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Talking to the distro's self-appointed benevolent dictator for life about 20 years of Ubuntu. Canonical founder and CEO Mark Shuttleworth spoke to The Reg FOSS desk at Ubuntu Summit 2024 in The Hague about the Linux distribution's success, its missteps, his regrets, and what he'd tell his younger self.

A set of Linux kernel patches posted on Friday by Meta/Facebook provide for sizable performance optimizations for applications leveraging /proc/kcore such as for debuggers.

In this tutorial, you'll learn how to backup and restore using Rsnapshot on a Linux server. You'll be setting up rsnapshot for local backup and remote backup. You'll also learn how to set up an automatic backup with rsnapshot and cron.

The Fedora Linux installer, Anaconda, has been around for 25 years! While it’s been a reliable way to install Fedora Linux (and CentOS, RHEL, and others), many people — especially those new to Fedora — sometimes have issues with complexity and jargon.

We’ve already checked out the hardware of the Maxtang T0-FP750 mini PC with an unboxing and a teardown in the first part of the review, before thoroughly testing the AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS mini PC in Windows 11 Pro.

Want to try a different download manager for a change? Try AB download manager!

The Arch Linux based CachyOS Linux distribution has issued its November 2024 media refresh. Notable this time are pulling a few performance-related patches into its kernel build.

Flatpak is an universal Linux package format that runs in sandbox environment. Many popular applications (e.g., Firefox, GIMP, OBS Studio) provide official Linux packages through Flatpak, and Flathub repository hosts tons of app packages in this format.

The Radxa X4L, also known as the Palmshell SLiM X4L, is a compact device powered by Intel’s quad-core N100 processor. With features like a 2.5GbE LAN port, Wi-Fi 6E, and dual 4K@30Hz display support, it’s well-suited for multimedia and general-purpose use.

Linus Torvalds just christened the Linux 6.12-rc7 kernel today for what will hopefully be the last release candidate before declaring Linux 6.12 stable next week Sunday.

Building off Friday's release of Wine 9.21, Wine-Staging 9.21 is available as this experimental blend of Wine that carries extra patches for testing/evaluation to enhance the ability for Windows games and apps to run on Linux.

Got a modern Nvidia or AMD graphics card? Custom Llamas are only a few commands and a little data prep away. Large language models (LLMs) are remarkably effective at generating text and regurgitating information, but they're ultimately limited by the corpus of data they were trained on.

The Raspberry Pi community has launched two new accessories to enhance their single-board computers: the $12 USB 3 Hub, providing four-way USB 3.0 connectivity, and the $60 Touch Display 2, offering a higher-resolution, slimmer touch interface for interactive use.

Team Firestorm sent word that their recently released Victorian London murder mystery game Blood On The Thames is now supported on Linux. Looks really unique with the visual style!

If you've ever tried running Windows software on Linux, you know it can be a mixed bag, and every option has quirks. Should you go with Wine or set up a full virtual machine? Let's explore both options and see which one will give you the best experience for your needs.

Longtime NVIDIA Linux engineer Aaron Plattner shared a status update on Friday around the current feature parity difference between the NVIDIA driver stack on X11 and under (X)Wayland.

Only Linux is supported, and the company says its module targets the automotive, industrial, and commercial IoT markets.

Espressif Systems announced the ESP32-P4 over a year ago. While the chip is not yet available for retail, a prototype development board featuring the chip was recently showcased by Olimex. This board includes multiple interfaces, such as an Ethernet connector and a camera connector, demonstrating its versatile capabilities.

Earlier this year was a Fedora change proposal seeking to make KDE Plasma the default over GNOME for Fedora 42. A compromise of sorts has now been settled on with the Fedora Desktop Spin being promoted to an "Edition" status that will put it on the same level as the GNOME-based Fedora Workstation Edition.

SolidRun has launched a single-board computer tailored for Industrial Internet of Things and Human-Machine Interface applications, built around the i.MX8M Plus System-on-Module from NXP. Its carrier board includes features like RS232, RS485, dual CAN-FD, and dual 1Gb Ethernet and more.