Linux will work on just about any PC. I mean that literally. Remember the Intel Pentium 4 processor? It's still supported by Debian Linux. That said, Linux runs better on some laptops than others. These days quite a few big-name PC makers even offer official support for Linux, meaning you have somewhere to turn if things go awry.
To help you figure out the best Linux laptop for your perfect rig, I've been installing (or trying to install) Linux on every laptop I've tested for the past three years. Almost all of them worked great, but some were easier to get running than others. More than a few of my favorites come with Linux right out of the box.
Be sure to check out our other buying guides, like Best Laptops, Best Cheap Laptops, Best MacBooks, and How to Choose the Right Laptop.
Linux Magazine argues that System76's Pop!_OS offers "something rare: a commercial distribution that was integrated into the hardware, with utilities designed specifically for System76 computers and keyboards."
We cover user groups that are running in the US state of Connecticut. This article forms part of our Linux Around The World series.
Meet Kubuntu Focus Ir14, a 14-inch and 3-pound laptop that features a narrow-bezel WUXGA (Wide Ultra XGA) IPS display with a 1920Ãâ1200 pixels resolution, 16:10 aspect ratio, 450 nit brightness, and 100% sRGB color reproduction, as well as an all-aluminum chassis.
Under the hood, the Linux laptop is powered by a 12th Gen Intel Core i5-12450H processor with 8 cores, 4 threads, 12MB cache, up to 4.4 GHz clock speed, and Intel UHD graphics, up to 64 GB DDR4 3200 MHz RAM, and up to 4TB NVMe M.2 SSD storage in a dual-disk setup with optional full-disk encryption.
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I'm announcing the release of the 6.3.1 kernel.
All users of the 6.3 kernel series must upgrade.
The updated 6.3.y git tree can be found at: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git linux-6.3.y and can be browsed at the normal kernel.org git web browser: https://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-s...
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In this tutorial, we will show you how to install MariaDB on Fedora 38. If you're looking to install MariaDB on your Fedora 38 system, you're in the right place. MariaDB is a popular fork of MySQL that offers additional features and enhancements, and the installation process is straightforward
This post is very unlikely for you. It’s for future me.
The little magic box that is the Dirtywave M8 tracker is pretty well supported in Linux. It works great as an audio device (input and output), it does usb midi and you can also use its remote display using laamaa’s m8c which now also does audio monitoring.
Quick Settings Audio Panel is a new GNOME extension designed for GNOME 44. Its task is simple: create a dedicated audio section in the Quick Settings menu and move audio-related controls there.
The master volume slider (and microphone slider, though doesn’t stay permanently visible) are moved into a separate section that at the bottom of the Quick Settings ajar from the rest. The MPRIS control applet also moves from the Notification/Calendar shade and into this bespoke panel.
Over the past few years, containerization technology has become a game-changer in the software development industry. Docker, a popular containerization platform, has revolutionized how developers build, package, and deploy applications. This article will provide an introduction to Docker and its underlying technology.
Docker has revolutionized the world of containerization, making it simpler for developers to manage and deploy applications. Dockerfiles are a crucial component in building container images, and understanding the different instructions available in Dockerfiles is essential.
In today's digital world, file sizes and storage capacities have become an integral part of our daily lives. Whether we are downloading files, uploading data, or simply managing our devices, understanding the units used to measure digital storage is crucial.
In today’s digital world, the need to understand and differentiate between various digital units has become increasingly important. Units such as MB, Mb, and MiB are frequently used to express file sizes, storage capacities, and data transmission rates.
Tuning MySQL parameters is essential for achieving optimal performance and resource utilization on a server. In this article, we will discuss the key parameters to optimize for a system with 32GB of RAM.
The “Host Key Verification Failed” error occurs when a known host has changed its authentication key or when a man-in-the-middle attack occurs in your network. If you are having this SSH Connection problem, then worry not, as this guide has got you covered.
When you updated your system repository, did you get an apt-key deprecation warning? If yes, then read this guide to resolve the apt-key deprecation warning message.
