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The Qt advantage? 'We're a weird by-product of coffee machines and cars' Interview KDE Plasma is a Linux desktop which has just been updated to 5.20 - but why should users consider it instead of GNOME, the default for Ubuntu and Red Hat, or the lightweight Xfce? We spoke to Plasma maintainers David Edmundson and Jonathan Riddell.…

Containerization is a booming technology. Continue reading to see how POSIX capabilities are used to secure Podman containers.

Nautilus Terminal 3 is a tool to embed a terminal into Nautilus (Files, the default Gnome file browser). The terminal follows the file manager navigation (cd is automatically executed when navigating through folders in Nautilus).

The upcoming KDE Plasma 5.21 desktop bringing a native fingerprint manager to help you to manage your fingerprints for authentication.

Seeed’s $49.90 “Quantum Mini” dev kit features an M.2 form-factor “Quark-N” module that runs Ubuntu Core on an Allwinner H3 plus a 40 x 35mm “Atom-N” carrier with 3x USB ports and WiFi/BT. The Quantum Mini Linux Development Kit is a collaboration between Seeed and Zhihui, a maker and AI algorithm engineer who has a […]

A vulnerability in MIT Kerberos 5 could lead to a Denial of Service condition.

From a security viewpoint, it's important to encrypt your sensitive data to protect it from prying eyes and hackers. Linux Unified Key Setup (LUKS) is a great tool and a common standard for Linux disk encryption. Because it stores all pertinent setup information in the partition header, it makes migrating data easy. read more

This guide talks about the brief history of ping network administration utility and how to display ping command output in graph format using gping utility in Linux.

Hexo is a static blogging framework built on Node.js, it allows you to write posts in Markdown format. In this tutorial, you will learn how to Install Hexo and use it to create a blog on Ubuntu 20.04 based server.

A look at SELinux denial messages, where they're logged, and how to parse them.

Serialization is the process of transforming data into a format that can be stored or transmitted and then reconstructing it. It's used all the time when developing applications or storing data in databases, in memory, or converting it into files. I recently helped two junior developers at Labcodes understand serializers, and I thought it would be good to share my approach with Opensource.com readers. read more

GoTTY turns CLI tools into web applications. GoTTY uses xterm.js and hterm to run a JavaScript based terminal on web browsers.

The KDE project and Pine64 announce the availability of PinePhone KDE Community Edition with the Plasma Mobile operating system.

If you ever used a desktop Linux system, you must have seen this screen. This is called the GRUB screen. Learn what is GRUB in Linux and what is it used for in this chapter of Linux Jargon Buster.

Here's this week's roundup series, curated for you from the Linux and open-source world on application updates, new releases, distribution updates, major news, and upcoming highlights.

Python is one of the world’s most popular programming languages. It is a versatile language used to build all kinds of applications, from simple scrips to complex machine learning algorithms. With its simple and easy to learn syntax, Python is a popular choice for beginners and experienced developers. In this article, we’ll show you two ways to install Python 3.9 on Ubuntu 20.04.

The KDE Project and PINE64 unveiled today the next edition of the very popular PinePhone Linux phone, PinePhone KDE Community Edition, powered by the Plasma Mobile UI.

Want to try Fedora Linux without disturbing your current operating system? Here’s a detailed, step-by-step tutorial for installing Fedora Linux in VirtualBox. You’ll also learn about clipboard, USB and folder sharing.

The KDE Project released today KDE Frameworks 5.76.0, a new version of their collection of more than 70 add-on libraries to Qt providing a wide range of commonly needed functionality for the Plasma desktop and apps.

Data Modul announced a universal “eDM-CB-SM-IPCS” carrier for Arm and x86 SMARC modules plus a Linux-ready “eDM-SMX-EL” SMARC module featuring Intel’s Elkhart Lake Atom x6000E. One of the benefits of standardized compute module form factors such as SMARC is that manufacturers can easily upgrade to a faster new module using the same basic design and […]