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We take a brief look at AnduinOS, trying to mimic the Windows 11 look. Is it worth it?

Pimoroni’s new Clipper HAT Mini brings 4G LTE connectivity to the Raspberry Pi, enabling projects to operate where Wi-Fi is limited or unavailable. Designed for remote applications, it supports reliable data transmission for outdoor sensors, mobile setups, and monitoring systems.

Framework Computer has been promoting a RISC-V motherboard option for their Framework Laptop 13 to complement their existing Intel Core and AMD Ryzen motherboard options.

The Meerkat mini-desktop is a compact, versatile solution for professional and personal use, supporting multitasking on up to four displays with seamless media, email, and web browsing on Pop!_OS or Ubuntu.

Apple last week released their latest iMac, Mac Mini, and MacBook Pro products powered by their fourth-generation M-series Apple Silicon. The new Mac Mini in particular is interesting for under $600 starting out with the all re-designed Mac Mini with 10-core M4 and now the base model having 16GB of memory.

It's the Heinz of Linux – but that only boasted 57 varieties. At the end of October, Fedora 41 came out, with more different variants than ever before: 29 by our count, not including all the architectures and download options.

The company provides Android 13, Buildroot+QT, Ubuntu, and Debian OS images for the module and development board. You’ll find some documentation on the product page, but accessing it requires leaving a query with your email, and the company should reply with the documentation within a few hours or days.

I’ll admit that using a Linux distro can seem daunting at first, but it’s actually quite straightforward once you get started. Thanks to the wide variety of Linux distros, many are designed to be similar to Windows and macOS, making the switch easier than ever.

With Linux systems increasingly under threat, this guide outlines essential security practices to harden Linux servers.

The AlmaLinux operating system project that was started from the fallout of the RHEL/CentOS development shift several years ago has once again courted AMD as a sponsorship of this community enterprise Linux operating system.

Vi is a powerful text editor included with most Linux systems, even embedded ones. Sometimes you'll have to edit a text file on a system that doesn't include a friendlier text editor, so knowing Vi is essential.

Setting up a dual boot with Linux and Windows is fairly simple, and the overall process only takes a few minutes. Removing Linux from dual boot, however, can be a bit of a challenge, as there's no easy way to do it.

Want to do performance test on your graphics card? Here I’m going to introduce some for you that work on Linux desktop. Benchmark or stress test is a way to measure your hardware performance, tell if it’s working the way it should be, and compare with other devices.

The Intel In-Memory Analytics Accelerator (IAA) found in various Xeon SKUs since Sapphire Rapids can be of big benefit to Linux servers/workstations with a Linux kernel patch series that has been in the works to provide Zswap IAA compress batching.

A former exec believes in the non-profit's mission, says the battle lines have changed. Mozilla's Firefox browser clocked its second decade over the weekend, an event celebrated by Mozilla Corporation CEO Laura Chambers.

Keeping WordPress secure can be challenging, especially when considering Linux security concerns in a typical LAMP stack setup. Most WordPress security issues stem from third-party plugins, insecure coding, and server-level vulnerabilities in a typical LAMP stack setup-Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP-to build and deploy WordPress.

The "intel_idle" driver provides CPU idle time management for Intel processors on Linux for helping to put the processor into low-power states in conjunction with the MWAIT instruction.

The EMP-100 is a compact, fanless mini PC built for versatile applications, including digital signage, industrial control, and retail environments. Designed with an aluminum chassis and VESA mounting support, it provides silent performance, dual 4K display support, and storage expansion via an M.2 2280 slot.

AI is shaking things up in the creative world, and I get why a lot of artists feel anxious. Whenever new technology comes along — especially in industries like ours — it brings fear. Fear of losing control, fear of being replaced. That’s real. But there’s another side to this: AI can open doors we never thought possible.

The Rust-written Servo browser web layout engine project is out with its October 2024 status update that provides insight to their development activities the past several weeks.