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Embest’s $60 “MaaxBoard” SBC runs Yocto Linux or Android 9.0 on a quad -A53 i.MX8M with 2GB to 4GB DDR4, 4K playback, and a Raspberry Pi-like layout and 40-pin header. There’s also an upcoming i.MX8M Mini based model. Embest, a Chinese manufacturer that flipped over to Avnet when it acquired Premier Farnell, has begun selling […]

The recent announcement about Neuralink, Elon Musk's latest startup, added to the buzz already in the air about where tech is taking us in the not-so-distant future. Judging by its ambitious plans, which involve pairing computers wirelessly with the human brain, Neuralink demonstrates that the future is now.

Lack of devotion to Linux, the very thing that the LF is named after, is putting the project at peril; Linux is meanwhile, under the auspices of the LF and Microsoft GitHub, becoming IBM™ systemd®

Ten years ago, we started an accidental journey. We brought together some of our good friends in Ghent, Belgium, to discuss our agile, open source, and early cloud experiences. read more

A major update of Microsoft's .NET Core improves performance and adds new programming patterns.

This article explains how to create your own Internet radio station. To achieve this we'll use Icecast and Mixxx open source programs running on Fedora or Debian, Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Pop!_OS.

One of the great things about open source software projects is that users can make meaningful contributions. With a large project like Fedora, there’s somewhere for almost everyone to contribute. The hard part is finding the thing that appeals to you. This article covers a few of the ways people participate in the Fedora community […]

Canonical released today the beta version of its upcoming Ubuntu 19.10 (Eoan Ermine) operating system, due for release later this fall.

Linux pioneer Gaël Duval's /e/ OS is still in beta but it's available for your smartphone or on refurbished Samsung smartphones.

The GNU Debugger (gdb) is an invaluable tool for inspecting running processes and fixing problems while you're developing programs. You can set breakpoints at specific locations (by function name, line number, and so on), enable and disable those breakpoints, display and alter variable values, and do all the standard things you would expect any debugger to do. But it has many other features you might not have experimented with. Here are five for you to try. read more

GNOME is an easy and elegant way to use your computer. It's designed to put you in control and get things done.

CentOS 8 has been finally released on the 24th of September 2019, and it has come with a lot of very great features for system administrators. This tutorial provides step-by-step instructions about how to install CentOS 8 with a GNOME desktop.

Linux “packages” are just collections of software, and how you install them varies from distro to distro. There are a few ways to quickly check whether a package is currently installed or not. Whether you’re comfortable using the terminal or you’d prefer a more visual approach, here’s how you can check whether or not a package is installed in Linux .T

We may need to perform some commands on the remote machine. To do so, log in to a remote system and do it, if it’s once in a while. Yes, SSH allows you to run a command on a remote machine without logging in to a computer. This article will help you to do all kinds of activities without logging in to a remote system.

The Document Foundation has announced the general availability of the second maintenance update to the latest LibreOffice 6.3 open-source and cross-platform office suite series.

After welcoming more than 30,000 visitors in Berlin, New York, and London, The Glass Room is coming to San Francisco on October 16, 2019. From the tech boom to techlash, …

F-Secure’s security-focused, open-spec “USB armory Mk II” USB stick SBC runs Linux on an NXP i.MX6 ULZ with dual crypto chips, 16GB eMMC, dual USB Type-C ports, and Bluetooth 5.0. Since Inverse Path launched its security-oriented USB Armory USB-stick back in 2014, we have not seen anything quite like it until this week when a […]

Use this super-fast but little-known Linux utility while you're watching the long-running TV game show.

It is no mystery why modern social media platforms were designed to be addictive: the more we consult them, the more data they have to fuel them—which enables them to grow smarter and bigger and more powerful. read more

Patent trolls with Intellectual Ventures (IV) ties won’t do Microsoft with its “Microsoft loves Linux” PR campaign any favours, especially now that these trolls are preying on GNU/Linux in the courtroom