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Are you concerned about losing valuable photos, documents, or music from your Linux desktop? Pika Backup offers a stress-free solution! In this comprehensive tutorial, we'll delve into what Pika Backup is, its features, and provide step-by-step instructions on how to install and use Pika Backup on Linux for backing up and restoring files.

On Valentine’s day a developer for the popular open-source web server platform Nginx announced a fork of the project to create FreeNginx. Here’s what you need to know about the fork, and what it means to the future of Nginx.

KiCad 8.0 electronics design automation suite launches with new features, improvements, and bug fixes, plus 1500+ new symbols and 760 footprints. Learn more!

Looking at clients that aren't as "beefy" as laptops, Linux is actually vastly bigger, owing to Android

Discover a step-by-step guide to installing and experiencing the latest Linux Gnome desktop environment with DistroBox.

Discover a step-by-step guide to installing and configuring Spicetify with Spotify on Debian and Ubuntu with practical examples.

Linux administrators and infosec professionals face rising cyber threats in today's interconnected digital world. As open-source platforms gain more importance, securing them becomes mission-critical for organizations worldwide.

Leah Rowe announced today a new version (20240225) of the Libreboot open-source and free BIOS/UEFI firmware alternative that adds support for more hardware, as well as other improvements.

Whoami is a small, yet powerful toolkit that manages some of your system's security options. Learn how to install and use it in Ubuntu today.

The LuckFox Pico Pro/Max is a cost-effective Linux micro development board designed for hobbyists and developers. Centered around the Rockchip RV1106 chip, this board can be used for smart home devices, remote monitoring, and various IoT applications, particularly those needing 10/100M Ethernet connectivity. Unlike the Luckfox Pico Mini (RV1103 based) covered in October 2023, these […]

The 176th installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending on February 25th, 2024, keeping you guys up to date with the most important things happening in the Linux world.

While you ponder that, look – or try to – at a concept transparent lappie. Lenovo has used Mobile World Congress (MWC) to debut a clutch of updated ThinkPads for business users that it claims are AI PCs – but which look a lot like just PCs that ship with AI-capable processors.…

Learn how to use Direnv, an open-source shell extension for Linux and macOS, to manage isolated environment variables for better project organization and deployment.

NotepadNext 0.7 cross-platform code editor introduces a QuickFind wrap indicator, persistent bookmarks, Python enhancements, and more.

The AsyncAPI specification emerged in response to the growing need for a standardized and comprehensive framework that addresses the challenges of designing and documenting asynchronous APIs. It is a collaborative effort of leading tech companies, open source      communities, and individual contributors who actively participated in the creation and evolution of the AsyncAPI specification.  […]

Starting from RHEL 9.5, Red Hat will bet on a new approach for the minor beta releases to streamline testing and feedback processes.

Like many, I occasionally find myself yearning for a desktop theme change to breathe new life into my device. As a user of the TUXEDO OS distribution, I've curated a list of the top three themes to elevate your KDE Plasma desktop experience. This comes at an opportune time, as the eagerly anticipated sixth generation of KDE Plasma is set to launch by month-end. Let's embark on a journey to refresh your desktop aesthetic!

DietPi’s new release, version 9.1, launched this week, brings exciting new support and enhancements to the lightweight Linux OS. This version is particularly notable for its extended support for the Raspberry Pi 5 and several other single-board computers , along with improvements across various dietpi-software options. DietPi: DietPi is a lightweight and optimized OS based […]

Sway 1.9 tiling Wayland compositor released porting rendering code to the new wlroots API. Here's more on that!

The KDE Project announced the release of KDE Gear 23.08.5 as the fifth maintenance update to the latest KDE Gear 23.08 series of this collection of over 120 apps for the KDE Plasma desktop environment.