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If you have the latest version of Proton Experimental, Valve just recently put up a new Steam Client Beta (October 28) too which allows playing Windows games on Linux that make use of their older CEG DRM. This is quite a big one actually, as it was a total showstopper for numerous games. Valve developer Pierre-Loup Griffais said on Twitter it's only "initial" support and to post any you test on the official GitHub bug report for it.

It’s no secret that many users finally make the switch from Windows to Linux because of a desire to make their own choices and take control of their computer and privacy. Although there are many Linux distros, each different from the next, security and privacy are the common threads running through all of them. One such distribution is Tails, a security-focused operating system that maintains your anonymity on the web.

Red Hat's recent decision to discontinue CentOS 8 has left a critical void in the enterprise Linux market, shifting the spotlight onto other enterprise-ready Linux distributions. One distro that stands out as a viable CentOS 8 replacement among respected enterprise Linux distributions such as Ubuntu, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), AlmaLinux and SUSE is ''unbreakable'' Oracle Linux , an OS compiled from the same open-source code as RHEL.

We’ve been using Edge on Linux for quite some time, first in Dev Build form, then in its Beta flavour…but when we went to check Microsoft’s repository tonight, we were surprised to see a build package that had arrived just an hour earlier with the name microsoft-edge-stable-95.0.1020.38-1.x86_64.rpm. So, the Eagle, or whatever you want to call it, has finally landed!

It took a long time for Linux to become officially supported on Chromebooks. In fact, it spent three years in beta until the release of Chrome OS 91. Now, anyone who wants to can install and run Linux on their Chromebook, with the caveat that they can only use one container at a time. A new update aims to remove this limitation.

Not using your turn signal can cause a car accident, but maker Marc Radinovic’s latest Raspberry Pi project aims to mitigate that issue. With the help of a Raspberry Pi 4 B, he’s managed to create a turn signal education device that trains users to properly use their signal when turning.

Continuing on with our review of the Top 5 distributions listed on the popular site Distrowatch, is the #2 according to the rankings (based on hits to the Distrowatch page for the OS, not based on downloads), EndeavourOS.

Winter is Coming for CentOS 8—but here is how you can enjoy your holidays after all. The server environment is complex and if you're managing thousands of Linux servers, the last thing you want is for an operating system vendor to do something completely unexpected. That is exactly what Red Hat, the parent company of the CentOS Project, did when it suddenly announced a curtailment of support for CentOS 8 – sending thousands of organizations scrambling for an alternative.

Project Astoria – which evolved into Windows Subsystem for Linux – returns with its original intent. Hands on Microsoft has previewed the Subsystem for Android on Windows 11, and The Register took it for a spin.

OpenLiteSpeed is a web server that can be used to speed up dynamic content delivery. It also features a built-in caching system for static content. In this guide, we will walk you through the steps you need to take in order to install it on an AlmaLinux 8 system.

One area of computing that is rapidly evolving and becoming more and more popular is that of Virtual Reality and Augmented reality. Thanks to Valve there is full support for the HTC headsets under Linux, and thanks to community developers there is also work happening to support the Oculus headsets under Linux. In this interview Christian Schaller speaks with Jan Schmidt who is working on reverse engineering a driver for the Oculus Rift VR headset. They talk about the general state of VR under Linux, Jan’s use of Fedora Workstation, and his specific work on his driver.

Uri Herrera announced today the release and general availability of Nitrux 1.7 as the latest version of this Debian-based and systemd-free GNU/Linux distribution for fans of the KDE Plasma desktop environment.

CudaText is a free and open source native GUI text and source code editor. It’s a replacement for the discontinued SynWrite. CudaText is developed using Lazarus, a visual integrated development environment for rapid application development.

This guide explains how to download the latest openSUSE version and how to install openSUSE Leap 15.3 desktop edition with screenshots.

In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Java OpenJDK on the Rocky Linux system. I will show you different ways to install Java JDK and JRE and also how to set the Java default version for your development and production environment.

Security researchers are warning that a PHP-FPM local privilege escalation vulnerability impacting PHP could put millions of websites at risk. The vulnerability allows a low-privilege user to escalate his privileges to root using a bug in PHP-FPM.

Tor Tools is an application indicator and GUI frontend for the Tor proxy client service and other technologies to make your Linux system totally private.

ONCE UPON A TIME, if you wanted to install a piece of software, you just stuck an executable file on your hard drive somewhere and went on your merry way. But as computers became more complex, so did installation procedures, which led to problems like "dependency hell," as different applications dueled over conflicting system configurations.

Full-color ASCII art used to be quite popular on DOS, which could leverage the extended ASCII character set and its collection of drawing elements. You can add a little visual interest to your next FreeDOS program by adding ASCII art as a cool “welcome” screen or as a colorful “exit” screen with more information about the program.

Kovid Goyal released today Calibre 5.31 as the latest version of his ever popular ebook reader, manager, and organizer software for the Linux desktop.