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Squid is one of the most popular proxy/cache server, and the 5.2 version fixes several vulnerabilities and bugs found in the prior Squid releases.

Nano is a simple command-line text editor inspired by Pico and included by default in the most Linux distributions. The legendary open source text editor GNU Nano has released version 5.9. So let's take a look at what features this new release brings.

There are times when you want to access a specific file but can’t find it on your Linux system. While there are many ways with which we can search and locate files and directories on Linux, the easiest and quickest is probably through the terminal. This guide will show you how to use “find” and “locate” commands to find files and directories on your Linux file systems.

Certainly, open source software plays an integral part of many critical infrastructure and national security systems, with recent data suggests that attacks on open source software have increased in the last year. Google starts the Secure Open Source (SOS) Rewards pilot program run by the Linux Foundation with initial sponsorship of $1 million.

Python is a powerful multipurpose programming language. The new 3.10 version sports powerful pattern matching features, better error reporting, and more. Here’s what’s new.

One of the basic file system administration tasks in Linux involves creating, modifying, and deleting different types of files and directories. Knowing some basic tools and concepts for file deletion comes in handy and can save you time. In this guide you will learn several ways how to quickly and easily delete files and directories in Linux using the command line.

In the regular monthly updates, Linux Mint team announced that the next Linux Mint 20.3 release is planned for Christmas and will contain some interesting updates.

The MariaDB and MySQL database management systems have a lot in common, which can make it difficult to choose when you need to decide on a database solution for your needs. This article is an in-depth comparison of MariaDB vs MySQL based on license model, popularity, features, performance, and support.

The PostgreSQL team released the PostgreSQL 14 database, providing users of the widely deployed relational database with new features. The new PostgreSQL release is the first major update for the database since the PostgreSQL 13 version that debuted in October 2020.

Exim is one of the most used email server software, developed at the University of Cambridge. The latest version of this popular mail transfer agent, Exim 4.95, ships with TLS resumption support included in default builds.

One of the great things about Docker is how you can quickly use it to try out applications without having to install it directly on your machine. This guide explains step-by-step how to set up a new MySQL server running in Docker container in only a few minutes.

Deepin is a rising star among Linux distros thanks to its combination of an elegant desktop environment with the stability and reliability of Debian. In Deepin 20.2.4 many of the DDE applications have been patched and optimized to improve the overall user experience.

GNU Wget2 has many improvements in comparison to Wget. Designed and written from scratch, GNU Wget2 wraps around libwget, that provides the basic functions needed by a web client.

The GNU Core Utilities has announced the release of version 9.0 of the basic file, shell and text manipulation utilities used by the GNU operating system and various Linux distributions. These are the core utilities which are expected to exist on every operating system.

As you know, the cat (short for concatenate) command is a utility in Linux. One of its most commonly known usages is to print the content of a file onto the standard output stream. But given more time spent in the command line, features like syntax highlighting come in very handy.

Many Linux users really want to give Arch Linux a try, but the general notion that Arch is difficult to learn stops many of them. But Arch Linux is not difficult to install. In this guide I will going to show you how to easily install Arch Linux with the GNOME Desktop Environment.

GNOME 41 is now out and while it doesn’t change as many things as GNOME 40 did, there is still a lot of stuff to talk about. If you like GNOME and use it, there is basically no reason to not upgrade to GNOME 41. It is smoother, faster, apps are better, and there is more tweaks and options.

There was good news today for all Ubuntu lovers looking jittery at their aging Ubuntu boxes. Ubuntu 14.04 users will receive operating system updates until April 2024, and Ubuntu 16.04 until April 2026.

Many people in the Linux community is celebrating Linux’s birthday on August 25, but is that the right date? Here’s the answer.

For those using Samba as the open-source implementation of SMB/CIFS and allowing for file/print sharing with Microsoft Windows systems, Samba 4.15 is now available as the latest release for improving Windows interoperability on Linux and other platforms.