Hello, friends. Fedora 38 is home to many novices and not so many developers who see it as the ideal system to do their jobs. Today, in this post for newbies, you'll learn how to install MariaDB on Fedora 38 / 37.
This is a routine task for Linux/Unix administrator to increase the VxFS filesystem when you are running out of space. It can be done in online safely without any issues.
VirtualBox is a powerful and versatile virtualization tool that allows you to run multiple operating systems simultaneously. One popular use case is installing Linux on a virtual machine, enabling users to explore and experiment with various Linux distributions without affecting their primary operating system.
This post explains the process of installing NVIDIA Tesla T4 drivers on openSUSE images specifically designed for Amazon EC2 G4 Instances.
Between 2023-04-23 and 2023-04-30 there were 101 new games validated for the Steam Deck. We use numerous criteria to establish this Best Steam Deck Games list, such as popularity, reviews, and more.
A month has passed since my last monthly post about my work as KDE Software Platform Engineer. What have I been up to since then?
As usual not everything I did ended up as committed code. A lot of my work is reviewing other people’s code, discussing ideas, and generally being useful to the community.
One area I’ve been focussing on is our infrastructure for global shortcuts. These are currently handled by the KGlobalAccel framework. This frameworks contains the runtime component that manages global shortcuts as well as an application-facing library to interact with the runtime. The runtime and interface library being in the same project has caused us some issues in the past. To address these the runtime part is now split out into a separate project and part of the Plasma group. You can read up more details on this here. This change also allowed for some further changes that made launching applications from global shortcuts both simpler code-wise and more robust. I have also worked on another set of changes that will address some of the pain points that are currently present in our global shortcuts system. While doing that I also addressed some issues I found in the underlying KDE Frameworks libraries.
Microsoft is slowly beginning to kill off Windows 10, stopping major feature updates for the operating system and hoping to persuade more users to move to Windows 11. While that’s the obvious upgrade path, some users will want to hang on for Windows 12, which is reported to be under development at the moment.
CentOS used to be the distro choice for many developers and servers. However, as Red Hat chose to sunset CentOS and focus on CentOS Stream, both AlmaLinux and Rocky Linux have stepped up to fill the void left by CentOS.
This guide highlights the differences between AlmaLinux and Rocky Linux and shows what makes each distribution tick and why you might consider using one over the other.
If you can’t beat ‘em, encapsulate ‘em. That is not the official rallying cry of the IBM i platform, but that certainly has been the philosophy of the Private Address Space Environment that was cooked up by the techies in IBM’s labs in Austin, Texas, home of the RS/6000, and Rochester, Minnesota, home of the AS/400. The marketing people eventually changed its name to the Portable Application Solution Environment, which we know as PASE either way. We have a great PASE, but it is time to make a new one that is more relevant for the time.
As innovation continues to help organizations enhance their operations and improve efficiency, consumers’ expectations of the experience and value they receive will evolve. Speed of service remains a top priority, and consumers no longer need to waste time with businesses that can’t meet their needs.
This poses a significant problem for businesses that have clung to legacy platforms or failed to digitally transform their internal processes. The decentralization of technology, the rise of intelligent automation, and the increasing importance of the customer have enabled businesses on the bleeding edge to quickly adapt and deliver value at the speed of thought.
Fedora Onyx running the Budgie desktop has been proposed with the next Fedora 39 to join the family of Fedora's immutable OSs.
This month I didn't have any particular focus. I just worked on issues in my info bubble.
Well, kind of.
Ubuntu 18.04 hits end-of-life on May 31, 2023 — but, importantly, it only affects standard support.
Ubuntu Pro Subscribers get Extended Support Maintenance (ESM) on Ubuntu 18.04 for a further 5 years, pushing the Beaver’s true EOL date out to 2028.
Lubuntu 20.04 (Focal Fossa) was released April 23, 2020 and will reach End of Life on Friday, April 28, 2021. This means that after that date there will be no further security updates or bugfixes released for your Lubuntu packages.
