Features
Magic Potion
Functional programming with Elixir
Developers will appreciate Elixir's ability to build distributed, fault-tolerant, and scalable applications.
Fast and Fluid
Digital audio workstation Tracktion T6 at a glance
The Tracktion digital audio workstation is finally taking off as it reaches version 6.
On the Trail
Root out rootkits
Detect rootkits, worms, and other malware with chkrootkit.
NIC Check
Managing your network interface with ethtool
If ping won't solve your network configuration issues, try ethtool, a powerful utility that lets you manage configuration settings for your network interface card.
Salt and Pepper
Hashes, salt, and pepper
Cryptographic hash functions help you protect your passwords, but hashing is only secure if properly understood.
On the Canvas
The latest ad tracking tricks and what to do about them
We'll tell you about some powerful new ad tracking techniques and how you can stop them.
Open Emu
QEMU 2 as a versatile virtualization platform
The new version of QEMU is a free virtualization solution that offers excellent stability and flexibility. We show how to deploy QEMU 2 in a Live environment.
Getting Parallel
Creating parallel applications with the Julia programming language
Parallel processing is indispensable today – particularly in the field of natural sciences and engineering. Normal desktop users, however, can also benefit from higher performance through parallel execution with at least four calculation cores.
Members Only
Manage membership data through your website with Admidio
Admidio manages membership data online no matter what the platform and also manages event dates, times, and participants elegantly.
Sparklines
Conditional formatting in LibreOffice spreadsheets
Integrate graphical information alongside the data it represents with conditional formatting and sparklines.
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Linux Hits an Important Milestone
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Plasma Bigscreen Returns
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CachyOS Now Lets Users Choose Their Shell
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Wayland 1.24 Released with Fixes and New Features
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Bugs Found in sudo
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Fedora Continues 32-Bit Support
In a move that should come as a relief to some portions of the Linux community, Fedora will continue supporting 32-bit architecture.
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Linux Kernel 6.17 Drops bcachefs
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ONLYOFFICE v9 Embraces AI
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Two Local Privilege Escalation Flaws Discovered in Linux
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