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LibreOffice has already provided some support for Microsoft SmartArt Graphics while now they are working on more advanced diagram support for this open-source office suite...

While not immediately relevant to Linux gamers, Epic Games has promoted Unreal Engine 5 from its "early access" phase to now being available in "preview" form for this popular, cross-platform game engine...

AMD has published their latest snapshot of the AMDVLK open-source Radeon Vulkan driver for Linux systems...

AI over Edge Computing Market Keyplayers and Vendors: Intel, Huawei, OpenFog, Linux, China Telecom, – ZNews Africa  ZNews Africa

Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) Market Keyplayers and Vendors: Intel, Huawei, OpenFog, Linux, China Telecom, – ZNews Africa  ZNews Africa

Linux Software Market Sales Revenue, Consumption, Growth Rate by top Manufacturers like Google, Twitter, Facebook, Amazon, etc – ZNews Africa  ZNews Africa

The KDE project doesn't just provide a famous desktop, it generates a lot of software, from tools for video editng, photography, and illustration, to graphing calculators, email, and office work. Those are all productivity tools, but KDE is also good for relaxing. It has games and media players, and the music player I use is known simply as Juk.

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When you want to grant administrative access to some of your users while controlling and checking what they do on your systems, you use sudo. However, even with sudo, there are quite a few unseen issues—just think about giving out shell access. Recent sudo releases added features that let you see these issues and even control them. For example, you can turn on more detailed and easier-to-process log messages and log each command executed in a shell session.

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Embedded Linux Market 2022 SWOT Analysis by Major Players | Intel, Microchip, Mentor Graphics, IBM, Advantech, etc – ZNews Africa  ZNews Africa

KDE vs GNOME: What's the Ultimate Linux Desktop Choice?  It's FOSS

2022 is in full swing and we wanted to take a moment to pause and celebrate some of our recent accolades. Our latest batch of awards includes recognition in categories ranging from Red Hat’s diverse and inclusive workplace culture, our talented individuals who make Red Hat so special, and the depth and experience of our business portfolio. 

 

Each year around this time people ask, "what’s the big trend?" or "what’s the new technology we should be watching?" But the truth is, immediately adopting the "next big thing" isn’t the best strategy for CIOs, trivializing the longevity and impact, of IT in an organization. Some technology persists for decades if not longer, and the decisions IT leaders make today can affect their organizations’ nimbleness and market response down the road, whether it’s in two years or 20.

SQLite 3.38 was released as the first major update of 2022 for this popular embedded SQL database library...

Besides no discussion in years over possibly upstreaming Reiser4 nor have any been brought up about eventually trying to mainline Reiser5, it looks like the original and feature-rich for its original time ReiserFS file-system could be on its way out of the Linux kernel in 2022...

Linux Developers Discuss Deprecating & Removing ReiserFS  Phoronix

How to Install Garuda Linux on Your PC  MUO - MakeUseOf

While curl and the cURL library are most commonly used for HTTP(S) and FTP usage, this widely-used software also supports a plethora of other network protocols. In order to save disk space by default and also exposing its cURL packages to less security bugs by default, Fedora is looking at shipping "minimal" versions by default of its cURL packages...

How to install Windows software on Linux with Bottles  TechRepublic

Google today announced Network-Opt as a new open-source library focused on optimizing network topology handling...

Discourse is the Future of Web Forums  Linux Journal