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In today’s interconnected world, knowing the active devices on your network can be essential for various administrative tasks and security measures. One efficient way to scan for alive hosts is by using a Bash script that pings every IP address within a specified subnet. This article will guide you through writing such a script, starting from the prerequisites to executing it on your machine.

Today, the Fedora and Asahi Linux projects announced the general availability of Fedora Asahi Remix 41 as the latest version of this distribution developed for Apple Silicon Macs.

A cool mountain breeze blowing in after the new LTS kernel. A fresh release of the minimalist and very lightweight Alpine Linux is here, with support for Chinese LoongArch64 CPUs.

We are happy to announce the general availability of Fedora Asahi Remix 41. This release brings the newly released Fedora Linux 41 to Apple Silicon Macs. Fedora Asahi Remix is developed in close collaboration with the Fedora Asahi SIG and the Asahi Linux project.

This guide explains what is mmdebstrap, how to install it in Debian Linux and how to use it to safely create chroot environments.

Sent out today was the latest drm-misc-next pull request of various Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) changes queuing up ahead of the Linux 6.14 kernel cycle. Most exciting this week is the DRM boot logger being queued for landing to better present kernel messages.

This article focuses on terminal-based weather tools for Linux. We only feature free and open source software here.

Start setup below via remote ssh login into Manjaro Yonada Plasma 6.2.4 Testing KVM Guest just to have "copy and paste" handy. First roll forward Manjaro Stable to Manjaro Testing Branch . . .

Say goodbye to i386 support in the new Kali Linux 2024.4. Python 3.12, Raspberry Pi customizations, 14 new tools, and GNOME 47.

Espressif Systems announced the ESP32-P4 over a year ago. While the chip is not yet available for retail, a prototype development board featuring the chip was recently showcased by Olimex. This board includes multiple interfaces, such as an Ethernet connector and a camera connector, demonstrating its versatile capabilities.

Slackware-based PorteuX 1.8 is out today as what appears to be the very first GNU/Linux distribution to ship with the recently released Xfce 4.20 desktop environment.

The upcoming Linux 6.14 kernel cycle is set to introduce support for the Blaize BLZP1600 SoC series that is powering various PCIe add-in-card and M.2 adapters for local AI edge processing.

The leaked but unannounced Lenovo Legion Go S seems like it will come in two different versions, and one of them may even be with SteamOS Linux like Valve's Steam Deck.

A step-by-step guide to install VMware Workstation on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, ensuring a seamless virtualization experience from start to finish.

Apple Intelligence is a personal intelligence system that offers powerful generative models. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.

CrowdSupply recently featured the Hornet Nest Alarm Panel, a PoE-enabled security panel that integrates traditional wired alarm systems with modern smart home platforms like Home Assistant. Its open-source design provides flexibility and customization for enhancing home security systems.

With Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 now in public beta this month, I have begun testing out the RHEL 10 beta on a few systems in the lab. In this first look at RHEL 10 performance is seeing how well the RHEL 10 beta is performing relative to RHEL 9.5 stable on an AMD EPYC server.

The 218th installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending on December 15th, 2024, keeping you updated with the most important things happening in the Linux world.

In the world of programming and scripting, managing files securely is crucial. If you’re using Bash for your scripts, you might need to implement file locking to prevent multiple processes from accessing the same file simultaneously. This article will guide you through creating a Bash script that demonstrates how to lock a file effectively.

File comparison compares the contents of computer files, finding their common contents and their differences. The result of the comparison is often known as a diff. We recommend the best terminal-based diff tools.