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The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has made a major decision , ruling that laws requiring weakened encryption and extensive data retention violate the European Convention on Human Rights. In a recent case involving Russia's demand for Telegram to provide encryption assistance, the Court stated that such legislation cannot be considered necessary in a democratic society.

Pinetek Networks is set to launch the IOL HAT on Crowdsupply soon, a versatile solution designed for integrating industrial sensors into single-board computer-based projects, such as the Raspberry Pi. This device facilitates data exchange with smart SDCI sensors and actuators, adhering to the IEC 61131-9 standards, commonly referred to as IO-Link. There will be two […]

The GNOME Project released today the beta version of the upcoming GNOME 46 desktop environment series for public testing ahead of the final release on March 20th, 2024, adding more new features and improvements to various of its core components and apps.

We could be wrong, but the FOSS Force crystal ball tells us we’ll see a production ready version of Cosmic DE released by late April, just in time for this year’s LinuxFest Northwest.

GlassFish is a free and open-source implementation of the Java EE Platform developed by Eclipse. This guide will show you how to install GlassFish on the AlmaLinux 9 server with Nginx reverse proxy.

Project hails from its original motherland of Russia. Russian developer Maxim Dounin has announced a new fork of the Nginx web server and caching proxy, aimed at avoiding the corporate control of owner F5.…

The Desktop/Workstation team is working on final integration for GNOME46. This version was just recently released, and will arrive soon in Fedora Linux. As a result, the Fedora Desktop x QA teams are organizing a test week from Monday, February 19, 2024 to Monday, Feburary 26, 2023. The wiki page in this article contains links […]

Bluetooth File Exchange is a utility to view the Public folder on the device, retrieve files from the device, and send files to the device.

The lessons of yesteryear's OS are getting lost in translation. FOSDEM 2024 There are vital lessons to be learned from the history of Unix, but they're being forgotten. This is leading to truly vast amounts of wasted effort.…

First install pyenv on Tumbleweed. You may follow for instance http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/337068/index.html. Then install Python3.13-dev (or Python3.13.0a2(3)) via pyenv . It won't affect system-wide Python 3.11.(X) . . . . Same way procedure would work on SparkyLinux2024.2 or Manjaro 23.1 and Manjaro Testing as well .

In this detailed guide, we will explore the process of converting a VirtualBox OVA file to the QCOW2 format, a necessary step for deploying virtual machines in a QEMU/KVM environment. This conversion is essential for users looking to transition from VirtualBox to a more scalable and open-source virtualization option like QEMU/KVM. We’ll cover each step of the process, from exporting your VirtualBox machine to finally deploying it on QEMU/KVM.

In Linux, multiple long commands can be easily replaced with a single short command using the alias command.

Chinese tech giant Huawei has proposed introducing a "SandBox Mode" for the Linux kernel , aimed at bolstering memory security. This mode would create an environment where native kernel code can be executed but with access restricted only to predefined memory addresses.

Canonical put up a call for all artists, graphic designers, and Ubuntu fans everywhere to submit images to the official wallpaper competition for the upcoming Ubuntu 24.04 LTS “Noble Numbat” operating system release.

Khronos certifies Asahi's open driver, setting a new standard for Apple M1/M2 graphics support with OpenGL 4.6 and ES 3.2.

Linux hardware vendor Juno Computers announced the 5th generation of the Saturn lineup of Linux-powered laptops featuring Ubuntu Linux pre-installed, a 2K display, and updated internals.

Surya is billed as a multilingual document OCR toolkit. It’s a CLI-based utility that can be used with a CPU or GPU.

Introduction In basic terms, an event-driven architecture (EDA) is a distributed system that involves moving data and events between microservices in an asynchronous manner with an event broker acting as the central nervous system in the overall architecture. It is a software design pattern in which decoupled applications can asynchronously publish and subscribe to events […]

Virtualization technology has become an indispensable tool in software development, testing, and deployment. It allows you to run multiple virtual machines (VMs) on a single physical machine, each with its own isolated operating system and resources. This tutorial focuses on setting up a virtualization environment on Debian or Ubuntu Linux using QEMU, KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine), and Virt-Manager.

Mixxx 2.4 open-source, free, and cross-platform DJ software designed to give you all the tools you need to perform live mixes arrived today as a major update that adds major new features and improvements.