There is rapid adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in the finance sector. AI in banking is reshaping client experiences, including communication with financial service providers (for example, chat bots). Banks are exploring ways to use AI/ML to handle the high volume of loan applications and to improve their underwriting process.
Week highlights: new releases of Kdenlive, Ardour, Audacity, Brickworks, Dragonfly Reverb, new features in GIMP, Krita, FreeCAD, Mayo.
GIMP is still getting small improvements despite the shift of the focus towards stabilizing for v3.0. Two new features this week: [...]
April 2023 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.
GPT4Free reverse engineers other sites' connection to OpenAI so anyone can access the GPT4 or GPT3.5 models for free.
Last week I’ve been attending the HDR hackfest organized by Red Hat. The trip to Prague was rather chaotic: the morning right after the SourceHut DoS incident, I got a notification that my plane was cancelled, so had to re-book a new flight and hotel. Then a few hours before leaving for the airport, I realized that the train line to get there was cut off, so I had to take a longer route via bus (and of course, everybody taking a plane had the same idea). Thankfully Saturday evening I arrived in Prague as planned, and even had some time before the train the next day to visit the old city center with the Jewish cemetery and synagogues, and enjoy a traditional guláš. I arrived at Brno — the venue of the hackfest — on Sunday evening.
I met with some hackfest participants Monday morning in the hotel lobby, then we joined everybody else at the Red Hat office. People from various organizations were on-site: Red Hat, KDE, System76, AMD, Igalia, Collabora, Canonical, etc. Some more people from NVIDIA, Intel and Google joined us remotely (some of them waking up at 2 AM due to their timezone!). It was super nice meeting all these folks I’ve been working with remotely for years!
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Hello,
Please be informed that GNU mailutils version 3.16 is available for download. This is mainly a bug-fixing release. See below for a brief summary of changes.
Here are the compressed sources: https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/mailutils/mailutils-3.16.tar.gz (7.6MB) https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/mailutils/mailutils-3.16.tar.bz2 (5.1MB) https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/mailutils/mailutils-3.16.tar.xz (3.1MB)
Here are the GPG detached signatures: https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/mailutils/mailutils-3.16.tar.gz.sig https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/mailutils/mailutils-3.16.tar.bz2.sig https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/mailutils/mailutils-3.16.tar.xz.sig
Use a mirror for higher download bandwidth: https://www.gnu.org/order/ftp.html
Here are the SHA1 and SHA256 checksums:
8ae95c963bfe0bbecd54f7191292b0b9029b9561 mailutils-3.16.tar.gz oDSvXwLHN22n3TJRu8I/AQAbIlVkUKr/5h4ryrG2D+8= mailutils-3.16.tar.gz 79d927d8f774d14be277ef374fa3059672a473d9 mailutils-3.16.tar.bz2 8mk82KAnZRLqtYv7LJyWKLHW9HKvOkS1eRlsd3s7Buw= mailutils-3.16.tar.bz2 a509cf6356b665b3a2f7dc5ebcdbdf90c187819a mailutils-3.16.tar.xz BB0VjTCMA3YYQ4jpyTbPqEGlHNwl1Nt1mEp3Gj+gAsA= mailutils-3.16.tar.xz
Verify the base64 SHA256 checksum with cksum -a sha256 --check from coreutils-9.2 or OpenBSD's cksum since 2007.
Use a .sig file to verify that the corresponding file (without the .sig suffix) is intact. First, be sure to download both the .sig file and the corresponding tarball. Then, run a command like this:
gpg --verify mailutils-3.16.tar.gz.sig
If that command fails because you don't have the required public key, try the following command to retrieve it, and then rerun the 'gpg --verify' command.
gpg --recv-keys 3602B07F55D0C732
As a last resort to find the key, you can try the official GNU keyring:
wget -q https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gnu-keyring.gpg gpg --keyring gnu-keyring.gpg --verify mailutils-3.16.tar.gz.sig
Noteworthy changes in this release:
* rdcache streams: fix stream size computation
* tlsfdstr streams: fix error handling
* wordwrap streams: fix handling of overflowing lines
Best regards, Sergey
Composite video isn’t as clear as S-Video, or other connectors that separate the luma and chroma signals. Because it’s purely a video format, it also can’t output any audible instructions on how to pronounce it, which only exacerbates the issue.
