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Most of us don't think of the desktop as something separate from the operating system. What you see on the screen—that is Windows or that is macOS. But on Linux, there is no one desktop. Instead, there are many.

If you are a traditional programmer, using bash for scripting may seem limiting sometimes, but for certain tasks, bash can be very productive. It turns out, some of the limits of bash are really limits of older shells and people code to that to be compatible. Still other perceived issues are because some of the advanced functions in bash are arcane or confusing.

A small SNAFU in Linux kernel land meant that a notification regarding the stable review cycle for the 5.16.3 release didn't reach everyone it should have. For the first time in the 31-year history of the Linux kernel, there were over 999 commits to a stable version, which caused a very minor problem.

Terraform is a framework for building and configuring infrastructure as code, with a command-line interface and DSL language. Terraform can manage existing and popular service providers as well as custom in-house solutions to build and configure complete distributed data centers.

Higher education institutions are actively looking for ways to adapt to rapidly improving technology and enable students to use advances in computing to study, collaborate, and learn in new ways. Many institutions have been using open source software to exchange knowledge more easily, ensure a better learning experience, and handle administration with fewer worries.

In this tutorial, we’re going to show you how to install the latest version (3.11 as of writing) of Python on Ubuntu. Step-by-step, beginner-friendly instructions.

Rclone can copy files between two different cloud providers. In this brief guide, we will see how to transfer files between Dropbox and Google Drive with Rclone in Linux.

Azure SQL Database is a fully managed platform as a service  (PaaS). Azure handles database management functions such as upgrading, patching, backups, and monitoring and we do not need to worry about these operations. In this article, we will see how to create an SQL database, connect to it, create a table in it and delete it at the end.

In the following tutorial, you will learn how to install the latest 5.16 along with 5.17 RC Linux Kernel on Fedora 34/35 Server or Workstation using the Linux Vanilla third-party repository.

India's minister of state for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar has revealed the nation's government intends to develop a policy that will encourage development of an "indigenous mobile operating system".

Doas is a privilege escalation program similar to sudo. It is lightweight and simple to use. Learn how to get started using doas today.

LibreNMS is a monitoring tool that supports auto-discovery with multiple protocols, including SNMP, ARP, OSPF, and BGP. In this article, you will learn how to add hosts to the LibreNMS monitoring system using the SNMP protocol.

Valve announced today that their Steam Deck Linux-powered handheld gaming device will launch officially on February 25th, 2022.

All Things Open presents Blender 101 on Tuesday, February 15, 2022 as a free webinar. Copies of “Blender for Dummies”, All Things Open t-shirts and stickers, and other swag will be given away to lucky winners!

Apache Cassandra is an open-source distributed database developed for cloud computing. It provides a highly available and scalable database service with no single point of failure and no manual tuning.

InvoicePlane is a free, open-source, and self-hosted application for managing your quotes, invoices, clients, and payments. It is used by many organizations and freelancers to manage their payments and invoices.

For years, one-time Linux Netfilter developer Patrick McHardy made money by threatening users with legal action for using "his" open-source code. That won't happen again.

The latest release of open source Kafka data streaming technology brings a series of new features that provide users with usability improvements for real time data queries.

US-based Linux hardware vendor Juno Computers launched today Mars 15 as their newest Linux-powered laptop with high-end AMD Ryzen CPUs and NVIDIA RTX GPUs.

A 12-year-old security vulnerability has been disclosed in the Linux’s system utility Polkit that grants attackers root privileges. You should obtain and apply a patch ASAP.