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Controlling services in Linux doesn't have to be a confounding experience. Here's how the process works and why it is often seen as an overly complicated task.

Last week Google announced the general availability of their C4A instances powered by their in-house Axion processors. I delivered launch-day benchmarks looking at the Google Axion CPU performance with the C4A instances compared to other Google Cloud instance types powered by Ampere Altra and Intel Xeon.

Does anyone want to tell Linus Torvalds? No? I didn't think so. I must be a glutton for punishment. Not only was my first programming language IBM 360 Assembler, my second language was C. Programming anything in them wasn't easy. Programming safely in either is much harder.

GNOME 47 ‘Denver’ proved a decent update to the GNOME desktop, delivering a hearty dose of new features, UI refinements, and app improvements.

Intel's Linux kernel test robot has reported a 3888.9% performance improvement in the mainline Linux kernel as of this past week.

The Workstation team is working on the final integration of Anaconda Web UI Installer for Fedora Linux Workstation. As a result, the Fedora Workstation Working Group and QA teams have organized a test week from Monday, Nov 11, 2024 to Monday, Nov 18, 2024.

The Banana Pi BPI-CanMV-K230D-Zero is an upcoming single-board computer for AIoT applications, developed in collaboration with Canaan Technology. Featuring the Kendryte K230D chip, it provides local AI inference capabilities, making it useful for DIY projects and embedded systems.

While old Radeon GFX6/GFX7 era graphics processors are no longer actively supported by AMD on Windows and haven't been for quite a while, under Linux with the upstream open-source driver stack they remain supported and still enjoying improvements in large part from common code.

For two decades, Firefox has been at the heart of an open, user-centered web. From the early days of tabbed browsing and pop-up blocking to today’s privacy protections and customization options, Firefox has empowered users like you with control and freedom to explore the internet on your own terms.

So, what exactly is a “release candidate” (RC)? A release candidate is something that might be ready to be GIMP 3.0, but we want the larger community to test it first and report any problems they find.

It’s been a while since the gorgeous (if admittedly gimmicky) Burn My Windows GNOME Shell extension added a new effect to appease fans of over-the-top window closing and opening animations.

In this guide, we'll show you how to install Vuls Vulnerability Scanner on Ubuntu 24.04 server. You'll be installing Vuls, generating CVE databases, and scanning Ubuntu/Debian via local and remote scans.

The Haiku open-source operating system project inspired by BeOS has remained very active implementing more features and fixes as we approach the end of 2024.

Forlinx Embedded has introduced the FET-MX95xx-C System on Module, built around the high-performance NXP i.MX95xx processor for industrial, automotive, and IoT applications. Key features include a 10GbE port, dual GbE ports, CAN interfaces, camera support, and multiple wireless protocols.

Debian is one of the most trusted and stable Linux distributions, making it a top choice among developers and system administrators. Setting up a powerful development environment on Debian involves installing the right tools, compilers, libraries, and Integrated Development Environments (IDEs) that can support various programming languages and workflows.

The free and open source chiaki-ng project has a new release out for those of you wanting to Remote Play your PlayStation 4 or PlayStation 5 to other devices like a Linux desktop, Steam Deck, Android, Windows and more. Who needs a PlayStation Portal right?

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new phishing campaign, dubbed “CRON#TRAP,” which lures victims into unknowingly installing a Linux virtual machine on their Windows systems.

With the AMD EPYC 9005 "Turin" testing over the past month since launch I have looked at how well the new EPYC Turin CPUs compete against Intel Xeon, how Turin Dense dominates in performance and power efficiency to AmpereOne at 192 cores, and the generational uplift from EPYC Genoa to Turin at the same core counts, among other Turin performance benchmark tests.

Sweeping staffing cuts have fallen at The Mozilla Foundation, the nonprofit arm of Mozilla tasked with advocating for web standards, internet privacy, and open-source.

To ensure the MySQL/MariaDB server is working properly, you need to implement monitoring on your infrastructure. In this guide, you'll learn how to monitor MySQL/MariaDB servers with Prometheus and Grafana.