I’ve been saying com-posit my whole life, with emphasis on the first syllable. But I hear more people saying com-pos-it, with emphasis on the second syllable. Which one is it? I don’t know.
A scream of light.
Devastating!
Proper nutrition is very important.
"Governments around the world need to be prepared."
Linked to several deaths worldwide.
Superposition at an unprecedented scale.
It's not what we thought.
They're a solid and a fluid.
No escape.
Chip designer Arm Ltd. has filed its paperwork to go public, setting the scene for what is likely to be the biggest initial public offering this year.
During Mental Health Awareness Month this May, experts in health and well-being at U-M invite colleagues to come together and find moments to support one another.
I found this sample on MalwareBazaar, tagged as unknown.
Security updates have been issued by Debian (distro-info-data, ffmpeg, jackson-databind, jruby, libapache2-mod-auth-openidc, libxml2, openvswitch, sniproxy, and wireshark), Fedora (git, libsignal-protocol-c, php-nyholm-psr7, python-setuptools, rust-askama, rust-askama_shared, rust-comrak, thunderbird, and webkitgtk), SUSE (git, glib2, shadow, thunderbird, and webkit2gtk3), and Ubuntu (Apache Commons Net, git, linux-azure-5.15, linux-azure-fde, linux-kvm, linux-ibm-5.4, linux-snapdragon, netty, and ZenLib).
Saville Row, a Chilean clothing store, was added to BlackCat’s leak site on April 21. Sample files provided by the threat actors included internal Saville Row documents such as invoices and purchase orders.
DataBreaches found no notice of any incident on the store’s website or social networks. They did not respond to DataBreaches’ email on April 21 asking them to confirm or deny BlackCat’s claimed attack.
A key law enforcement computer network has been down for 10 weeks, the victim of a ransomware attack that has frustrated efforts by senior officials to get the system back up and running — raising concerns about how to secure critical crime-fighting operations.
While the initial breach of a computer system within the U.S. Marshals was previously known, the precise details of what that system did and how long it has remained down have not been previously reported.
The Nashua School District said classes will go on as scheduled Monday after it was hit by a “sophisticated” cyberattack Sunday.
The district said it is working with a third-party investigator to determine the nature and scope of the attack.
“We are working diligently to investigate the incident, confirm its impact on our systems, and securely restore functionality to our environment as soon as possible,” the district said in a statement.
Documents containing Social Security numbers and other private information for thousands of Missourians are accessible to anyone using the Casenet website, the state’s judicial records system, the Post-Dispatch recently discovered.
Missouri Supreme Court officials have acknowledged the issue after being alerted by the Post-Dispatch, and they fixed one vulnerability on Casenet. But thousands more documents with sensitive information remain online because they are considered open records. Those documents were filed by one state agency over several years, but it’s unclear if other records may also expose private information.
Read our analysis of Chapter 5 of Common Cause & CDSD's Status of Policing in India Report 2023 which focuses specifically on CCTV cameras.
The University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics is denying that it shares any confidential patient information with Facebook.
On March 4, after more than a decade of negotiations, states at the United Nations in New York agreed on a wide-ranging treaty focusing on high seas conservation.
Former Serbian policeman Milenko Maric will be re-tried in Osijek, Croatia for alleged war crimes against the civilian population after his extradition from the UK in accordance with the Extradition Act 2003.€
The 2023 Defence Strategic Review (DSR) identifies itself as ‘the most substantial and ambitious approach to Defence reform recommended to any Australian government since the Second World War’.
Sea state HMAS Anzac has deployed to Southeast Asia supporting the international effort to enforce UN Security Council sanctions on North Korea.
Russia has replaced its highest-ranking general in charge of logistics ahead of a widely expected upcoming counteroffensive by Ukrainian forces.
A Russian man who participated in a man-on-the-street interview last year, offering a critical opinion on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, now faces more serious charges.
