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Linux has long been the backbone of modern computing, serving as the foundation for servers, cloud infrastructures, embedded systems, and supercomputers. As artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) continue to advance, Linux has established itself as the preferred environment for AI development.

The FreeBSD project this morning published their quarterly status report that outlines all of the interesting OS improvements and other changes made during Q4'2024.

The team behind Minigalaxy, a custom Good Old Games (GOG) client for Linux, has dropped a new update with a number of tweaks and an upgrade to the Windows game installation experience.

The Document Foundation announced today the general availability of LibreOffice 25.2.1 as the first maintenance update to the latest LibreOffice 25.2 office suite series with various bug fixes.

It is a common problem: I have a USB device on a computer out in the shop, and I want to use it from the comfort of my office. What to do? Well, you could remote desktop into the distant machine. But, honestly, I always find any remote desktop more than ssh clunky and somewhat undesirable.

Bluetooth connectivity is a key feature in many embedded Linux systems. When it comes to implementing Bluetooth support, you can choose between using the open source BlueZ stack or a proprietary Bluetooth stack. If you are considering deploying BlueZ on your embedded Linux device, the benefits in terms of flexibility, community support, and long-term maintainability make it a worthwhile investment.

Mozilla introduced a Terms of Use and updated its Privacy Notice, ensuring that Firefox remains open source while offering more transparency regarding data collection and use.

Over the past few months there's been an in-progress patch series by Arnd Bergmann for cleaning up the x86 32-bit kernel support for running on x86_64 CPUs. After the third iteration of the patches were posted this week, these x86 32-bit CPU clean-ups were shuffled into the tip/tip.git "x86/cpu" Git branch ahead of the upcoming Linux 6.15 merge window.

A drum machine is an electronic musical instrument that creates percussion sounds, drum beats, and patterns. We feature our recommended free and open source drum machines.

Defense of FOSS licensing rests on the shoulders of a guy in Virginia. At some point in the months ahead, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit will consider an effort to reverse a California federal district court's decision in Neo4j v. PureThink.

This tutorial covers essential Linux security best practices, including securing remote access, keeping systems updated, configuring firewalls, implementing access controls, and monitoring logs.

In this guide, we’ll explain everything you need to know about port numbers, including commonly used port numbers and their uses.

Today, NVIDIA published the stable version of the NVIDIA 570 graphics driver series for Linux, FreeBSD, and Solaris systems, with new features and performance improvements.

A set of patches posted to the Linux kernel mailing list today propose the introduction of a Linux Motion Control "LMC" subsystem for drivers that could control devices like CNC machines and 3D printers.

In today’s data-driven world, converting data between formats is a common task. One such conversion that many developers face is changing JSON data into the more spreadsheet-friendly CSV format. This article provides a straightforward Bash script to perform this conversion efficiently. We will also explore a sample JSON data structure for clarity.

The new openSUSE Agama v12 installer debuts with a revamped UI, improved storage setup, authentication changes, and more.

Sitefinity CMS is a content management system (CMS) that you use to create, store, manage, and present content on your website. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives for Linux.

Model was fine-tuned to write vulnerable software – then suggested enslaving humanity. Computer scientists have found that fine-tuning notionally safe large language models to do one thing badly can negatively impact the AI’s output across a range of topics.

Linux is a powerful operating system and while there's still the pesky myth around the OS having no apps, there's a plethora of productivity tools available to get more done.

FineIBT-BHI as a means of tougher kernel defenses for fending off Branch History Injection (BHI) looks like it will be ready for upstreaming in next month's Linux 6.15 merge window.