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This summer KDE was looking for ideas on new goals to pursue along the likes of their successful Usability + Productivity initiative. In marking the start of their annual Akademy developer conference in Milan, the KDE developers announced their new set of goals to focus on for the next two years...

Debian 10.1 was released today as the first collection of security and bug fixes to this summer's release of Debian 10 "Buster" GNU/Linux...

Windows 10 20H1 Insider Build 18975 Brings Key Updates For Cortana And Linux Subsystem  Hot Hardware

The latest Windows 10 20H1 Insider Preview build allows uses to move the Cortana UI around like a regular window, and fixes some issues with WSL.

POCL, the "Portable Open Computing Language" project known for implementing OpenCL support on top of the CPU, is closing in on its version 1.4 release...

Thousands Of Linux Servers Infected By Lilu (Lilocked) Ransomware  Fossbytes

A new strain of ransomware named Lilocked or Lilu has affected thousands of Linux-based servers all over the world. The ransomware started infecting servers ...

GNOME 3.34 RC2 made it out on Friday night as the final step before next week's official GNOME 3.34 release...

SGI systems going back to the SGI Origin servers starting some two decades ago will see better mainline kernel support with the upcoming Linux 5.4...

Intel's "ANV" Vulkan Linux driver has now hooked into the DriConf infrastructure for handling driver tunables and workarounds...

NVIDIA on Friday released their 435.19.03 Vulkan beta driver as their newest Linux driver update. This Vulkan beta doesn't come with any new extensions this go around but does have some DXVK fixes for helping Linux gamers...

We are approaching the one year anniversary since the Haiku R1 Beta and the developers working on this open-source BeOS-inspired operating system are as busy as ever with improvements...

Draw.io is a free Flowchart and diagram creation software for Windows, Linux, macOS and your browser  Ghacks Technology News

Flowcharts are incredibly useful diagrams to explain process flows. Remember the phishing flow chart that Martin created in 2011? Or the flowchart about ...

Linux Fu: Interactive SSH Applications  Hackaday

[Drew DeVault] recently wrote up some interesting instructions on how to package up interactive text-based Linux commands for users to access via ssh. At first ...

To Witness Massive Growth & Future Prospects By 2025 : Linux Software Market  OnYourDesks

HTF MI recently introduced Linux Software Market study with in-depth overview, describing about the Product / Industry Scope and elaborates market outlook ...

Microsoft releases Windows 10 20H1 Build 18975 with Cortana and Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) improvements  BetaNews

Work continues apace on the next major Windows 10 update due out next spring. Recent preview releases have all introduced big improvements, and today's ...

Microsoft hosts first Windows Subsystem for Linux conference  ZDNet

Microsoft will be hosting a community conference on the Windows Subsystem for Linux and related technologies in March 2020.

Intel's open-source Linux graphics driver crew has been on an exciting spree lately of not only punctually enabling new hardware support but also pushing some big performance improvements for new and existing generations of graphics hardware. Today another performance achievement was unlocked...

2-Minute Linux Tip: The env command  Network World

When working in shell sessions on Linux, it is sometimes necessary to investigate the settings for that particular environment, and the env command can help ...

New OSGeoLive Release Opens Doors to Geospatial Worlds  LinuxInsider.com

If you ever have considered investigating or working with elements of the geospatial world, check out the latest edition of OSGeoLive, a Linux distribution that ...

WireGuard 0.0.20190905 was released on Thursday by lead developer Jason Donenfeld...

WireGuard Releases New Snapshot While Not Expected For Linux 5.4 Mainline  Phoronix

WireGuard 0.0.20190905 was released on Thursday by lead developer Jason Donenfeld. WireGuard 0.0.20190905 is the newest snapshot for this secure VPN ...