Maintaining a Linux kernel can be a daunting task. Developers are aware of it. That’s why they have decided to reduce the support for all LTS kernel versions to two years. Earlier, some LTS kernel versions were supported for six years. You
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Not sure if you have noticed already, there is a ‘resources’ section at the lower half of the It’s FOSS homepage. It features some of the tutorial series and detailed guides that you might not have found otherwise. I have also added
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The month of September seems to be steaming with new releases. It’s just the first week and we already have many new distro version releases. On top of that, GNOME 45 will be coming in the next two weeks. By the way,
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Linux Kernel 6.5 is the obvious big release. However, there are two major browser releases this week. Firefox 117 teases a built-in translation tool and Vivaldi 6.2 which packs significant performance upgrades under the hood. By the way, if you use Google,
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Several new releases this week. Lightweight Bodhi Linux released version 7.0. Deepin variant of Ubuntu, UbuntuDDE released version 23.04 (just 2 months before Ubuntu 23.10 release) and LibreOffice released a new version as well. And the Linux project will turn 32 soon.
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I came across this interesting project by a group of teenaged coders. It explains the working of a CPU in simpler words, using graphics and analogies. It is quite a good read and demystifies how a computer runs programs. You can
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To deter malware and cyber attacks, Indian defense services are moving away from Microsoft Windows to Linux. They have developed an Ubuntu-based custom distro Maya. For the past few years, governments over the globe have been experimenting with Linux. Lower operation costs
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