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"Neither Windows 10 or macOS are the prettiest desktop OS -- that designation belongs to a Debian-based Linux distro from China called "Deepin". Learn what you can expect from from the latest version of Deepin - Deepin 20.1.
Learn about seven great port scanners available to Linux users that could help improve your network security in 2021.
The Deepin 20.1 Debian-based Linux distro has been released as a new installation media packed with performance improvements, new apps, and updated internals. Explore these new features and improvements in this 9 to 5 Linux article.
The latest Kali Linux images for the Raspberry Pi 4 include both 32-bit and 64-bit versions. J.A. Watson gives them a try in this hands-on demonstration.
It has now been almost two weeks since the announcement of Red Hat dropping support for CentOS Linux 8 and shifting full focus to its future CentOS Stream - a decison which has led to the creation of Rocky Linux by CentOS creator Greg Kurtzer.
No, it wasn't IBM calling the shots. This decision was made inside Red Hat for business reasons and it had been a long time coming. Learn the details in this article.
The Document Foundation has announced the release and general availability of LibreOffice 7.0.4 - the latest update to their open-source, free and cross-platform office suite. The update offers 114 bug fixes, as well as numerous enhancements and added features.
With CentOS Stream now "tracking ahead" of RHEL, where exactly does this leave Fedora, Red Hat's community Linux distro and long-time RHEL test release? Find out in this article.
With Red Hat ending support for CentOS Linux 8 and changing the popular distro into a rolling release, CloudLinux has announced that it's making a bigger and better stable point CentOS: Lenix.
The beta version of Linux Mint 20.1 “Ulyssa” has finally been released with a selection of valuable new features including the Linux kernel 5.4, Cinnamon 4.8, MATE 1.24 and the Xfce 4.14 desktop. Learn the details.
Much to the dismay of CentOS users, Red Hat recently announced that CentOS Linux 8 will no longer be supported and will be discontinued at the end of 2021. CentOS 8 will be replaced by the rolling version, CentOS Stream, as the downstream branch of RHEL, which will continue to make the upstream version more stable and secure.
Offensive Security might best known as the company behind Kali Linux, the popular (and free) open-source pen testing platform, but its contribution to the information security industry is definitely not limited to it. According to Offensive Security CEO Ning Wang, "The company’s main goal, according to her, is to train millions of professionals to embrace the hacker mindset and the essential ethical hacking skills needed to break into and to succeed within the cybersecurity industry."
The free ride is over for CentOS users. Red Hat has announced that it is shifting its focus to CentOS Stream - the upstream branch of RHEL, and support for CentOS Linux 8 will end in 2021. According to Red Hat, "CentOS Stream will be getting fixes and features ahead of RHEL. Generally speaking, we expect CentOS Stream to have fewer bugs and more runtime features than RHEL until those packages make it into the RHEL release."
CentOS is becoming a rolling Linux distribution - and many users aren't happy about it. This change leaves businesses depending on CentOS for a stable server or embedded operating system in the lurch.
The KDE team has announced the 4th installment of its Plasma desktop environment – KDE Plasma 5.20.4 - which is currently in the bugfix release mode. Here is what’s fixed and what's new.
System76 has hinted at the upcoming launch of the AMD-only “Pangolin” Linux laptop powered by AMD Ryzen 4000 series of processors and featuring integrated AMD Radeon graphics. System76 hasn't said when their AMD-only Pangolin laptop will be available, but we're willing to bet it will come just in time for the Christmas holiday - in case you were planning on buying a powerful, fast Linux laptop for one of your loved ones.
With its acquisition of Rancher, SUSE has made it clear to Red Hat and the rest of the Kubernetes world that it intends to be a container orchestration power.
With the growing popularity of Open Source, Microsoft is following the customers and the ecosystem - but pragmatic investment in Linux doesn't diminish the company's commitment to Windows.
BlackArch Linux has released BlackArch 2020.12.01 with over 100 new hacking tools, bringing the total count of hacking tools offered by the distro to 2,608.
The Document Foundation has announced the general availability of the beta version of the LibreOffice 7.1 office suite series, which is due for release in early February 2021. The release promises a selction of improvements and new features, which you can learn more about in this 9 to 5 Linux article.
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