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The 170th installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending on January 14th, 2024, keeping you guys up to date with the most important things happening in the Linux world.

New versions and ports of the Plasma desktop ahoy. The KDE dev team has spent many nights working on the first release candidate of the new Qt 6-based release, during which time a tiny, intrepid band of coders was able to bring the current stable release to OpenBSD.…

Arace Tech has recently showcased the Radxa Rock Model 5 A in an eye-catching pink edition, notable for its competitive pricing. This model boasts up to 16GB of RAM and incorporates PCIe2, enhancing its storage capabilities. Furthermore, it now supports the  lightweight operating system DietPi. Similar to the Radxa Rock 5B Blue Edition released in […]

Roads are icy and drivers are dangerous. There will be no Starbucks run. Linus Torvalds has indefinitely postponed the merge window for version 6.8 of the Linux kernel after a winter storm knocked out power and internet near his work-from-home location in Oregon.…

In the world of Linux and Unix-like systems, bash scripting is a powerful tool for automating repetitive tasks, such as file compression. Zipping files using a bash script can significantly streamline your workflow, especially when dealing with routine backups, file transfers, or batch processing. This article will guide you through creating simple yet effective bash scripts to zip files and directories, incorporating arguments to make your script more versatile and adaptable to different situations.

The openSUSE Project confirmed today the successor to its openSUSE Leap 15 operating system series as openSUSE Leap 16, which will be based on SUSE’s new Adaptable Linux Platform (ALP).

This is an article about my journey to finding and configuring Emacs as a writer’s text editor and the results of my journey. The journey begins Sometimes, being a computer user can feel somewhat like being a treasure hunter. Think about it: you’re on a quest to find that one application that perfectly suits your […]

A new major release of Firebird 5.0.0 is now available with multithreading and more performance improvements.

Surya is billed as a multilingual document OCR toolkit. It’s a CLI-based utility that can be used with a CPU or GPU. To run Surya you’ll need Python 3.9 or higher and PyTorch, the latter provides libraries for basic tensor manipulation on CPUs or GPUs, a built-in neural network library, model training utilities, and a multiprocessing library that can work with shared memory.

This guide gives you all the information you need to Upgrade to Linux Mint 21.3 “Virginia” from Linux 21.2, 21.1.

This article aims to cover how to change nginx port's in Linux-based systems. The article includes a few examples of some common scenarios.

In this guide, we cover two methods to install PhotoQT on Linux Mint 21 or 20 with the command-line terminal.

Explore the last point release of Kodi "Nexus" - Kodi 20.3, with fixes for Exif parsing, TV channel subtitles, and a range of picture-related improvements, ensuring a flawless multimedia experience.

Nagios is an open-source monitoring system for tracking IT infrastructure health and performance. It provides real-time alerts and status overviews for servers, networks, and applications, enabling proactive problem resolution.

Hyper Backup Explorer is a desktop tool for browsing, decrypting, and extracting different versions of backup data in Hyper Backup repositories. It’s a Qt-based graphical utility.

Discover quick and efficient methods to update group memberships on Linux without the need for rebooting or re-logging, ensuring seamless user access management.

In this guide, we will cover the find -exec option in Linux basics with practical command examples for further learning.

A sneak peek at the upcoming System76's COSMIC desktop Alpha release with stunning apps, improvements and a modern look.

The KDE Project released today KDE Frameworks 5.114 as the latest version of this collection of more than 80 add-on libraries to Qt that provide commonly needed functionality for the KDE Plasma 5 desktop environment and the various KDE apps.

Learn about the exciting new features of the Linux Mint 21.3 “Virginia” release.