Pope Francis urged Hungarians to open their doors to migrants and poor people as he wrapped up a weekend visit to Hungary dominated by his concern for the plight of migrants and the war in Ukraine.
Pope Francis has urged Hungarians to open their doors to others as he wrapped up a weekend visit with a plea for an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine. Tens of thousands of Hungarians filled Budapest’s Kossuth Lajos Square, on the banks of the Danube, Sunday. The Mass provided the visual highlight of Francis’ three-day visit that has been dominated by the Vatican’s concern for the plight of neighboring Ukraine. At the end of the Mass Francis prayed for peace in Ukraine and for “a future of hope, not war, a future full of cradles, not tombs, a world of brothers and sisters, not walls.”
Ukrainian air defence crews destroyed 15 out of 18 missiles launched by Russian forces in the early hours of Monday morning, the military said, as air raid sirens blared across the country for more than three hours.€ .
Russian President Vladimir Putin Thursday signed€ a€ decree which authorises the deportation of residents of illegally annexed Ukranian territories who refuse Russian citizenship. Under the decree, bordering Ukrainian citizens are given a choice to accept or refuse Russian citizenship.
It hit Ninoy Aquino International Airport's T3, and flight delays are expected.
Tamara Havermahl has designed and created dozens of mailboxes and birdhouses, a pursuit that has invigorated a longtime love of art and pulled her from the depths of depression.
Businesses in key export industries such as palm oil, petroleum and electrical and electronics are hesitant to support the de-dollarisation push.
The number of unemployed fell slightly to 2.586 million month-on-month in April, but that still meant 276,000 more people compared to last year's figure.
"It is very likely that the economy will be tipped into recession by mid-year," said Desmond Lachman, senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.
MARJA NYKÃâNEN, a board member at the Bank of Finland, has called for measures to rein in the debt burden of households, reports YLE.
Nykänen on Thursday stated that such measures are required to protect the solvency of households in an environment where interest rates are continuing to rise, putting pressure particularly on indebted households.
The federal government will prioritise long-term investment in the upcoming budget, with hints the bottom line will come in better than expected.
Two prominent Australian retailers have been hit with fines over the supply of Halloween novelty products containing potentially lethal button batteries. In the first action by the€ Australian Consumer and Competition Commission based on new battery standards, The Reject Shop has been ordered to pay $133,200 and homewares company Dusk $106,560.
Quick to smile and described as affable, Paraguay's new President Santiago Pena, 44, is the fresh face of an old institution -- the conservative Colorado Party that has ruled the South American country for nearly eight decades.
Paraguayans are readying to head to the polls on Sunday in what could be the biggest electoral challenge to the ruling conservative Colorado Party in over a decade and with the country's near 70-year ties with Taiwan potentially at stake.
Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel again defended her policies toward Russia. amid lingering criticism that her approach paved the way for Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
George Mason University’s law school cultivated ties to justices, with generous pay and unusual perks. In turn, it gained prestige, donations and influence.
In January, Iran executed a former senior official who€ provided Britain with valuable intelligence on Iranian nuclear and military programs over a decade, according to Western intelligence officials.
In the investigation into Trump's efforts overturn the 2020 Georgia election, Fani Willis has signalled she'll ask the grand jury to consider charges between July 11 and September 1.
Uzbeks have been voting in a constitutional referendum that could pave the way for President Shavkat Mirziyoev to remain in power until 2040.
Over a decade ago, the Arab Spring got its start in Tunisia. Now, the country's president is tightening his authoritarian grip. The Europeans, though, have been largely silent: They need the Tunisian autocrat in the fight against illegal migration.
This petition highly opposes the policies of Prime Minister Orban, who alleged that immigration would make his country “unrecognizable” for its native people.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) Friday called on Thai authorities to release a 15-year-old student activist who was detained after allegedly defaming the nation’s monarchy. Thanalop “Yok” Phalanchai was arrested in Bangkok on 28 March after police accused her of criticising the monarchy during a protest rally in October 2022.
