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Microsoft announced its latest browser a while back – Microsoft Edge for Ubuntu and other Linux as a preview. In this quick guide, I will walk you through the steps to Install Google Chrome Extensions in Microsoft Edge Browser.

Roberto J. Dohnert informs 9to5Linux today about the general availability of the Freespire 7.0 operating system, the free version of Linspire Linux, based on the latest Ubuntu release.

RT-Thread is an open source embedded real-time operating system (RTOS) providing a wide range of components along with more than 250 software packages (and counting) for the Internet of Things (IoT). In previous Opensource.com articles, the RT-Thread project has demonstrated how to code hardware with an RTOS and how to program for IoT using open source tools.

The bleeding-edge version of LibreOffice 7.0.3 is released by The Document Foundation (TDF) and it is immediately available for download or update. This is the third point release in the LibreOffice 7.0 release which brings a huge set of changes to this free and open-source office suite.

We now have an official release date for the upcoming GNOME 40 desktop environment, which will be the next major version coming in 2021 after the GNOME 3.38 series.

PrestaShop is one of the most well-known eCommerce platforms in the world. It’s free, open-source, and is built on top of PHP while using a MySQL database to store the data. It helps small to large businesses to create and run a successful online store. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install PrestaShop on a CentOS 8 VPS.

Advanced Copy is a mod for the GNU cp and GNU mv programs. It adds a progress bar and provides some information on what's going on while you copy or move files and folders.

Jerry Bezencon announced today the general availability of the final Linux Lite 5.2 release, based on the latest stable Ubuntu Linux operating system series and featuring various new features and improvements.

In this tutorial, we are going to set up a Kubernetes cluster with two Ubuntu 20.04 servers. The prerequisites for this tutorial require 2 Ubuntu Linux systems with IP addresses assigned.

I was just 16 when I made my first meaningful open source contribution. It was the first code contribution I ever made, and I learned a lot from it. I'm 20 now, and I've been strongly attached to free and open source software (FOSS) ever since. I strive to be a friend to my community colleagues and to help others continue growing, learning, and succeeding. read more

This article looks at asciiworld, a simple program that renders a world map in ASCII. The program is written in C.

Looking at open source software from a creative lens and discussing the importance and ease of using open-source software to make art, graphics, video, and more.

Silverblue is an operating system for your desktop built on Fedora. It’s excellent for daily use, development, and container-based workflows. It offers numerous advantages such as being able to roll back in case of any problems. If you want to update to Fedora 33 on your Silverblue system, this article tells you how. It not […]

YOURLS is a free, open-source and self-hosted URL shortener written in PHP. It is very similar to TinyURL or Bitly and allows you to run your own URL shortening service.

Atom is a free (open-source) source code editor that can be used on Linux, macOS, and Windows. It provides support for plug-ins written in Node.js, has an embedded Git control that is developed by GitHub.

Want to see the dirty innards of more Valve code? Well you're in luck as they now have a lot of work involved in the Steam Runtime on GitLab including the Pressure Vessel container.

'X works extremely well for what it is, but what it is is deeply flawed'. Red Hat's Adam Jackson, project owner for the X.Org graphical and windowing system still widely used on Linux, said the project has been abandoned "to the extent that that means using it to actually control the display, and not just keep X apps running."…

What IP is a simple graphical app used to display network information in Linux. What IP displays IP address, ports and list devices on your LAN.

JIRA is a project management tool developed by Atlassian which is used as an issue and bug-tracking system. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install JIRA project management tool on Ubuntu 20.04 server.

Are you ready for the scary technology tricks that can haunt you as a sysadmin? Here are five treats to counter those tricks.