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One banned tool is already working on Android-to-Android meshes that survive internet outages India's government has reportedly banned 14 messaging apps on national security grounds, including some open source services.…

About five years ago Mozilla shipped Firefox Quantum, an upgrade that included significant performance improvements for most Firefox users. Unfortunately, Firefox Quantum didn’t improve performance for people who use screen readers and other assistive technology. In some ways, our screen reader performance actually regressed with the architecture changes that Quantum delivered...

One of the common tasks you'll encounter when scripting in Bash is performing arithmetic operations on variables, particularly division. This process might seem straightforward, but it requires careful attention due to the lack of floating-point support in Bash by default. In this article, we will dive into several methods for dividing variables in Bash, and you'll discover how to handle the lack of floating-point division in Bash.

Fedora Linux Workstation features a GNOME desktop environment which is an easy to use, intuitive, and efficient desktop environment. But this is not the only option if you would like to use Fedora Linux. There are other spins that provide alternative desktop environments like KDE, XFCE, Cinnamon, etc. This article describes how you can try […]

The Hadron Carrier is an ultra small, rugged carrier board compatible with multiple NVIDIA Jetson modules. This new product from Connect Tech comes with one GbE connector, camera support and various expansion headers. The top side of the board features a SODIMM 260-pin connector to accommodate NVIDIA modules such as the Jetson Orin NX, Orin […]

Fedora Linux now has a better performing default storage option at a lower cost on AWS.

ADLINK presented today a fanless embedded media player built around the 11th Gen Intel Core processors. The EMP-510 can handle up to four simultaneous displays, two 2.5 Gigabit ethernet interfaces and other serial ports. The product announcement reveals that the EMP-510 Series can be ordered with the following Intel processors with 10nm process. i5-1145G7E — […]

The Debian Project has unveiled the release and widespread availability of Debian 11.7, serving as the seventh ISO update to the current Debian GNU/Linux 11 "Bullseye" operating system series.

Today, the Raspberry Pi Foundation unveiled a fresh edition of their official Raspberry Pi OS distribution tailored for Raspberry Pi computers, featuring component updates, bug fixes, and several performance enhancements.

NFS, or Network File System, is a protocol that allows local users to access remote data from multiple disks and directories like local access. This tutorial will show you how to install NFS Server on AlmaLinux 9.

Today, The Document Foundation unveiled the release and widespread availability of LibreOffice 7.5.3, which serves as the third maintenance update to the current LibreOffice 7.5 open-source and complimentary office suite series.

DFRobot launched today an ESP32-based development board that can be used in computer vision and signal processing applications. The compact module also includes Li-on battery charging features. DFRobot is offering the FireBeetle 2 with the ESP32-S3-WROOM-1-N16R8 or ESP32-S3-WROOM-1U-N16R8 module. The latter ESP32 module comes with an antenna connector. ESP32-S3 (N16R8) — Dual-core Xtensa LX7 (up […]

Want to interact with ChatGPT from your Linux desktop without using a web browser? Bavarder, a new app, allows you to do just that.

You may find yourself in a situation where you remember the content of a file but not its name. Linux offers various commands to help you find files based on specific text strings within them. By utilizing these commands, you can quickly locate the desired files and retrieve the information you need.

LLVM champ Chris Lattner is at the helm, so consider us intrigued Modular, an AI startup with above-average technical cred, has unveiled a programming language called Mojo that aspires to combine the usability of Python with the speed of C.…

For those envious of Rust and Cargo. The recent debut of a Python tool called Rye has raised hopes that the programming language's long standing setup and packaging shortcomings may be solvable.…

The internet isn’t just about browsers. Browsers are a critical part of the human experience on the internet and will always be core to our work at Mozilla. But the internet is bigger than browsers — it’s every piece of content, app and experience on your device. Our mission will always be to make the […]

And a reminder that experience points matter a lot Python is still a top choice for software developers, beating out other programming languages, according to a widely respected industry poll.…

The kernel team is working on final integration for Linux kernel 6.3. 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, May 07, 2023 to Sunday, May 14, 2023. Refer to the wiki page […]

Mastodon has been around since 2016, but not until recently has it emerged as a popular alternative to Twitter. Like Firefox, Mastodon is open-sourced, so it’s built on a foundation of transparency and accessibility to all. It’s also decentralized, which means it’s powered by different communities and doesn’t answer to one entity or a bunch […]