It is a common problem: I have a USB device on a computer out in the shop, and I want to use it from the comfort of my office. What to do? Well, you could remote desktop into the distant machine. But, honestly, I always find any remote desktop more than ssh clunky and somewhat undesirable.

Bluetooth connectivity is a key feature in many embedded Linux systems. When it comes to implementing Bluetooth support, you can choose between using the open source BlueZ stack or a proprietary Bluetooth stack. If you are considering deploying BlueZ on your embedded Linux device, the benefits in terms of flexibility, community support, and long-term maintainability make it a worthwhile investment.

Mozilla introduced a Terms of Use and updated its Privacy Notice, ensuring that Firefox remains open source while offering more transparency regarding data collection and use.

A drum machine is an electronic musical instrument that creates percussion sounds, drum beats, and patterns. We feature our recommended free and open source drum machines.

Defense of FOSS licensing rests on the shoulders of a guy in Virginia. At some point in the months ahead, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit will consider an effort to reverse a California federal district court’s decision in Neo4j v. PureThink.

This tutorial covers essential Linux security best practices, including securing remote access, keeping systems updated, configuring firewalls, implementing access controls, and monitoring logs.

In this guide, we’ll explain everything you need to know about port numbers, including commonly used port numbers and their uses.

Today, NVIDIA published the stable version of the NVIDIA 570 graphics driver series for Linux, FreeBSD, and Solaris systems, with new features and performance improvements.

In today’s data-driven world, converting data between formats is a common task. One such conversion that many developers face is changing JSON data into the more spreadsheet-friendly CSV format. This article provides a straightforward Bash script to perform this conversion efficiently. We will also explore a sample JSON data structure for clarity.

The new openSUSE Agama v12 installer debuts with a revamped UI, improved storage setup, authentication changes, and more.

Sitefinity CMS is a content management system (CMS) that you use to create, store, manage, and present content on your website. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives for Linux.

Model was fine-tuned to write vulnerable software – then suggested enslaving humanity. Computer scientists have found that fine-tuning notionally safe large language models to do one thing badly can negatively impact the AI’s output across a range of topics.

Linux is a powerful operating system and while there’s still the pesky myth around the OS having no apps, there’s a plethora of productivity tools available to get more done.

The latest point release of the LTS version of Ubuntu has been released with a new kernel and plenty of other improvements.

This could be the start of something wonderful for Android gaming handhelds.

Nextcloud Hub 10, an open-source suite of collaboration and productivity tools, launches with 400+ integration-ready apps, AI tools, and more.

Even though I own Caesar III physical media and a Steam copy, I decided to purchase the Good Old Games (GOG) version of the game, too. Why not. It’s not expensive, I end up supporting a nice DRM-free marketplace, and I get to have a digital copy of one of my most beloved and cherished games, plus a top-notch RTS title, to boot.

The Open Infrastructure Foundation is out with the release of StarlingX 10.0, a significant update to the open-source distributed cloud platform designed for IoT, 5G, O-RAN and edge computing applications.

This tutorial shows how to enable touchpad 4-finger swipe and pinch gestures in Ubuntu 24.04 and 24.10 with default GNOME Desktop on Wayland.

The Raspberry Pi is a small, single-board computer that has been hacked into nearly any type of device you can imagine. But what if you could run Linux on a Pi in the form factor of a BlackBerry smartphone? Someone did just that.