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The KDE Project released today KDE Frameworks 5.74 as the monthly maintenance update to the open-source software suite for the KDE Plasma desktop environment.

Recently, I noticed some unusual activity on my blog. A very old post about how I broke my back while living in London had a lot of hits. Was it yet another case of Internet spammers finding a new target for their lewd advertisements? I finally put two and two together when I read the headlines that British personality Simon Cowell had broken his back in a freak motorcycle accident. Aha.

Nexcom’s “NDiS B560” embedded signage PC runs Linux or Win 10 on 8th or 9th Gen Coffee Lake CPUs and offers triple 4K displays via HDMI 2.0 plus 2x GbE, 6x USB 3.0, and 3x M.2 with 5G support. Nexcom announced a Coffee Lake-based embedded system aimed at signage applications. The NDiS B560 runs Linux […]

PDF Arranger is a simple GUI application that helps you to split or merge pdf documents and rotate, crop and rearrange their pages in Linux and Windows.

Way back in the mists of time (ok it was early 2015), we wrote an article highlighting 3 open source terminal emulators that were in an early stage of development. Definitely not stable, feature complete or remotely ready for a production environment. But they all were very promising for different reasons.

First install "Development Tools", rebuild Python 3.8.5, after installation sqlite-devel. Afterwards build sqlitebrowser from source rather then install via snap, just a couple qt5-devel packages would have to be installed for successful build on CentOS 8.2.

This tutorial explains how to add AWS Secondary Private IP in EC2 Instance including Windows and Linux Instance.

SystemRescueCd 6.1.8 has been released today as a maintenance update to this free live Linux distribution based on Arch Linux and designed specifically for general system administration tasks.

But beware last week's update: WSL borkage may await ye with sharp, pointy Element Not Found errors. Although Windows 10X remains missing in action, Microsoft dished up some more goodies for Linux fans in the latest Dev Channel build of Windows 10.…

Lanner’s Linux-ready, Apollo Lake based “LEC-7242” computer ships with 64GB, 2x GbE, 2x USB 3.0, DP and HDMI, and M.2 and mini-PCIe with SIMs. The system is CE, FCC, and PTCRB certified for WiFi and LTE. Lanner announced a LEC-7242 “industrial environment gateway” for IoT/IIoT edge, wireless security, and multi-site management. Like its larger LEC-6041 […]

Java is one of the most popular programming languages in the world, used for building different types of cross-platform applications. This article explains how to check what version of Java is installed on your Linux system using the command line. This can be useful when installing applications that require a specific version of Java.

Terraform is one of the most widely used applications to use the Infrastructure as Code. It is available for almost all the cloud service providers out there & also can be used for in-house...

SigmaStar’s $10 “IDO-SOM2D01” compute module runs Linux on its dual-core -A7 SSD201 SoC with built-in 64MB DDR2. The module offers 128MB to 2GB flash, dual LAN controllers, WiFi/BT, and an HD ready DSI interface. Chinese SoC manufacturer SigmaStar, a spinoff from MStar when it was acquired by MediaTek, has released a 29.5 x 29.5 compute […]

Virtualmin also sets up email services out of the box. All the user needs to do is point the incoming emails to the Virtualmin server.

Your Linux system is taking too long to shut down? Here are the steps you can take to find out what is causing the delayed shutdown and fix the issue.

Another in the How Do You Fedora series where we interview Ankur Sinha.

As I shared in the first part of this two-part series, I am an open source lawyer for Red Hat. One important part of my job is to provide information to other companies, including their in-house counsel, about how Red Hat builds enterprise-class products with a completely open source development model and to answer their questions about open source licensing in general.

Budgie is a beautiful desktop that aims to provide sane defaults and a beautiful interface. Find out more in this Budgie desktop review.

A software project's design is a consequence of the time it was written. As circumstances change, it's wise to take a step back and consider whether old ideas still make for a good design. If not, you risk missing out on enhancements, simplifications, new degrees of freedom, or even a project's very survival.

Want an easy way to deal with Kubernetes's complexities? Mirantis updates to the Lens Kubernetes integrated development environment may be just what you need.