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The KDE Project announced today the release and general availability of the fifth and last maintenance update to the latest KDE Plasma 5.17 desktop environment for Linux-based operating systems.

To zip all files in a given directory on Linux with the zip tool, you can use * with the zip command. This will take care of files with and without extensions since extensions are not so special on Linux. The * will match zero or more characters, with the dot included. The files that begin with a dot however are not considered when using * (or even *.*)

NXP unveiled a 1.8GHz, quad -A53 “i.MX8M Plus” SoC with a 3D GPU, a Cortex-M7 MCU, a HiFi4 DSP, dual ISPs, and a 2.3 TOPS NPU. A Linux BSP and EVK are also in the works. NXP has begun sampling its first processor with an AI chip. Applications for the i.MX8 Plus include “people and […]

GRUB is a boot loader that functions to prepare the operating system when the computer is turned on. Usually, we can see the default grub display on Ubuntu Linux with various menus. If you install more than 1 operating system on Ubuntu. You can choose the operating system to run through GRUB when booting.

Tired of having to manually handle certain tasks on your computer by yourself? Check out our guide on how to schedule and automate tasks in Ubuntu.

The goto shell utility allows users to navigate to aliased directories and also supports autocompletion. How it works Before you can use goto, you need to register your directory aliases. For example: goto -r dev /home/iridakos/development then change to that directory, e.g.: read more

Symfony is a free, open-source and high-performance PHP framework that can be used to build web applications, APIs, microservices and web services. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Symfony 5 with Nginx on Debian 10.

Are you interested in building an internet-based phone system? First, you need to understand the protocols that underpin Voice over IP, or VoIP.

The KaOS project has kicked off the new decade by releasing the first ISO snapshot of their rolling and transparent GNU/Linux distribution build from scratch for the modern desktops.

You wouldn't want to 'upend ... the computer software industry'. Google last night strode into the last-chance saloon of the US Supreme Court, warning judges (PDF) that if they did not overturn a Federal Circuit ruling in Oracle's favour over its use of Java code in the Android mobile operating system, this could "upend ... the computer software industry."…

The next-generation of Dell's high-end Linux laptops will come with up to 32GB of RAM.

Godot Engine isn't just good for making games, you can also build applications with it. That's exactly what Orama Interactive are doing with their pixel art sprite editor, Pixelorama.

Subaru will use Automotive Grade Linux in its 2020 Subaru Outback and Legacy cars. Meanwhile, Wind River revealed a partnership with Baidu to develop an AUTOSAR solution based on Wind River Linux and VxWorks for Baidu’s Apollo autonomous car platform. At the CES show in Las Vegas today, the Linux Foundation’s Automotive Grade Linux (AGL) […]

Canonical released today the first Linux kernel security update for all of its supported Ubuntu Linux releases to address more than 30 security vulnerabilities.

While using Linux, there might arise a need to know about the system you are on or the hardware specifications you are using. Linux command line comes with multiple built-in commands for you to get familiar with the software and hardware platform you are working on. This tutorial provides you with the usage of all these commands.

Vendors show off the first generation of Open Connectivity Foundation-compatible Internet of Things devices.

Pollen Robotics is launching a modular, open source “Reachy” robot that runs Raspbian and Luos on a Raspberry Pi 4 with Google’s Coral AI Accelerator. The torso-like bot has one or two articulated, 7-DoF arms with pincers and a ball-joint head with dual cams. French robotics firm Pollen Robotics has opened limited pre-orders for an […]

A system admin often writes Bash scripts, some short and some quite lengthy, to accomplish various tasks. Over the years, I’ve amassed a collection of various techniques for enhancing my Bash scripts, and I’d like to share some of them in hopes they can help others. Here is a collection of small scripts created to illustrate these simple examples.

Windows 7 is down to its last days. If you don't care for Windows 10, it's time to consider running Linux Mint instead.

Sending email from the command line is required when you need to create emails from a shell script. These commands allow the user to send a mail from the Linux terminal.