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Quickemu is a command line wrapper for QEMU that can be used to quickly create and run highly optimized Linux, macOS, *BSD and Windows desktop virtual machines.

This guide explains how to solve error rpmdb damaged header by rebuilding the RPM database in Fedora, RHEL, CentOS, AlmaLinux and Rocky Linux.

There are some specific cases where staying as an avid Windows user could be better for you than switching to Linux, and we’ll be seeing some of these in today’s article.

Linux is getting more Rust in it by the day. It wasn't that long ago that the very idea that another language besides C would be used in the Linux kernel would have been laughed at. Things have changed. Today, not only is Rust, the high-level system language moving closer to Linux, it's closer than ever with the next "patch series to add support for Rust as a second language to the Linux kernel."

Tails 4.25 amnesic incognito live system (a.k.a. Anonymous OS) is now available for download with a new backup utility for Persistent Storage and updated components.

The developers behind Freespire 8.0 have decided to put strong focus and take full advantage on Google’s services with this release.

MySQL is an open-source relational database management system and with its popularity is used widely on different systems for storing data.

Terminal often intimidates new users. However, once you get to know it, you gradually start liking it. Well, that happens with most Linux users. Even if you are using Ubuntu as a desktop system, you may have to enter the terminal at times. New users are often clueless about many things. Some knowledge of basic Linux commands always helps in such cases but this article is not about that.

If you have a need to install Deb packages in Arch Linux, here we outline a few ways that you can install the application.

Amazon's DocumentDB database service is described by the cloud corp as "MongoDB compatible", but MongoDB CTO Mark Porter has told The Register this is not entirely the case.

AssaultCube is a free multiplayer first-person shooter game, based on the CUBE engine. It hasn't seen a new release since 2013, but now it’s back with AssaultCube 1.3 Lockdown Edition to the delight of all Linux fans.

Sometimes it’s nice to be able to change the text, or foreground, color when working with shell scripts or the Linux command line. This is a useful trick as it allows us to make the text more readable and the output more interesting. This can be done using ansi escape codes. This article shows you how.

JMeter is an open-source Java-based load testing tool. It is useful to check and improve the performance after developing a new website. In this article, I will show you how to install Apache JMeter and how to use it to do load testing on websites.

You've collected your leaving card, novelty presents, and perhaps a bottle of wine – what's next on the list for the departing developer? For one, it's a blog rubbishing the technology he's been working on for five years. That was the choice of Steinar Gunderson, a former principal software engineer at Oracle and member of the MySQL optimiser team. In an online missive, the engineer, who has now taken up a role in Google's Chrome team, left no reader in doubt of his views on MySQL.

The Document Foundation announced today the release and general availability of the LibreOffice 7.2.4 and LibreOffice 7.1.8 updates that address an important security vulnerability.

The Internet is full of lurking threats. Malicious actors are constantly scanning for vulnerabilities, seeking out unpatched systems, and trying to guess passwords. One of the many tools we can use to protect ourselves from malicious attacks on-line is a firewall.

If you are a programmer, chances are you might already be familiar with the nuances and capabilities of Visual Studio Code. In this guide, you will learn how to install VS Code on Ubuntu and its related distros. For those who might be wondering what Visual Studio Code is all about, here’s a small inkling into its build features.

What is old is new again: linking open source Unix-alikes, native cluster OSes for massively parallel computers, and 1980s platform rivalries. You get all this in a somewhat dusty project hoping to "breathe new life" into Helios, a manycore OS from the '90s.

Beginners shell script part 3. Covers string and numeric comparison, while and if statements

The Mozilla Firefox 95 web browser is now available for download ahead of its December 7th official launch for all supported platforms, including GNU/Linux, macOS, and Windows.