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Nginx 1.18 is out this week as their newest stable branch succeeding the Nginx 1.16 series for this versatile HTTP server and reverse proxy / load balancer / HTTP cache / mail proxy...

Steam Proton has opened the gaming floodgates for Linux users  SlashGear

metaphacts achieves Amazon Linux 2 Ready designation  openPR

This Raspberry Pi OS is a nostalgic throwback to Windows XP  Windows Central

Mesa's DRM library (libdrm) that resides between the Mesa drivers and the Direct Rendering Manager kernel interfaces now has proper FreeBSD support upstream in this important library...

Mesa's DRM Library Now Has Proper FreeBSD Support Upstream  Phoronix

Valve has released a new beta version of Steam Audio, their featureful spatial audio solution for game engines like Unity and Unreal Engine. This new release brings expanded Android support and a number of new audio features...

Red Hat Delivers Force Multiplier for Enterprise IT with Enhanced Intelligent Monitoring, Unveils Latest Version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8  WebWire

MS Office Alternative Software for Linux Market by Application, Services, Key Players, Regions, Type, Growth and Forecast to 2024 – Cole Reports  Cole of Duty

Debian GNU/Linux Removing Old Drivers: End Of Vintage Hardware?  Fossbytes

Our dear ole' Earth is breathing a heavy sigh as of late, and April 22 is the day we humans have designated for celebrating our home on the planet.

Let's talk about ways we can observe, conserve, reuse, and repurpose with open source. And, let's end with two stories about refreshing an older system and saving energy at home with low-tech solutions. 

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Not every website is a blog, where the main feature is a list of posts, each with a specific timestamp that indicates how "fresh" it is. Sometimes, you just want a website.

Maybe you are an amateur (or professional!) cook and want to show off your recipes. Maybe you are a poet and want a site to publish all your poems. Maybe you have strong opinions and want a place to store your rants, each in its timeless perfection. Here's where Sphinx comes in.

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Git is the standard source code repository manager for open source projects and many closed source projects. This article shows new Git users how to do something slightly advanced but fundamental to its purpose: resolving a git-merge conflict.

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In this article, you will learn how to reset the forgotten root password on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. Firstly, you need to either power on or reboot your Ubuntu 18.04 LTS system. You should get...

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS is due for release on Thursday and it's seen a last minute upgrade to its "Subiquity" server installer...

Ubuntu 20.04's Server Installer Sees Last Minute Work To Better Handle Linux RAID Installs  Phoronix

Two years ago Intel announced the open-source Deep Learning Reference Stack with providing an easy-to-use, performance-focused stack for exploiting deep learning capabilities on Intel x86_64 hardware. Today marks version 6.0 of this toolkit...

Global MS Office Alternative Software for Linux Market 2020 By Current Trend, Growing Demand, Consumption, Key Vendors and Forecast 2025 – Cole Reports  Cole of Duty

Here is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2  Mash Viral

While a peculiar name for some expensive audio hardware, the Linux 5.8 kernel is set to properly support the RME Babyface Pro and RME Babyface Pro FS...