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To clear up the ever-growing stack of laptops, I recently bought a TOUPUWAN 30-Slot Laptop/Tablet Storage Cart. This laptop/tablet storage cart can accommodate 32 devices in total while slots for up to 30 laptops/tablets 16.3-inches in size. It does have built-in power strips as well to easily facilitate charging of the devices while securely stored away but for my purposes I was just looking for something to better organize the mess of laptops I only occasionally pull out when running new Linux laptop benchmarks.

Bash, the Bourne Again Shell, is a powerful command language interpreter that is widely used in Linux environments. Learning the syntax of Bash commands can help you perform a wide range of tasks, from basic file manipulation to advanced scripting. In this guide, we’ll explore essential Bash command syntax and cover 18 examples, moving from basic to intermediate levels.

Docker Desktop 4.35 introduces org access tokens, Docker Home, an integrated terminal, macOS boosts, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux support.

The x86-simd-sort project from Intel has been an interesting open-source software effort for much faster number sorting by using AVX-512. There's been lightning fast number sorting with AVX-512 and AVX2 code paths also added to broaden the appeal in helping CPUs without AVX-512. Projects like Numpy have been making use of this library while today x86-simd-sort 6.0 was released and also comes a few days after PyTorch has begun using this library too...

The 212th installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending on November 3rd, 2024, keeping you updated with the most important things happening in the Linux world.

The Plasma desktop environment is amazing. Hands down, the best Linux offering by a parsec. Not only is it the prettiest, it's also the most consistent, the most professional-looking, has the most options and customization, it also comes with a pretty solid bundle of KDE programs, many of which are mature, elegant and powerful.

From the creators of the now defunct Atom, we have Zed editor with interesting capabilities.

With this week's release of SVT-AV1 2.3 for open-source AV1 encoding citing significant performance improvements for running on ARM, I was eager to see how well this AV1 encoder would be performing on the new System76 Thelio Astra ARM developer desktop powered by Ampere Altra.

Something to file under “won’t please many Linux users, but is nonetheless a good thing™ for choice”, Apple Maps on the web now works on Linux.

Linux now powers 2% of Steam gamers, doubling its user count in three years. Arch remains the preferred game distro. Here's more on that!

The bottom line is, most cheaters use Windows. EA is waging a war on technical people but instead of acknowledging the real issue it blames "Linux"

A database is a core part of many apps, from full-blown enterprise websites to simple tools like shopping lists and finance trackers. Relational databases driven by SQL are popular, but Linux offers a simpler, more transparent alternative.

Linux Mint partners with Framework Laptops, aiming for full compatibility with easy-to-upgrade, high-quality laptops for Linux users.

The Linux Mint crew is out with their newest monthly status update that outlines the activities of this desktop Linux distribution over the course of October.

Fedora is one of those Linux distributions that tends to fly under the radar for Raspberry Pi users because there's Raspberry Pi OS and many other distros fit for Raspberry Pi.

Linux is a particularly strong platform for professionals that work within the graphic design and graphic arts industry. With low cost hardware, quality open source software, and an ounce of talent, artists can produce professional-looking computer graphics.

OpenPaX is an open-source kernel patch developed by Edera. It is designed to mitigate common memory safety errors in Linux systems.

KDE Plasma is all about customization and efficiency. With the right shortcuts, everyday desktop tasks can be much easier. Let's explore how mastering these shortcuts can improve the KDE Plasma experience.

WIZnet has revealed two new microcontroller evaluation boards, the W5500-EVB-Pico2 and W5100S-EVB-Pico2. These boards are based on the Raspberry Pi RP2350 microcontroller and are equipped with fully hardwired TCP/IP controllers, enhancing their networking capabilities.

KDE developer Nate Graham is out with his weekly development summary of interesting KDE changes in closing out October.