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Meta open sources the in-house Simplified executable deployment tool “DotSlash”.

Not only does Windows go down (both share and revenue). GNU/Linux is among the main gainers if not the sole gainer.

To keep you safe online in the easiest way, Mozilla Monitor, formerly known as Firefox Monitor, has unveiled its latest paid subscription service – Mozilla Monitor Plus.

Pyenv is a tool for managing multiple Python versions. Once pyenv is installed you can easily switch between one project that uses Python 3.12 and a system-wide default Python 3.11. Same approach works fine on openSUSE Tumbleweed, SparkyLinux 7.2, SparkyLinux 2024.1

Rust Foundation announces a $1M Google grant to enhance C++ and Rust interoperability, aiming for technical advancement.

Dooit is billed as a to-do manager that you didn’t ask for, but needed. It’s built to be used from the keyboard.

Learn how to install the most recent Firefox on Debian 12 (Bookworm) from Mozilla's official repository for up-to-date browsing.

Secure Shell (SSH) is an essential protocol for securely accessing networked machines remotely. SSH offers a secure channel over an unsecured network, providing strong authentication and encrypted data communications between two computers connecting over an open network such as the internet. Ubuntu 24.04, like its predecessors, supports SSH for remote administration, file transfer, and more. This guide will walk you through the process of enabling SSH on your Ubuntu 24.04 system, ensuring secure and remote management capabilities.

'Noble Numbat' users will face a major post-install upgrade, which isn't ideal. The next major release of KDE Plasma is getting close, but not close enough for the next major Ubuntu release.…

Today, Mozilla Monitor (previously called Firefox Monitor), a free service that notifies you when your email has been part of a breach, announced its new paid subscription service offering: automatic data removal and continuous monitoring of your exposed personal information.  There’s a growing interest among 42% of young adults – aged 18-24 – who want […]

This year, 2024, it seems safe to assume this: GitHub isn't making any money

While your old PC won't run a new OS, it doesn't mean you can't use it. Learn how lightweight Linux distros can make your old machine sing.

The Linux Foundation recently published a report titled Maintainer Perspectives on Open Source Software Security , which provides valuable insights into the perspectives, practices, and challenges faced by OSS maintainers and core contributors regarding open-source software security . The report highlights the importance of utilizing software composition analysis (SCA) and static application security testing (SAST) tools in evaluating the security of OSS packages.

No worries. Your 32-bit packages won't break after 2038 since the Debian team already started working on it.

Support for the Internet Protocol version 6 is available on Linux since 1996. The kernel implements this functionality, which is usually active and enabled by default on all the major distributions, via the “ipv6” module. Sometimes, for various reasons, it may be desirable to temporarily or permanently disable IPv6 networking. In this tutorial we learn how to temporarily or permanently disable IPv6 networking on Linux, using sysctl, NetworkManager, or kernel command line arguments.

Lux is an open source downloader. It supports sites such as YouTube, Tumblr, Vimeo, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, and other sites.

Mark Shuttleworth joins us for an interview at the Ubuntu Summit to discuss Ubuntu, Ubuntu Summit, AI, the importance of open-source contributions and the positive impact it can have on industries.

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 […]

The PCLinuxOS Magazine staff is pleased to announce the release of the February 2024 issue.

Some notebooks firmware allow setting start and stop battery charge thresholds. This feature can be really useful to increase the battery lifespan: if we use the notebook attached to the AC most of the time, we may want to set a low charge values, to avoid charging and keeping the battery at its maximum capacity; if we are using the notebook on the go, instead, we probably want to set higher threshold values to maximize runtime hours.