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Linux, as we know, is a kernel and not a complete operating system, and it ships with a variety of distributions, such as Debian, Fedora, and Ubuntu, among others.

Ubuntu, developed by Mark Shuttleworth, is one of the most popular and widely used distributions worldwide. Being open-source and free, Ubuntu has frequent updates and annual releases, with contributions from thousands of developers who work on its development.

But how does Ubuntu function internally? What processes and events drive its operations, and why are they significant? This article provides an in-depth understanding of the internals of Ubuntu, making it accessible even for beginners.

The post Understanding Ubuntu’s Event-Driven System Architecture appeared first on Linux Today.

For the most part, the 6.13 merge window has gone smoothly, with relatively few problems or disagreements — other than this one, of course. There is one other exception, though, relating to the kernel's presentation of a process's command line to interested user-space observers when a relatively new system call is used. A pull request with a simple change to make that information more user-friendly ran afoul of Linus Torvalds, who has his own view of how it should be managed.

Security updates have been issued by Debian (mpg123 and php8.2), Fedora (libsndfile, mingw-glib2, mingw-libsoup, mingw-python3, and qbittorrent), Oracle (pam:1.5.1 and perl-App-cpanminus), Red Hat (firefox, thunderbird, and webkit2gtk3), Slackware (mozilla), SUSE (firefox, rclone, tomcat, tomcat10, and xen), and Ubuntu (gh, libsoup2.4, libsoup3, pygments, TinyGLTF, and twisted).

To provide an insight into the quality of software that is available, we have compiled a list of 13 impressive remote desktop servers. Many of these servers are a complete solution as they include a desktop client.

The post 13 Best Free and Open Source Remote Desktop Servers appeared first on Linux Today.

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Powered by Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, elementary OS 8 is here featuring Secure Sessions, app permissions, and inclusive design. Here’s more on that!

The post elementary OS 8 Marries Beauty with Functionality appeared first on Linux Today.

Firefox 134 looks like a very small release promising only support for touchpad hold gestures on Linux, allowing users to interrupt kinetic (momentum) scrolling by placing two fingers on the touchpad. This feature was initially planned for Firefox 133, but it was delayed as it was needed for testing.

The post Firefox 134 Enters Beta, Promises Support for Touchpad Hold Gestures on Linux appeared first on Linux Today.

In this blog post, we will discuss various methods to convert a Unix timestamp to a human-readable string in Linux with examples.

The post How To Convert Unix Timestamps To Strings In Linux appeared first on Linux Today.

A new approach to developing the Linux kernel may have far-reaching benefits beyond the Linux world.

The post Beyond Upstream First: The Linux Kernel Contribution Maturity Model appeared first on Linux Today.

Based on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat) and powered by Linux kernel 6.8, elementary OS 8 introduces a new Secure Session to ensure apps respect your privacy and require your consent, a brand new dock with productive multitasking and window management features, and PipeWire as the default media server.

The post elementary OS 8 “Circe” Officially Released, Based on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS appeared first on Linux Today.

One of the most interesting changes in KDE Plasma 6.2.4 is support for enabling the HDR mode on GNU/Linux distributions using the NVIDIA 565.57.1 (beta) or later graphics driver for NVIDIA GPU users and Linux kernel 6.11 or later for Intel GPU users. Using previous versions of the NVIDIA graphics driver and Linux kernel results in an unstable HDR experience.

The post KDE Plasma 6.2.4 Re-Enables HDR Mode for Users on NVIDIA 565 and Linux 6.11 appeared first on Linux Today.

VORAGO Technologies, a leading provider of radiation hardened and radiation tolerant MCUs and MPUs for Aerospace and Defense, and Collabora, a leader in open source software and support, today announced they are partnering to advance the use of open source to achieve resilience for mission critical applications in space.

The post VORAGO Technologies and Collabora Partner to Advance Open Source in Space appeared first on Linux Today.

Arch Linux is popular as a base for other Linux distributions; examples of Arch-derivatives include EndeavourOS, Manjaro, Parabola, and SteamOS. There's one small problem: the control files used to describe how to build packages for Arch Linux have no stated license. That creates a bit of uncertainty about the rights and responsibilities for the downstream derivatives. So far, that doesn't seem to have been a problem, nor has it stopped other projects from assuming that reuse is allowed. However, the Arch project is looking to add some clarity by explicitly assigning a liberal license to its package sources. Currently the project is in the process of reaching out to contributors to see if they have any objections.

Mozilla has announced the release of Firefox 133.0. Notable in this release is the addition of a new anti-tracking feature, Bounce Tracking Protection, which detects trackers based on redirect behavior and automatically purges their cookies and site data to thwart tracking. The release also includes various security fixes and more.

Security updates have been issued by Debian (pypy3), Fedora (chromium, cobbler, and libsoup3), Oracle (kernel), SUSE (glib2, govulncheck-vulndb, javapackages-tools, xmlgraphics-batik, xmlgraphics- commons, xmlgraphics-fop, libblkid-devel, opentofu, php8, postgresql, postgresql16, postgresql17, thunderbird, traefik, and ucode-intel), and Ubuntu (needrestart and rapidjson).

The Kali SOC in AWS project enables the deployment of a Security Operations Center (SOC) in AWS, utilizing the Kali Linux toolset for purple team activities. This environment is ideal for honing skills in security operations, threat detection, incident response, and training scenarios.

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Over time, as you use your Ubuntu system, it can accumulate unnecessary files, packages, and old updates that take up valuable disk space. Cleaning up your system regularly helps maintain its performance and free up space for important files.

In this article, we will explore several terminal commands that you can use to clean up your Ubuntu system easily.

The post Speed Up Ubuntu – Clean Unused Packages with Terminal appeared first on Linux Today.

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Emmabuntüs is a desktop Linux distribution with editions based on Debian's Stable branch with both the Xfce and LXQt desktop environments available. It strives to be beginner-friendly and reasonably light on resources so that it can be used on older computers. It also includes many modern features, such as large number of pre-configured programs for everyday use, dockbar for launching applications, easy installation of non-free software and media codecs, and quick setup through automated scripts. In addition, this distribution addresses accessibility issues, for both installation and day to day usage, and includes a large set of applications supporting visually impaired people. The distribution supports English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish languages.

YunoHost is a Debian-based distribution which strives to make it easy to quickly set up a server and host web applications. The distribution can be managed through a custom command line utility or through a web-based administration panel.