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Valve's new Steam Deck comes with a new release of SteamOS, a specialized Linux distribution for gaming devices, which Valve and Collabora have been working on together for several years. Based on Arch Linux, a rolling-release distribution which includes the latest Mesa release for open-source accelerated graphics support, SteamOS 3 also comes with a brand new A/B design for seamless system updates.

Uri Herrera announced today the release and general availability of Nitrux 2.0.1 as the latest stable ISO snapshot of this Debian-based and systemd-free GNU/Linux distribution built on top of the KDE Plasma desktop environment and featuring some of the latest GNU/Linux technologies.

I have several scripts that auto-increment a number in a data table. That's not hard to do on the command line. But what if I wanted to have version letters at the end of mixed letter-number codes, like 101a, 101b, 101c etc? And also wanted to increment version numbers after a letter cycle, like 101c, 101d, 102a, 102b...? As is usually the case with command-line operations, there's more than one way to do it. This post looks at a couple of solutions to this particular problem, namely incrementing (single) version letters and version numbers on a fixed letter cycle.

Collabora’s Simon McVittie published a blog post today to detail how the SteamOS 3.0 operating system works on Valve’s recently launched Steam Deck gaming handheld.

LF Edge furthers innovation at the open source edge across a unified ecosystem, with induction of Edge Gallery —an open-source MEC edge computing project —and adds leading innovator American Tower as Premiere member and Ritsumeikan University as new Associate member

MongoDB is a widely used and very scalable NoSQL database server. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps required to install MongoDB on an AlmaLinux 8 server.

Drupal is open-source software that has many features, like easy content authoring, reliable performance, and excellent security.

Create your own edge by running a DNS caching service on your home or business network. If you've been hearing a lot of talk about "the cloud" over the past several years, then you may also have heard rumblings about something called "the edge."

This error is known in the recent versions of WordPress, more precisely from WordPress 5.4 to the latest WordPress 5.7.

The Linux Mint team announced the beta availability of Linux Mint Debian Edition LMDE 5 "Elsie". Here are what's new and the download details.

Lynis is a free and open-source security checker released under the GPL license and available for Linux and Unix-based operating systems such as MacOS, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, etc. In this article, we will explore how to install  Lynis and conduct an audit of a Kali Linux system.

Several people feel like the founder of the FSF (and GNU) is being marginalised by the FSF, but nobody wants to say it out loud

In this Linux quick tip we will discuss the different methods that can be used to find the date and time of a Linux installation.

Ansible-lint goes beyond regular YAML linters by checking Ansible tasks themselves, potentially saving you from execution errors and many hours of debugging.

Mazhar Hussain informs 9to5Linux.com about a new app for the GNOME desktop, called Login Manager Settings, that lets you manage various settings and add new features to the login screen.

When using Linux on mobile devices such as Laptops, it is very important to tune the right kernel parameters in order to optimize battery life. Tlp is a highly customizable, free and open source command line utility released under the GPLv2 license (the source code is hosted on github) created with this exact goal. In this tutorial we see how to install Tlp on some of the most used Linux distributions, and how to configure it.

tcpdump is a useful way to analyze your network. Here we show you how to install and make good use of tcpdump.

OTRS stands for "Open Source Trouble Ticket System" is a free and open-source service management suite. It is one of the most popular ticketing tools used by help desks, call centers, and IT service management teams. In this post, we will show you how to install OTRS on Alma Linux 8.

Kanboard is an open-source project management system that uses Kanban board.

Pegasus, the malware developed by NSO Group, was responsible for the hacking of three Bahraini dissidents, according to an extensive study published on February 18, 2022 by The Citizen Lab. Two of the three activists have given their permission to be identified.