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Linux Mint 22.x is based on Ubuntu 24.04 with long term support until 2029! The first point release features Cinnamon Desktop 6.4, that includes new default theme with rounder design and flat style buttons.

Rsyslog is an open-source logging system daemon that is used to collect, filter, store, and forward log messages of operating systems and applications. This guide will show you how to install rsyslog and set up remote logging on the Debian 12 server.

A system profiler is a utility that presents information about the hardware attached to a computer. Having access to hard information about your hardware can be indispensable when you need to establish exactly what hardware is installed in your machine.

VLC media player amazes at CES2025 with real-time subtitle generation, enabling multilingual captions automatically.

38-year veteran Edward Screven led technology and architecture decisions since Sun merger. One of Oracle's longest-serving senior team members, chief corporate architect Edward Screven, has announced plans to retire on a comfortable sum.

These steps walk you through the process of setting up an SFTP server on Linux for the secure transfer of files for specialized file transfer-only users.

The IPEM PiHat is a HAT (Hardware Attached on Top) board for the Raspberry Pi that turns the single-board computer into a mains power energy monitor with four CT clamps. It provides an accurate way to track energy usage in home, office, and solar energy systems and is compatible with single-phase, two-phase, and three-phase electrical systems.

Last month with the launch of Intel Battlemage with the Arc B580 graphics card, there was fairly nice open-source GPU compute performance but with some outliers...

Enlightenment 0.27, released this week, brings a wealth of incremental improvements to users of this unique desktop environment.

ClamAV or Clam Anti-Virus is an open-source anti-virus and anti-malware toolkit for multiple operating systems. In this tutorial, you'll learn how to install ClamAV on Debian 12 server. You'll also learn how to use 'freshclam' to update your database signatures, how to use 'clamscan' to scan files and directories on a Linux system, and also learn how to use 'clamav-daemon' for automatic scanning.

Kdenlive 24.12.1 video editor released focuses on stability with fixes for built-in effects, crash issues, sequence resizing, and smoother workflows for Linux users.

For the first time, TuxCare is offering support for Microsoft software that’s no longer supported. .NET 6.0 reached end of life last November.

Here’s our verdict captured in a legendary LinuxLinks-style ratings chart. All of the software featured here is free and open source.

Linux distros that don't exist, but we wish did. Analysis In an overcrowded field full of distributions, there are still many empty gaps. The Register would like to point in the direction of a few.

Oracle today announced the Oracle Linux Enhanced Diagnostics (OLED) as their newest project that aims to enhance the debugability of the Linux kernel.

IT leaders and industry insiders share their open source trends and predictions for 2025.

The openSUSE Project announced today that their openSUSE Tumbleweed rolling release distro now comes with Wayland support for those who want to install and use the latest LXQt desktop environment.

Tinc is an open-source Virtual Private Network (VPN) adapter that provides a simple way to create a private peer-to-peer (P2P) mesh network in Linux, Windows, and macOS. Similar to OpenVPN and Wireguard, it can link together multiple computers across different network topologies into a single virtual LAN.

Niri scrollable-tiling compositor adopts calendar versioning, with v25.1 bringing floating window enhancements and more Wayland fixes.

Welcome to our guide on setting up phpMyAdmin on Ubuntu 24.04! Efficiently managing databases is critical. phpMyAdmin is a popular open-source tool that provides a user-friendly interface to manage MySQL or MariaDB databases with ease.