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WebRender has been in the works for some time now. Built as a GPU-based 2D rendering engine written in Rust, the purpose of WebRender is to make the rendering of pages both faster and smoother. Although that feature has been in the planning for a while, it has yet to be rolled out full scale

Arch Linux's Pacman provides users with a simple way of managing packages. Make use of this guide to master Pacman for Arch Linux.

As part of my role as a principal communication strategist at an enterprise software company with an open source development model, I publish a regular update about open source community, market, and industry trends for product marketers, managers, and other influencers. Here are three of my and their favorite articles from that update.

Podman 2.0 takes systemd integration further and auto-updates help to make managing containers even more straightforward.

Linear Computing has posted specs for two carrier boards with optional enclosures that support Toradex’s Linux-driven i.MX8M Mini and Nano based Verdin modules: a general purpose “VSC-4436” and a “VBB-4449” DAQ controller. While reporting this week on Toradex’s Dahlia carrier board for its Verdin modules, we saw that Ontario-based Linear Computing, Inc. (LCI) had posted […]

Good technical recruiters have known for decades that unless you market your skills, even within your current company, your career will stagnate. Your sysadmin skills can only get you so far without some clever skills marketing. Here's how to do it.

Documentation is an essential part of making any open source project useful to users. But it's not always developers' top priority, as they may be more focused on making their application better than on helping people use it. This is why making it easier to publish documentation is so valuable to developers. In this tutorial, I'll show you one option for doing so: combining the Docsify documentation generator with GitHub Pages.  read more

Red Hat announced today the general availability of the beta version of the upcoming Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.3 operating system update for businesses and corporate customers.

IBM informed me earlier that they launched today their Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) technology for Linux-based operating systems on IBM Z and x86 architectures.

Telegram messenger client introduces a host of new features with its latest update that is handy for users when work from home is the new normal.

MATE is one of the Linux desktops based on Gnome 2. This MATE review will look at its user interface, performance, and some notable features.

I-doit is an open-source asset management tool that can be used to manage the entire IT system. It offers a wide range of features including, Asset Management, Infrastructure Planning, Ticket System, Cable Management, Inventory, SAN, IP Address Management, Cluster, Patch Management and many more.

It would appear that the GRUB2 bootloader contained several security vulnerabilities, including BootHole which could allow a local attacker to bypass the UEFI Secure Boot.

I have a few virtual machines running with different Linux flavors in my KVM server. For the sake of easy reference, I always name each VM with the OS version or application that is currently running on that VM. This tutorial explains two different ways to rename KVM guest virtual machine from command line in Linux operating system.

The GNOME desktop environment has been through many changes since its initial release in March 1999. For most of this time, the open source project has issued updates twice a year, which gives users predictability in when they can expect new features to land on their Linux and other Unix-like desktops. Its latest release, GNOME 3.36, came out in March, and the project is preparing to issue its next iteration in September. To learn about what's new in GNOME, I spoke with Emmanuele Bassi. read more

Learn how to use IP Sets and a simple bash script to update iptables using a dynamic DNS address.

GNU nano 5.0 open-source text editor has been released today and it looks like is a major release that brings many enhancements and other exciting changes for Linux users.

In this article, we will explain four ways to list the partition table in a Linux OS using various commands. We will use the command-line Terminal in order to run these commands.

The next generation of Red Hat's flagship business Linux distribution is on its way.

Sequent Microsystems is Kickstartering a stackable, $30 and up “Mega-RTD” HAT that supports up to 64 Resistance Temperature Detector (RTD) channels for precise temperature measurements. Resistance Temperature Detector (RTD) sensors, which are used for highly precise temperature measurements in industrial and laboratory systems, can be found on embedded systems such as Advantech’s WISE-710 IoT gateway […]