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I use the open source XFS filesystem because of the subtle convenience of extended attributes. Extended attributes are a unique way to add context to my data.

Computer device drivers are what enable your operating system to tell the hardware inside your computer and the peripherals that you've plugged in what to do. Like apps and operating systems, these hardware drivers can consist of openly available source code hidden behind binary blogs and a lengthy end-user license agreement. So, what are the differences between closed and open-source hardware drivers? Furthermore, how do these differences impact you?

For RHEL-based distributions such as Fedora, Alma Linux, or CentOS, users can easily install ImageMagick 7 using the below methods.

After nearly six months since the last Manjaro Linux ISO release, Manjaro 21.3 is out as another update to the Arch Linux-based distribution that tries to focus on user-friendliness and accessibility, while making installing Arch Linux a breeze.

LXC (Linux Containers) was the first and most complete Linux container manager implementation. Switching to Meson, the new cgroup configuration options, and time namespace support are some of the new features in the LXC 5.0.

In the following tutorial, you will learn how to install Waterfox Browser on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS desktop.

A little over a week ago the openSUSE team published a new version of the distribution's Leap branch. This branch shares code with SUSE Linux Enterprise and provides a stable, general purpose distribution free of charge. In this week's Feature Story we take openSUSE's latest Leap for a test drive and report on the experience. Alongside Leap openSUSE also supplies Tumbleweed, a rolling release platform. Let us know which of these two editions, Leap or Tumbleweed, you like better in our Opinion Poll.

The Windows compatibility layer that allows you to run various applications and games on Linux (and forms part of Steam Play Proton) has a new development release out with Wine 7.11. Once a year or so, a new stable release is made but the development versions are usually fine to use.

The ninety installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending on June 19th, 2022, keeping you guys up to date with the most important things that are happening in the Linux world.

Need to update your Raspberry Pi to the latest version of its default operating system, but can't work out how to do it? Since Raspbian was replaced by Raspberry Pi OS, things have changed a little. Here’s what you need to know about updating the Raspberry Pi OS.

Manjaro 21.3 "Ruah" release highlights which brings KDE Plasma 5.25, Xfce 4.16 and GNOME 42 desktop environment.

MediaTek released a System on Module (SoM) that integrates their latest Genio 1200 AIoT (MT8395) System on Chip showcased last month. The LEC-MTK-I1200 features 8-cores (4x Cortex-A78/4x A55), 5-cores Arm Mali-G57 GPU and an APU system (5 TOPS). For quick prototyping, ADLINK has also designed a development board compatible with the LEC-MTK-I1200.

The null device in Unix systems is /dev/null. Its purpose is to immediately discard anything sent to it. In this guide we will discuss what is the purpose of /dev/null, why it exists, and how to use it.

A curated list of 10 super awesome application launcher(s) for Ubuntu, Linux Mint and other Linux distributions with examples.

This guide explains how to enable parallel downloading in Pacman in Arch Linux and its variants like EndeavourOS, and Manjaro Linux.

TODO Group is proud to announce a new OSPO Mind Map version release. The mind map shows a Open Source Program Office’s (OSPO) responsibilities, roles, behavior, and team size within an organization. This post highlights the major improvements done by the community in this new version of the OSPO Mind Map.

We know the Linux operating system is considered secure “by design.” However, regular maintenance by applying released security updates ensures that it will remain such. This guide shows how to automatically set up updates on the Ubuntu system, also known as unattended upgrades.

In this tutorial we’ll cover how to install the minimal and full versions of the LXQt desktop environment, as well as Lubuntu, which is a flavor of Ubuntu that uses LXQt as the default desktop environment.

If you are an editor and editing images is part of your daily life, then you should try the ImageMagick tool.

ImageMagick is a free and open-source tool to edit, create, compose, or convert digital images into other formats. It supports over 200 formats, including PNG, JPEG, GIF, WebP, HEIC, SVG, PDF, DPX, EXR, and TIFF

Ibase released a 3.5” single board computer (SBC) that is powered by the 11th Gen Intel Core processors (Tiger Lake H). The high performance IB956 SBC has quad-displays, dual GbE ports and dual SATA III.