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A high-severity Linux vulnerability capable of granting abusers root access to target endpoints is being exploited in the wild, researchers have warned.

When I was downloading the AlmaLinux 8.6 DVD release using the wget command. All of a sudden, files got stopped, and when I checked the reason for stopping, I found “File size limit exceeded.”

In its 30-year history, the terminal-based text editor Vim has been one of the most recognizable names in the open-source world, loved by some and disliked by others. After two and a half years of development, Vim 9.0 is now available, firmly focused on the new Vim9 scripting language capabilities.

Toxic discussions on open-source GitHub projects tend to involve entitlement, subtle insults, and arrogance, according to an academic study. That contrasts with the toxic behavior – typically bad language, hate speech, and harassment – found on other corners of the web.

A review of Ubuntu 22.04 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" with respect to performance, benchmark comparison with Fedora and more.

Parallelism describes a software's ability to spawn multiple processes to execute tasks in tandem. It also applies to Ansible's default ability to interact with numerous hosts simultaneously.

In this tutorial you will learn how to create shortcuts or edit the already existing shortcuts on Linux Mint

Ever wondered how long have you been using your Linux OS without a reinstall? This guide explains how to find exact installation date and time of your Linux OS.

While updating packages in your system, you might not want to allow specific packages from transactions, such as updates, for various reasons, such as bugs or instability in the latest release.

Packages such as Kernel, PHP, MySql, Apache, Nginx, Python, etc., are regularly used on the running server. Updating them into unstable releases might lead to a catastrophe event.

Vanilla Forums is a modern, lightweight, and open-source multi-lingual forum software written in PHP. It provides all of the features you need to run a successful forum. It’s easy to install and use, and the flexibility and free nature of Vanilla Forums make it an attractive choice for anyone looking to start their own forum.

ICOP recently released a 3.5” Single Board Computer (SBC) that implements the 32-bit Vortex86DX3 System on Chip (SoC). The VDX3-6726 SBC was designed with comprehensive backwards compatibility to support older software and extend the life cycle of existing products without the need of complex redesign.

The UBports Foundation announced today the release of the OTA-23 update of their Ubuntu Touch mobile operating system for supported Linux phones and tablets.

One of my family's first computers ran a command-line operating system called DOS, the "Disk Operating System." I grew up with DOS, and learned to leverage the command line to make my work easier. And so did a lot of other people. We loved DOS so much that in 1994, we created the FreeDOS Project. Today on June 29, we celebrate 28 years of FreeDOS...

Thunderbird is a free and open-source cross-platform software created as a complete client-side email suite by Mozilla, the company behind the Firefox browser. The new Thunderbird 102 release of the free email client has a fresh new address book, revamped message header, and colorful folders.

If you are looking for an alternative to Adobe Photoshop without burning a hole in your pocket, then go for the GIMP, which is totally free to use, and importantly, it’s available for all major platforms like Microsoft Windows, macOS, Chrome OS, and, of course, Linux.

The Reg FOSS deck takes the latest release, 22.6, for a spin EndeavourOS is a rolling-release Linux distro based on Arch Linux. Although the project is relatively new, having started in 2019, it's the successor to an earlier Arch-based distro called Antergos, so it's not quite as immature as its youth might imply. It's a little more vanilla than Antergos was – for instance, it uses the Calamares cross-distro installer.…

Gitea is a free and open-source self-hosted Git service like GitHub, BitBuacket, and GitLab. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install and configure the self-hosted Git server named Gitea with Docker on the latest Ubuntu 22.04 server. This also covers the installation and configuration of the Nginx web server as a reverse proxy for the Gitea container service.

The HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) drivers have been updated to version 3.22.6, a release that adds support for recent Ubuntu, Fedora, and MX Linux distributions, as well as numerous new HP printers.

Release highlights of open-source email client Thunderbird 102 which brings revamped UI, fresh icons, Matrix chat support and more.

Autodesk 3ds Max is a professional 3D computer graphics program for making 3D animations, models, games and images. It's proprietary software that's not available for Linux. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.