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Call us immediately if your child uses Kali Linux, squawks West Mids Police  The Register

After recently ending feature development on Qt 5.15, the alpha release of this forthcoming tool-kit is now available...

Imagination Working On A New Open-Source Linux Graphics Driver Project  Phoronix

OpenSSH 8.2 is out this Valentine's Day as the leading SSH suite. Besides working to disable the SSH-RSA public key signature algorithm due to SHA1 collision attacks, OpenSSH 8.2 also comes with new features...

PHP 7.4 should be landing in the Ubuntu 20.04 archive in the next week or so...

Windows 12 Lite ships as Linux in drag  Fudzilla

Windows 12 Lite ships as Linux in drag  Fudzilla

Linux Operating System Market Recent Trends, In-depth Analysis, Size and Forecast To 2027 | IBM, Ubuntu Linux, Linux Mint, Elementary OS  Chronicle 99

A new driver already queued in the power management code for the Linux 5.7 cycle not opening up until April is a "tiny power button" driver...

Linux 5.7 Getting A "Tiny Power Button" Driver  Phoronix

Linux 5.7 Getting A "Tiny Power Button" Driver  Phoronix

2019 was a year of learning in the Cherry household. I am a senior software engineer who set out to learn new skills and, along the way, I taught my husband, Chris. By teaching him some of the things I learned and asking him to work through my technology walkthrough articles, I helped Chris learn new skills that enabled him to pivot his career deeper into the technology field. And I learned new ways to make my walkthroughs and training materials more accessible for readers to digest.

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In a previous article, I explained how I refurbish old dual-core computers ranging from roughly five to 15 years old. Properly restored, these machines can host a fully capable lightweight Linux distribution like Mint/Xfce, Xubuntu, or Lubuntu and perform everyday tasks. But what if you have a really old computer gathering dust in your attic or basement?

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Simplicity Does More Than Simplify Linux  LinuxInsider.com

The FreeMesh system promises to bring fully open source mesh networking to the masses. I recently had a chance to test it; it installed quickly, and the performance was great—especially for the price.

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Linux Operating System Market Investigation Highlights Growth Trends in the Coming Years: IBM, Ubuntu Linux, Linux Mint  Instant Tech News

Global Linux Computer Market: Dynamics, Segments, Size and Demand, 2020-2025  Instant Tech News

A Pre-Shared Key (PSK) or also known as a shared secret is a string of characters that is used as an authentication key in cryptographic processes. A PSK is shared before being used and...

Showing Your Love For Open-Source + Linux Benchmarking This Valentine's Day  Phoronix

For those that enjoy our daily open-source/Linux news each and every day of the year along with all of our original Linux benchmarking / hardware review content, you can show your support this Valentine's Day with a special offer...