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This summer, xrdesktop, the Open Source project bringing the Linux desktop to VR on Valve's SteamVR & Monado, took part for the first time in Google Summer of Code (GSoC). Here's a recap of what accomplished, which saw both students, Remco and Manas, successfully complete their projects and submit merge requests, implementing all new features to xrdesktop.

Red Hat may no longer support old-style CentOS Linux, but other groups have forked CentOS and now they're offering technical support. This now includes CIQ offering support services for Rocky Linux.

Python virtual environment is a directory that contains a complete Python installation for a specific version of Python, including a number of additional packages and modules.

Cozy is different to the music players we’ve covered. While it plays music the software is geared to playing audio books. Cozy is free and open source software. It’s written in Python.

This guide explains how to execute commands and scripts on remote Linux systems via SSH.

Use Inkscape's Ink/Stitch extension to create breathtaking designs that can be stitched on your home embroidery machine!

Today we’ll talk about the Onyx Boox Note 3 e-reader, which is powered by Android (And hence, Linux!), as a possible e-reader that you can buy if you are from this niche.

This guide explains how to setup Chrooted SFTP in Linux to restrict SSH user access to home directory or any other directories.

plocate is a newer, much faster locate (tool to find files on the command-line). it's a drop-in replacement for mlocate in nearly all aspects, including reusing the mlocate database, and is fast on SSDs and HDDs alike.

Backed by many of the world’s largest companies for more than a decade, SPDX formally becomes an internationally recognized ISO/IEC JTC 1 standard during a transformational time for software and supply chain security.

The Document Foundation announced today the release and general availability of LibreOffice 7.1.6 as the sixth maintenance update to the LibreOffice 7.1 open-source, free, and cross-platform office suite series.

The Lounge is a web-based IRC client written in Node.js and can be installed and then accessed from any modern browser for a native-like experience without having a dedicated application installed.

In the following tutorial, you will learn how to Install The Lounge IRC Client on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.

Starting from today, Vivaldi is the default browser on the Arch-based Linux distribution Manjaro on its Cinnamon edition. The decision was received with mixed feelings by the Linux community, as Vivaldi is not open source software.

In the following tutorial, you will learn how to install and use ClamAV on AlmaLinux 8.

Javier Jardón Cabezas of the GNOME Release Team announced today via an email announcement the general availability for public testing of the Release Candidate milestone for the upcoming GNOME 41 desktop environment.

Regardless of how organized I resolve to be, it seems there are always times when I just can't locate a file. Sometimes it's because I can't remember the name of the file in the first place. Other times, I know the name, but I can't recall where I decided to save it. There are even times when I need a file that I didn't create in the first place. No matter what the quandary, though, I know that on a POSIX system, I always have the find command.

And names a new CTO. VMware has kind-of announced a hypervisor for Arm CPUs, or at least one of them: Apple's M1 system-on-a-chip.…

Canonical published a few minutes ago another set of important Linux kernel security updates for all of its supported Ubuntu releases to address several security vulnerabilities.

Many IT projects are late, over budget, and subject to dramatic changes during development. This makes invoicing for them one of the most taxing activities in IT. It's stressful—it involves dealing with ambiguities, conflicting interests, and human error. Worse, every single decision made during the project affects how much you can bill for.

Artificial Intelligence or AI is ubiquitous these days. No organization can escape its influence. So instead of avoiding change, business leaders and IT decision-makers must embrace it.