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Systemd-free distro Nitrux 3.8 is out, featuring Linux kernel 6.12, improved boot time, enhanced NVIDIA support, and more.

This article introduces projects available in Flathub with installation instructions. Flathub is the place to get and distribute apps for all of Linux. It is powered by Flatpak, allowing Flathub apps to run on almost any Linux distribution. Please read “Getting started with Flatpak“. In order to enable flathub as your flatpak provider, use the instructions.

Linux Mint is a popular Linux distribution known for its simplicity and user-friendliness. While it primarily comes with Cinnamon, MATE, or Xfce desktop environments, users may prefer the polished and highly customizable KDE Plasma. This tutorial will guide you through the steps to install KDE Plasma on Linux Mint regardless of your Linux Mint version.

Linux is a great operating system for older computers. The open source operating system requires far fewer resources than Windows or macOS, and is thus a great way to breathe new life into an old laptop. However, sometimes when using Linux Mint, you may still run into some issues.

NVIDIA engineer Yonatan Maman posted a set of "request for comments" patches this Sunday to implement GPU Direct RDMA "P2P DMA" for device private pages. This is the latest in the effort by multiple vendors to allow more efficient data sharing between GPUs/accelerators and other devices like network adapters.

The 216th installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending on December 1st, 2024, keeping you updated with the most important things happening in the Linux world.

Lutris 0.5.18 open-source game manager for Linux brings default dark theme, advanced search tags, new game sources, DXVK v2.4 support, and more.

Managing concurrent processes in a Bash script can be a challenging endeavor, especially when tasks need to be executed without overlap. This is where file locking comes into play. In this article, we will explore how to use the flock command in Bash scripts to create file locks, ensuring that only one instance of a task can run at a time. This capability prevents unexpected behaviors and resource contention, making our scripts safer and more reliable.

I was on my perfectly functioning 2017 Macbook Pro when I decided to upgrade all my brew packages. When doing that, brew (a command line package manager for macos) informed me that they ? like Apple ?, would stop supporting my hardware, and thus I would have to buy a new laptop, while the one I was using was doing fine (albeit a bit slow).

The game emulator supported Linux previously through an official Ubuntu PPA, however discontinued! In the new release, it added back official Linux support through Flatpak package, which works in most Linux distributions, through runs in sandbox.

These people speak for "Big Money" interests, not for freedom

If you love open source hardware or the ones that give you full rights to do your own thing, this is one of them!

The Qt Project released today Qt Creator 15 as the latest stable version for this open-source, free, and cross-platform IDE (Integrated Development Environment) for GNU/Linux, macOS, and Windows systems.

The open-source community, especially fans of lightweight desktop environments, has something exciting to look forward to: the Xfce 4.20 pre-release 2 is finally here, gearing up for the stable release on December 15.

The OrangePi 5 Ultra is a credit card-sized single-board computer built around the Rockchip RK3588 octa-core processor. Key features of this device include an M.2 Key slot supporting NVMe SSD storage and a 2.5GbE LAN port for fast connectivity.

Got a Raspberry Pi Pico? Here are some examples of what you can do with this tiny but versatile microcontroller.

There’s a new Arch Linux ISO snapshot available for download for those of you who want to install this well-known and highly customizable GNU/Linux distribution, powered by Linux kernel 6.12 and featuring an improved installation experience.

Linus Torvalds announced today the general availability for public testing of the first Release Candidate (RC) development milestone of the upcoming Linux 6.13 kernel series.

HandBrake 1.9 open-source video transcoder brings Intel QSV VVC decoding, AV1 SCC support, ALAC encoding, and improved subtitles.

HandBrake 1.9 was released today as a major update to this open-source, cross-platform video transcoder application that brings new features and improvements.