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Opera Software has recently promoted the Opera 53 web browser to the developer channel, giving users a first look at the new features and improvements that will be implemented in this upcoming release.

The VIA Smart Recognition Platform is a facial and object recognition board that runs Android 7.1.1 or Linux on a Snapdragon 820 by way of VIA’s SOM-9X20 module. VIA Technologies has re-spun its Snapdragon 820 based SOM-9X20 module and SOM-DB2 evaluation board as a VIA Smart Recognition Platform.

The key challenge for developing speech recognition software, whether it’s used in a computer or another device, is that human speech is extremely complex. The software has to cope with varied speech patterns, and individuals’ accents. And speech is a dynamic process without clearly distinguished parts. Fortunately, technical advancements have meant it’s easier to create speech recognition tools.

Microsoft announced that it has partnered with Canonical, the maker of the popular Ubuntu Linux operating system, on delivering enhanced virtual machine experiences on the upcoming Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) release.

The popular enterprise apps dev framework Now has a new name - and a new direction. In the world of enterprise applications, few (if any) frameworks have ever been as widely adopted and deployed as Java and specifically enterprise flavors of Java.

This week’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and Embedded World in Nuremberg are primarily designed to showcase smartphones and embedded systems, respectively. Yet, increasingly the shows are focused on the processors that drive them.

This week in open source news, a new project from The Linux Foundation has been announced to create an open source software stack for network edge & much more!

News briefs for March 2, 2018.

If you wanted to deploy the Arch Linux operating system with the latest Linux 4.15 kernel pre-installed on your personal computer, now you can by using the recently released Arch Linux 2018.03.01 image.

Roles are the most complicated and yet simplest aspect of Ansible to learn. I've mentioned before that Ansible's ad-hoc mode often is overlooked as just a way to learn how to use Ansible. I couldn't disagree with that mentality any more fervently than I already do. Ad-hoc mode is actually what I tend to use most often on a day-to-day basis.

We’ll guide you, how to install Node.js on Ubuntu 16.04. Node.js is an open source JavaScript runtime built on Chrome’s V8 JavaScript engine, and can be used to build different types of server-side applications. Node.js runs on most operating systems, including Linux, OSX and Windows. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps of installing Node.js on an Ubuntu 16.04 VPS.

Keep track of your inventory and the materials you need to make your products with these supply chain management tools.

Rigado announced that its i.MX6 UL based Vesta IoT Gateway, which offer Ethernet, WiFi, BT, Thread, and optional LTE, LoRa, and PoE, will soon be available with Ubuntu Core and Canonical’s IoT app store. Starting this summer, Portland, Oregon-based Rigado will offer its Edge Connectivity gateway solutions with Canonical’s IoT-focused, transactional Ubuntu Core distribution.

Wine, the open-source compatibility layer for running Windows apps and games on Linux-based and UNIX-like operating systems, received initial support for the next-generation and cross-platform Vulkan graphics API created by The Khronos Group.

The latest version of the open-source OpenStack cloud boasts better container and new GPU support. The cloud is growing faster than ever, and OpenStack, the open-source cloud for the enterprise, is growing with it.

Let’s not mince words here. Arch Linux is a challenge to install... Not only does Namib Linux make installing and using Arch Linux as simple as can be, it also offers everything desktop Linux should have...

Canonical released today the fourth of fifth maintenance updates to its long-term supported Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) operating system series with new kernel and graphics stacks.

The following text will describe a configuration procedure of LEMP server on Debian 9 Stretch Linux. The LEMP stack described by the below guide will consist of: Debian 9 Stretch Linux, Nginx Web server, MariaDB or MySQL relational database and PHP 7 scripting language.

Two well-known tech journalists and frequent contributors to Linux.com have debuted a new video series discussing Linux topics. The “Let’s Get Serious” series from Jack Wallen and Swapnil Bhartiya will feature ideas, opinions, and engaging conversation based on their years of experience using Linux and covering the tech industry.

Emcraft announced a Linux-driven, “i.MX 8M SOM” module with onboard wireless plus a sandwich-style starter kit based on it that supplies GbE, HDMI 2.0, USB 3.0, USB Type-C, and RPi 40-pin connections.