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Learn how to upgrade Debian 11 to Debian 12 “bookworm” via the command line.

File sharing is a fundamental aspect of networked computing, and in Linux environments, two of the most prevalent protocols facilitating this are NFS (Network File System) and Samba. This article aims to offer a comprehensive guide on using these systems, outlining their setup, configuration, and best practices.

From the creators of Ubuntu, MicroCloud offers a personal, scalable cloud using LXD, Ceph, and OVN for clusters ranging from 3 to 50 nodes. Here's more on that!

Why a Text User Interface? Many use the terminal on a daily basis. A Text User Interface (TUI) is a tool that will minimize user errors and allow you to become more productive with the terminal interface. Let me give you an example: I connect on a daily basics from my home computer into my […]

Step by step, the Rust programming language is moving deeper into the Linux kernel.

The Blender Foundation released today Blender 4.0 as a major update to this powerful, free, open-source, and cross-platform 3D graphics computer software for GNU/Linux, macOS, and Windows systems.

Head in the sand about the end of CentOS? Have a few more years of support... for a fee. Interview SUSE is serious about Linux in the enterprise, so much so that the veteran penguin-botherer is willing to risk the ire of Red Hat with OpenELA and the offer of CentOS support for users that just can't let go of the soon-to-be end-of-life operating system.…

Learn how you can create a GUI message box in Python in the simplest way.

Following RHEL 9.3, AlmaLinux 9.3 launches with a spotlight on improved security and fresh dev & system tools updates.

Still no word on when the deal will happen, or what’s holding it up. Two weeks past the expected close of Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware and neither party has yet explained what’s holding up the deal, or detailed when it might close. But at last week’s VMware Explore event in Barcelona, VMware offered a teaser of how the two companies’ wares might integrate.…

Enhance your Linux boot menu with larger fonts! This guide shows you how to change the GRUB menu font size for a better startup display.

Linux firmware updater fwupd 1.9.8 has been released today by Richard Hughes as yet another stable update in the fwupd 1.9 series that brings even more new features, extends device support, and fixes bugs.

The Linux Foundation is backing several different high-performance computing initiatives with two new foundations.

Did you know there's an Asahi flavored Ubuntu? And Debian, too. Ubuntu Summit 2023 A subthread of the Ubuntu Summit was Ubuntu on Arm and RISC-V kit: a fast-growing area of interest for many people.…

For this article in the series, we explore installing and configuring Manjaro on the NUC 13. Manjaro is an Arch-based Linux distribution.

"This new approach to building the distro opens the door for AlmaLinux to eventually become something more than merely the free version of another company’s operating system."

The 162nd installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending on November 12th, 2023, keeping you guys up to date with the most important things happening in the Linux world.

This guide will walk you through the simple steps of enabling automatic login in Fedora, both from the command line and the graphical user interface (GUI).

FreeBSD tar (also BSD tar) has become the default tar on most Berkeley Software Distribution-based operating systems including Mac OS X. The core functionality is available as libarchive for inclusion in other applications. This implementation automatically detects the format of the file and can extract from tar, pax, cpio, zip, rar, ar, xar, rpm and ISO 9660 cdrom images. It also comes with a functionally equivalent cpio command-line interface.

The development of the Linux kernel continues with Linux 6.7, the next major kernel release expected by the end of the year, and Linus Torvalds just announced today the availability of the first Release Candidate (RC) milestone for public testing.