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If you're coming from Windows, the Linux file system structure can seem particularly alien. The C: drive and drive letters are gone, replaced by a / and cryptic-sounding directories, most of which have three-letter names.

As Linux-based systems gain greater prevalence across various IT infrastructures, they become increasingly popular targets for attackers. One of threat actors' primary goals post-breach is persistence, techniques that allow them to access compromised systems even after reboots or updates.

Howdy is a free open-source Python program, that can use your built-in IR emitters and camera in combination with facial recognition to prove who you are.

For those of you longing for better gaming on an Apple Silicon device, Asahi Linux is here to help.

It looks like the upcoming Linux 6.13 cycle will be adding RISC-V support for user-space pointer masking and tagged address ABI.

Notepad++ is a popular editor on Windows, but it doesn't have official Linux support. However, running Notepad++ on Linux isn't impossible either, and we'll show you how. We'll also show you some noteworthy alternatives to consider in case our workarounds don't suit you.

Raspberry Pi OS now uses Wayland out of the box!

Fedora Linux provides a wide variety of users with leading edge open source technology in a community developed and maintained operating system.

For years there have been statements about how over half of the VMs running within the Microsoft Azure public cloud are Linux-based... In a new blog post today is the first time I am seeing Microsoft cite now "over 60%" Linux marketshare on Microsoft's cloud.

Waveshare has launched the ESP32-P4-NANO board, powered by the ESP32-P4 SoC featuring RISC-V dual-core and single-core processors. This board is tailored for advanced HMI and edge computing applications. Equipped with Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5/BLE via the onboard ESP32-C6-MINI module, it ensures efficient wireless connectivity through the SDIO interface.

In recent years, JupyterLab has rapidly become the tool of choice for data scientists, machine learning (ML) practitioners, and analysts worldwide. This powerful, web-based integrated development environment (IDE) provides a flexible and interactive workspace for performing data analysis, machine learning, and visualization, making it indispensable for professionals and enthusiasts alike.

Earlier this year Micron announced the Crucial Pro DDR5-6000 memory for AMD and Intel desktops and catering to gamers. With the newest AMD Ryzen 9000 series (Zen 5) and Intel Core Ultra Series 2 (Arrow Lake) processors out there and enjoying even faster memory, today Micron announced the Crucial Pro DDR5-6400 memory kits for greater performance.

Seafile is an open-source file-hosting system written in the Django web framework. This article will guide you through installing Seafile on a Debian 12 server with MariaDB as the database, Nginx as a reverse proxy, and HTTPS through Letsencrypt and UFW (Uncomplicated Firewall) to secure Seafile.

I find AMD's Ryzen CPUs far more reliable than any Intel-based system I've ever used. But that's not the only thing to make me a convert.

After the success of PicoADK v1, Datanoise has recently announced the launch of its PicoADK v2 music synthesizer built around the Raspberry Pi RP2350 MCU. The board supports projects like custom synthesizers, audio effects, and noise generation, and the 8 MB QSPI PSRAM of the RP2350 makes it ideal for memory-intensive applications such as long delays.

The Trinity Desktop Environment as a still-maintained fork of the KDE 3.5 desktop software is out with a new point release.

Mattermost is an open-source alternative to Slack and Microsoft Teams. It allows you to self-host online chat and offers many features, such as file sharing, search, automation, and numerous third-party integrations.

There are plenty of reasons for you to consider investing time to learn Linux. Here, we shed light on some of them.

If you're looking for a Linux distribution you can carry with you, PorteuX might be just the ticket to the freedom you've been looking for.

Now recompiled in OpenEmbedded, EasyOS 6.4 remains labeled "an experimental Linux distribution" for the time being. This update launches with support for the Zig programming language, the version 6.6.58 kernel, new desktop icon themes, support for the WEBP image format in mtPaint, and more.