windows. Starting from SQL Server 2017, you can run it on Linux as well. In this tutorial, we are going to walk through all the steps on how to install Microsoft SQL Server and SQL Server command-line tools on Ubuntu.

With five years and seven months in the making, I honestly have had some difficulty believing that this would eventually really happen, but yet here it is. Slackware Linux 15.0 hit the streets on February 3, 2022. Either way, the latest version of the legendary Linux distro led by Patrick Volkerding is available for download.

With this new release, Peppermint OS switches from using LXDE to Xfce as its default desktop environment. Here's what's new!

The Document Foundation has released LibreOffice 7.3, including a large number of fixes intended to compatibility with Microsoft Office. Here's what's new!

Very few Linux distros have the privilege of being endorsed by the Free Software Foundation (FSF). One of those distros is Trisquel GNU/Linux. The Trisquel team released Trisquel GNU/Linux 10.0 “Nabia” and we’re going to take a look at it today.

Jerry Bezencon has announced the release of Linux Lite 5.8, a lightweight desktop distribution based on Ubuntu. Here's what's new!