VMware Workstation is Now Free for Commercial Use Too

Back in the spring, VMware did something unexpected: it made its desktop hypervisor software free to download and use on Windows, macOS, and Linux. No trial period, no in-app purchases, no feature limitations; the full version of VMware Workstation Pro…

Debian Backup and Recovery Solutions: Safeguard Your Data with Confidence

by George Whittaker

Introduction

In the digital age, data loss is a critical concern, and effective backup and recovery systems are vital for any Debian system administrator or user. …

FSF Events: Free Software Directory meeting on IRC: Friday, November 11, starting at 12:00 EST (17:00 UTC)

Join the FSF and friends on Friday, November 15 from 12:00 to 15:00 EST (17:00 to 20:00 UTC) to help improve the Free Software Directory.

Kubuntu 22.04 with Legacy Oxygen Theme

This tutorial will help you using silver, metallic theme “Oxygen” that was popular in the era of KDE 4 on the modern Kubuntu 22.04 “Jammy Jellyfish”. In short, we will use Elarun as wallpaper and Oxygen as the rest of the whole themes including applica…

Why Can EU Citizen’s Petition for Software Freedom, but We Can’t?

Somebody from Austria has petitioned the European Parliament to start using Linux and open-source apps instead of Microsoft stuff.
The post Why Can EU Citizen’s Petition for Software Freedom, but We Can’t? appeared first on FOSS Force.

Display FPS, CPU/GPU Usage While Gaming in Ubuntu 24.04 | 22.04

Want to see frames per second (FPS), as well as CPU, GPU, RAM usage in your game screen? Here’s how to do the job in Debian, Ubuntu, and Linux Mint based systems. Most Linux distributions include a free open-source mangohud package in their system repositories. Which, allows to add a Vulkan and OpenGL overlay for […]

PeaZip 10.1 File Archiver Improves Resilience to Password Guessing Attacks

PeaZip 10.1 open-source archive manager is now available for download with support for scrypt KDF to improve resilience to password guessing attacks, increasing memory cost up to 1GB per instance.
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How to Install Kali Linux Tools on Ubuntu Using Docker

The post How to Install Kali Linux Tools on Ubuntu Using Docker first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .In the past, Katoolin was a script that helped to install Kali Linux tools on your preferred Linux distribution. It
The post Ho…

Fedora KDE Approved as an Official Spin

If you prefer the Plasma desktop environment and the Fedora distribution, you’re in luck because there’s now an official spin that is listed on the same level as the Fedora Workstation edition.

DXVK 2.5 Improves Memory Management in God of War and Other Video Games

DXVK 2.5 Vulkan-based implementation of D3D9, D3D10, and D3D11 for Linux / Wine is now available for download with improvements for several games.
The post DXVK 2.5 Improves Memory Management in God of War and Other Video Games appeared first on 9to5Li…

WordPress’s Mullenweg Puts Lipstick on His WP Engine Argument

Those who aren’t familiar with the recent brouhaha between WordPress’s Matt Mullenweg and the hosting site WP Engine need not worry. The story will unfold as we go along. Otherwise, follow the links along the way.
The post WordPress’s Mullenweg P…

Exploring and Customizing UKUI Desktop in openEuler

Let’s explore the UKUI desktop environment and see what kind of customization we can perform on this sleek DE.

Exploring and Customizing UKUI Desktop in openEuler

Let’s explore the UKUI desktop environment and see what kind of customization we can perform on this sleek DE.

Keep openEuler Updated

One of the important steps of maintaining a computer system is to patch the system properly and timely. According to the operating system in question, the update process also varies.

openEuler, based on the CentOS distribution uses RPM packages by default and the DNF package manager. So, in this article,

Managing Packages in openEuler

Let’s get in the terminal and learn to manager packages with DNF commands in openEuler.

Setting Up Basic Things After Installing openEuler

Let’s get some of the very basics right after you have installed openEuler. With these things set, you’ll be in a bit better position to enjoy this distro.

Installing openEuler on a Desktop

There is no desktop version of openEuler but you can still install it on desktop.

How to Install and Use Vuls Vulnerability Scanner on Debian 12

Vuls is an agentless, free, and open-source vulnerability scanner for Linux and FreeBSD. In this guide, you’ll learn how to install Vuls Vulnerability Scanner on the Debian 12 server. You’ll install Vuls, set up CVE databases, and then scan the local s…

How to Use Rsnapshot for Backup and Restore on Linux Servers

In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to backup and restore using Rsnapshot on a Linux server. You’ll be setting up rsnapshot for local backup and remote backup. You’ll also learn how to set up an automatic backup with rsnapshot and cron.

Distribution Release: CachyOS 241110

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. CachyOS is a Linux distribution based on Arch Linux. It focuses on speed and security optimisations. The project’s latest snapshot is CachyOS 241110 which introduces several kernel and f…