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The latest long-term support version of Ubuntu receives its first upgrade.

How closely did you follow the news about Linux and free and open source software this week? You can get an idea about how well informed you are (and have some fun in the process) by taking our Open Source News Quiz.

EndeavourOS developer Bryan Poerwo released today a new version of this popular Arch Linux-based GNU/Linux distribution of the masses, EndeavourOS Artemis Neo.

Ruchi Pakhle shares his experience in the Linux Foundation's mentorship program working with Open Horizon.

EndeavourOS is a user-friendly Arch Linux-based rolling release distro with some handy new features that improve the user experience. About a month after the previous “Artemis” release, the new EndeavourOS “Artemis Neo” is now available for download. Here's what’s new!

This guide explains how to get almost all hardware (and software) details of a Linux system using 5 different applications.

Java is a platform-independent language. Programs are converted to bytecode after compilation. This bytecode gets converted to machine code at runtime. An interpreter emulates the execution of bytecode instructions for the abstract machine on a specific physical machine. Just-in-time (JIT) compilation happens at some point during execution, and ahead-of-time (AOT) compilation happens during build time.  This article explains when an interpreter comes into play and when JIT and AOT will occur. I also discuss the trade-offs between JIT and AOT.

System76 informed 9to5Linux.com today about the availability of a refreshed version of the company’s Galago Pro Linux laptop with 12th Gen Intel Alder Lake CPUs.

This article gives you the top 10 great Ubuntu apps in 2022 (part 4) that you may use for your daily workflow.

Offensive Security has released today Kali Linux 2022.3 as the latest version of their Debian-based GNU/Linux distribution for ethical hackers and penetration testers.

Rescuezilla maintainer Shasheen Ediriweera released today Rescuezilla 2.4 as the latest stable version of this Ubuntu-based “Swiss Army Knife of System Recovery” distribution that uses the popular Clonezilla open-source disk imaging/cloning software.

If you're sharing files between two users over the network or "sneaker net" (saving a file to a hard drive and copying it to a computer), you may encounter permission errors when you try to read or write the file. Even if you understand the concept of file permissions, you may not know exactly how to diagnose the problem or solve it. I used to perform data migration as a service, so I've run into my fair share of permission errors and ownership conflicts. Here's how I fix them fast.

While working with a remote connection, it’s quite common to get into a situation where you are not able to interact with the remote system. And it is a frustrating moment when a remote SSH connection hangs after several minutes of unused connection, or perhaps even due to internet fluctuations. There might be many other reasons for the above cause, but it’s quite easy to kill an unresponsive SSH connection without killing the current shell.

Git back, git back, git back to where your files belong. GitLab is chewing on life's gristle. The problem, we hear, is that deadbeat freeloaders are sucking up its hosting lifeforce. The company's repo hive is clogged with zombie projects, untouched for years but still plugged into life support. It's costing us a million bucks a year, sighed GiLab's spreadsheet wranglers, and for what? …

The ninety-seven installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending on August 7th, 2022, keeping you guys up to date with the most important things happening in the Linux world.

Spotify is a well-known cross-platform music streaming service that millions of people use. This guide will walk you through installing Spotify on Fedora Linux, offering you three different ways to do it by following best practices.

A complete tutorial on how to upgrade to Linux Mint 21 (Vanessa) from Linux Mint 20.3 with the graphical method.

Don't panic if you're not a fan of big changes… it's 5.20 by another name. The next version of the Linux kernel is jumping version numbers, with some performance gains, but it's not a major change all the same.…

Packaging and then deploying applications to run in cloud-native environments, with the Kubernetes container orchestration system, can be complex. It’s a challenge that Acorn is looking to help solve. There is no shortage of vendors in the Kubernetes space, but Acorn’s pedigree is particularly strong.

We are pleased to present the proper step-by-step approach, based on official recommendations and best practices, for upgrading your current Linux Mint 20.3 "Una" system to Linux Mint 21 "Vanessa."