A Russian court has fined a 65-year-old grandmother from Siberia 1 million rubles ($12,400), the equivalent of about four years of pension payments, for posting on social media the eyewitness accounts of her Ukrainian friends in the days following Russia's invasion.
As the University of Michigan Graduate Employees’ Organization’s strike continues into its fifth week, the grading of student work remains a central issue with classes and finals having concluded for the winter term.
Panelists expressed a need for student activism. Stanford sources some of its apparel from factories that failed to pay their workers during the pandemic, according to the event speakers and data from the Workers Rights Consortium.
In April, a planned Labour Day march was cancelled after one of its organisers was said to have gone missing for four hours. Several government-registered media outlets were barred from covering a National Security Education Day event attended by Xia Baolong, Beijing’s point man for Hong Kong affairs.
YouTube Music contractors have unionized with the Alphabet Workers Union-CWA. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced the YouTube Music Content Operations Team overwhelmingly won their election for a union—with 83% of the unit of 49 workers participating.
Singer Katy Perry has lost a trademark lawsuit by Australian fashion designer Katie Perry. Katie Perry sued the pop star for allegedly infringing the designer’s trademark with her merchandise. On Friday, April 28, Justice Brigitte Markovic ruled that clothing sold during Katy Perry’s 2014 Australian tour€ breached€ designer and small business owner Katie Perry’s trademark.
Adidas is facing a class-action lawsuit from investors who claim the company didn't disclose Kanye's racism—despite knowing about his anti-Semitic comments. The German sportswear company cut ties with the rapper in October 2022 after a tirade of hateful comments. Now investors claim that senior executives at Adidas knew of anti-Semitic comments made by Kanye [...]
The return of New Jersey’s Bamboozle music festival has left many fans feeling short-changed.€ The Bamboozle festival was scheduled to take place at Atlantic City’s Bader Field on May 5 to May 7. But the city issued a statement saying it will not issue the final permit for the Bamboozle Festival to operate.
The Greeks here are doubtless "Plato, Aristotle, Socrates" (Vizzini, "Princess Bride") or around about 400 BCE, which Confucius predates while pining for an even older Golden Age, one no less hypothetical than the one Ovid would write about some time later.
All pretty much instantaneous in geologic time.
I tried out a new vantage point for sunrise viewing — a spot on the east side of the UAF hill. This spot has the advantage of some height above the trees and other structures, though ultimately the LOS hits Birch Hill and other hills to the east and north-east. This morning this clouds were not perhaps the best they could have been for sunrise effects, but it was still nice colors and a pleasant experience.
I found that sometimes listing what is bothering me[1] lets me concentrate on easing those roadblocks. As such, my obligations post helped a lot with getting things done or at least letting me get a better handle on it.
We were thinking today about food-crafts that seem simple enough to do as “hobbies” or passion projects to supplement and enrich the foods that we eat, given the — for now hypothetical — situation of having a home with a garden and ideally some land.
Note that by “simple” we're not refering to insta-success, labour-free hacks (those don't exist) but to crafts that have a relatively compact list of skills and tools required.
Those skills will still have to be learned, and mistakes will surely be made. I don't believe there is such a thing in gardening as instant gratification.
Here’s a dynamic that I’ve seen play out dozens of times in my life.
There’s a “project” (an organization, political campaign, piece of software, or just a group of people — it could be anything) that I find “very promising”. Because I’m me, anything that I consider very promising is going to be a threat to the status quo, and the powerful people who benefit from it.
The project, in every case, is not perfect: because the people who power it aren’t themselves perfect (nobody is!), their personal blind spots and biases will leave their marks. The project will almost always have problems with one or more of race/ethnicity, disability, misogyny, queerphobia, or class, because this society is particularly terrible about all of these things — and existing in such a society has made its mark on all of us.
Eventually, well-meaning people will call out these issues in good faith. These people are being brave and kind, doing the project a favor by sharing their concerns. They are giving it a chance to be something better: a greater threat to the status quo!
* Gemini (Primer) links can be opened using Gemini software. It's like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter.