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VLC 4.0 is probably one of the most anticipated software release with a major UI overhaul.

Alexandre Oliva announced today the release and general availability of the GNU Linux-Libre 5.11 kernel for those who seek 100% freedom for their personal computers.

Barclays and the TD Bank Group have joined the Open Invention Network's Linux and open-source protection consortium.

RabbitMQ is a free, open-source, and multi-protocol messaging broker software written in the Erlang programming language. A message broker is used to store messages for an application. In this tutorial, we will be going to set up a three-node RabbitMQ Cluster on Ubuntu 20.04 server.

Etcher is an open-source USB image writing tool that is extensively used all across the world. In this article, we will provide users a walkthrough of how to install Etcher on the Ubuntu 20.04 system.

The Devuan GNU/Linux project announced today the release and general availability of Devuan GNU/Linux 3.1 as the first update in the latest Devuan GNU/Linux 3.0 "Beowulf" operating system series.

Linux Torvalds announced the release of the latest Linux Kernel 5.11 ("Valentine's Day Edition") with some interesting new features. We take a look at what's new and how you can get the latest Kernel in your favorite Linux Distribution.

A user spun up an Ubuntu Linux instance on Azure and was extremely annoyed to receive a sales message from a Canonical representative.

The twentieth installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is out, for the week ending on February 14th, keeping you guys up to date with the most important things happening in the Linux world.

2DayGeek: You will need to use one of the commands listed in this tutorial to bring down/up the network interface in Linux.

In 2021, there are more reasons why people love Linux than ever before. In this series, I'll share 21 different reasons to use Linux. Let's explore why anyone can try Linux.

When imposter syndrome turns out to not be a syndrome at all. Who, Me? You can't hurry Linux kernel upgrades, as The Supremes never sang and a Register reader discovers in today's episode of Who, Me?…

In 4 reasons why JavaScript is so popular, I touched on a few advanced JavaScript concepts. In this article, I will dive into one of them: closures.

Linus Torvalds announced today the general availability of the Linux 5.11 kernel series, the next major kernel branch bringing better hardware support and new features.

Containers make it easy to deploy applications. Learn how to use Podman to install Nextcloud, the popular open source productivity platform.

We recently recommended Musicolet, a small yet powerful music player which organizes and plays local audio-files stored on your device. While the app receives our strong recommendation, it has a startling omission, the absence of support for media servers. Step forward foobar2000. foobar2000 is a first-rate audio player offering good network support (UPnP/DNLA) and a good range of features.

Linus Torvalds announced the availability of Linux Kernel 5.11 that comes with some exciting hardware support and software improvements.

Running smart contracts on a deterministic Linux runtime has never before been possible. For the first time, developers will have an entire operating system for smart contracts.

AMD admirers get plenty to swoon over, Intel’s SGX also makes it unto the kernel, as did some head-scratching gaming kit Linus Torvalds has delivered version 5.11 of the Linux kernel to the faithful.…

xz compression has been rising in popularity because it offers smaller file sizes than gzip and bzip2. You're still likely to see all three on a Linux system, but you may want to start opting for xz if you want smaller file archives. In this guide, we're going to introduce you to xz compression, starting from basic examples to more specific and advanced usage. If you've worked with compressed tar files or gzip compression (files with the .tar.gz extension, for example) in the past, you'll find that xz feels very familiar.