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Canonical is working hard on the next major release of its popular Ubuntu Linux operating system, Ubuntu 19.04 (Disco Dingo), which recently entered a new important development phase, Feature Freeze.

VIDEO: In a recent post, Torvalds shared some thoughts about ARM processors and servers, and people thought he was dismissing ARM's future on servers and the cloud. Here's what he really meant.

Open Networking Summit is the industry’s premier open networking event, enabling collaborative development and innovation across enterprises, service providers and cloud providers and discussing the future of Open Source Networking.

After refreshing the "Darter Pro" and "Serval WS" Linux laptops with newer graphics and upgraded components, American computer manufacturer System76 plans to launch a new version of its Oryx Pro laptop.

VersaLogic’s rugged, Linux-friendly “Swordfish” SBC is equipped with a dual- or quad-core i.MX6 with up to 4GB RAM plus eMMC, GbE, HDMI, LVDS, USB, WiFi/BT, and a NimbleLink socket for cellular expansion. VersaLogic has posted preliminary specs for a $239 and up Swordfish SBC that runs Linux and other Arm-friendly operating systems on a Cortex-A9 […]

The RISC-V Foundation will be hosting a free, Getting Started with RISC-V event in Boston. This 1 day event will showcase innovative RISC-V implementations from members of the Foundation. The half-day Boston event on April 1 will feature engaging presentations, demos and networking opportunities.

Grub Customizer is a useful UI tool for modifying the default Grub boot loader settings. By using this tool, you can add, remove, and re-arrange boot menu entries. You can edit kernel parameters and also choose to change the time delay at boot, in order to boot from the default entry. The software also lets you make cosmetic configurations like changing the text color and background image.

A huge part of what makes working in open source special is working with a diverse set of people from different backgrounds. During Black History Month (BHM), we honor those who've come before us, but I also want to spotlight some of today's incredible, diverse open source inventors and leaders whose contributions have influenced the technology we depend on today. read more

VIDEO: Changes Coming to Flathub, Alfred: Automated Software Installation, EasyOS, BackBox, Librem 5 Smartphone Delayed to Q3, Linus Torvalds on ARM, Redis Labs Drops Commons Clause

As satisfying as it is to make fun of Microsoft and Apple—and, boy howdy, is it ever—we in the Linux (and general Free and Open-Source Software world) are not immune from highly embarrassing, crazy destructive bugs and security vulnerabilities.

The upcoming first point release of the openSUSE Leap 15 operating system series has entered beta phase of development, which will last until mid-April 2019.

2DayGeek: Do you know how to check AD integration in Linux?

Live CDs are useful for many tasks such as: installing the operating system to a hard drive repairing a boot loader or performing other rescue-mode operations providing a consistent and minimal environment for web browsing …and much more. As an alternative to using DVDs and USB drives to store your Live CD images, you can […]

This beginner’s tutorial explains various ways to install VirtualBox on Ubuntu and other Debian-based Linux distributions.

We have covered a total of 5 C programming tutorials so far. Each tutorial focused on something specific. In process of remaining close to the topic, some generic concepts remained untouched. Some of those concepts we'll be discussing here in this tutorial.

Would it surprise you to learn that most of the world's scholarly research is not owned by the people who funded it or who created it? Rather it's owned by private corporations and locked up in proprietary systems, leading to problems around sharing, reuse, and reproducibility. read more

Here's our take on 15 Qt-based file managers examining their features, usability, searching, extensibility, and protocol support.

News briefs for January 25, 2019.

Canonical is preparing to release new, emergency point releases of its long-term supported Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) operating system series due to the recently discovered APT security vulnerability.

Many great tools have come and gone over the years. But none of them have made an impact as large as the one that Ansible has made in the IT automation space. From servers to networks to public cloud providers to serverless to Kubernetes… Ansible has a lot of use cases. "The Ansible Automation for Sysadmins Guide" was created to help celebrate Ansible's 7th birthday this year! read more