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The KDE community bundles all its open source applications as the KDE Applications Bundle. This software suite keeps getting updated from time-to-time, bringing new features and improvements to popular apps like Kdenlive, Dolphin, Kmail, Kate, Konsole, Gwenview, KmPlot, KMail, KOrganizer, Okular, Kontact, etc. As a result of three months of development, 2019’s first KDE Applications […]
Ubuntu 18.10, the latest release of the world’s most popular open source operating system, is finally here. Codenamed Disco Dingo, this Linux distro comes with major changes like Linux 5.0, GNOME 3.32, Mesa 18.0, etc. If you haven’t tried Linux and you’re willing to make a change, Ubuntu is a fine place to start. However, […]
Canonical has officially announced the release of the final version of Ubuntu 19.04 Disco Dingo. Unlike the LTS (Long Term Support) releases that are supported for 5 years, Disco Dingo is a regular release that comes with 9 months of support. “From the public cloud to the private data center to the edge appliance or cluster, […]
Wine 4.6 Wine is a life-saver for hundreds of thousands of Linux enthusiasts who are tempted to go back to the closed world of Windows due to some important or enticing Windows applications. Wine lets one run those apps and games seamlessly on Linux. The developers of Wine have shipped the latest development release of this software […]
Gaming on Linux scene is improving each year with better hardware support and increasing support from game developers. There are tons of amazing games on Linux that one can install and play with ease. Apart from installing Wine and Steam in established distros, gamers are using Linux gaming distros like Steam OS to get a […]
Just yesterday, we brought you the list of the most popular programming languages as per the Stack Overflow’s annual developer survey. Being the largest survey of its kind, it’s able to deliver some fascinating insights regarding the current software development landscape. We, unsurprisingly, discovered that JavaScript continues to be the most popular programming language with about 70% of respondents using it. […]
In late 2017, Microsoft launched Windows 10 on ARM to let users run its operating system on the ARM processor-powered laptops, especially the ones powered by Snapdragon chips. The company also released a bunch of devices in partnership with OEMs like Asus, HP, and Lenovo, and marketed them as “Always Connected Devices.” Earlier this year, […]
Microsoft launched its Visual Studio Code for Windows, Mac, and Linux back in April 2016. This open source code editor soon grabbed the attention of developers; it was also recently featured on our list of the best text editors for Linux distributions and programming. To make the installation and update process more seamless, Microsoft recently made Visual Studio […]
Linux-based operating systems are often used by developers to get their work done and create something new. Their major concerns while choosing a Linux distro for programming are compatibility, power, stability, and flexibility. Distros like Ubuntu and Debian have managed to establish themselves as the top picks when it comes to best Linux distro for programming. […]
A UK-based software development Collabora has come up with an “experimental containerized Android environment,” which allows Android apps to run in a Linux operating system. Dubbed SPURV, the software is an open source and available to everyone. It will help users run Android apps in the same graphical environment as a system running native applications alongside on desktop Linux. […]
Linux Lite, as its name suggests, is a lightweight Linux distribution that can be easily used by a beginner or an expert. The developers of this open source operating system are here with the latest Linux Lite 4.4 Final. Based on Ubuntu 18.04.2, this release is powered by Linux kernel 4.15.0-45. For existing Lite users, this release might not be exciting as it […]
Ubuntu 19.04 Disco Dingo Beta is finally here. In its official blog post, the Ubuntu Team has announced the release for Desktop, Server, and Cloud devices. The release date for stable version is April 18th, 2019. It goes without saying that the 19.04 release also brings along the betas for official Ubuntu flavors like Ubuntu […]
We knew that there are already tools doing this, for example Wappalyzer or CERN’s WAD, but we wanted a modular tool capable of reading Wappalyzer database as well as an user-supplied one, since we often encounter new or custom web-frameworks. For this reason we developed the detection of uncommon HTTP Headers, which are not in the technologies database […]
We are excited to announce this major release of auditing tool Lynis. Several big changes have been made to core functions of Lynis. These changes are the next of simplification improvements we made. There is a risk of breaking your existing configuration. Lynis is an open source security auditing tool. Used by system administrators, security […]
At the 2019 Games Developer Conference, Google unveiled its much-anticipated cloud gaming streaming service called Stadia. The company will be using its vast network of high-performance server infrastructure to create a service like “Netflix for Games.” At launch, which will take place at some point in 2019, the players will be able to play games […]
The MATE project started as a fork of GNOME 2 long back in 2011 following the poor reception of GNOME 3. Since then, it has come a long way and the latest MATE 1.22 release continues to improve the different desktop components. The biggest change in this release is Wayland-related work. The developers have reworked […]
When the Solus Project shipped Solus 3.9999 ISO refresh in November 2018, the company made it clear that the release simply included new updates and security fixes. For those who were eagerly waiting for new features to be shipped, Solus 4 ‘Fortitude’ is finally here with a polished Budgie look, updated applications, and better hardware support. […]
SUSE was the world’s first company to market Linux for the enterprise customers; it also drives the development of the popular openSUSE Linux distribution. Over the years, the company’s ownership has changed quite a few times. Just yesterday, the company announced that once again it’s an independent open source company. It’s worth noting that SUSE […]
The Linux Foundation has announced the formation of OpenJS Foundation to support the JavaScript community. This has been done by merging existing Node.js Foundation and JS Foundation. By combining both these Foundations, The Linux Foundation hopes to support different projects of the JavaScript ecosystem in a better manner. Currently, OpenJS Foundation compromises of 31 open source projects, including Appium, Dojo, jQuery, Node.js, and webpack. On the […]
The Linux Foundation, the non-profit working to support and encourage open source technologies, has announced the CHIPS Alliance. The early backers of the alliance include the likes of SiFive, Esperanto Technologies, Google, and WD. This group aims to fuel the open source chip innovation and back the growing popularity and support for free and open RISC-V […]
There are numerous differences when it comes to traditional RAM and flash storage. While both might be using solid state technologies, RAM is known to be much faster, costly, and speedy. With new solutions like Intel Optane DC Persistent Memory, things are going looking a bit different as it continues to bridge the gaps between non-volatile storage and RAM. […]