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jdSystemMonitor is billed as an advanced, desktop-independent system monitor for Linux. It aims to provide as much information about your system as possible, focusing on process management.

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If you’re starting your journey in the world of system administration or want to automate your tasks on Linux, then learning shell scripting is a must. Shell scripting is a powerful way to interact with the operating system and perform tasks quickly and efficiently.

This guide will walk you through everything you need to know, from absolute basics to more advanced scripting concepts that system administrators use every day.

The post Learning Shell Scripting: A Guide from Newbies to System Administrator appeared first on Linux Today.

Version:next-20250515 (linux-next) Released:2025-05-15

Oregon State University’s Open Source Lab may shut down without $250K in funding. Projects like Gentoo, Debian, Fedora, etc., rely on it.

The post Iconic Open Source Hub Appeals for Lifesaving Donations appeared first on Linux Today.

Highlights of Calibre 8.4 include a new option to generate KEPUB files that have better text justification at the cost of gaps in highlighting when used on a Kobo ebook reader and support for extending the background image specified in the Style section of the E-book viewer preferences under the page margins.

The post Calibre 8.4 Open-Source Ebook Manager Improves KEPUB Output, Fixes Bugs appeared first on Linux Today.

Hyprland 0.49 tiling Wayland compositor is out with permission management, breaking changes, new protocols, and many fixes.

The post Hyprland 0.49 Introduces Fine-Grained Permissions appeared first on Linux Today.

DOSBox-X is an enhanced fork of the original DOSBox emulator, which replicates a complete MS-DOS environment and adds modern features such as better hardware support, customizable UI, long filename support, and improved compatibility with a wide variety of software.

It is actively maintained and continues to be ported to Linux, Windows, macOS, and other platforms thanks to its use of the Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL).

The post How to Run Old DOS Games and Apps Using DOSBox-X appeared first on Linux Today.

Calibre 8.4 adds improved KEPUB output for better text justification on Kobo, with new features in the e-book viewer and several key bug fixes.

The post Calibre 8.4 E-book Manager Brings KEPUB Enhancements appeared first on Linux Today.

Whonix is an operating system focused on anonymity, privacy and security. It is based on the Tor anonymity network, Debian GNU/Linux and security by isolation. Whonix consists of two parts: One solely runs Tor and acts as a gateway, which is called Whonix-Gateway. The other, which is called Whonix-Workstation, is on a completely isolated network. Only connections through Tor are possible. With Whonix, you can use applications and run servers anonymously over the Internet. DNS leaks are impossible, and even malware with root privileges cannot find out the user's real IP.

Inside this week's LWN.net Weekly Edition:

• Front: Home Assistant; YaST; bpfilter; Flatpak; More LSFMM+BPF 2025 coverage.
• Briefs: Screen security; Guix on Codeberg; Postgres I/O; GNOME executive director; Nextcloud blog; Podman 5.5.0; OSL sustainability; Quotes; ...
• Announcements: Newsletters, conferences, security updates, patches, and more.

At the Linux Application Summit (LAS) in April, Sebastian Wick said that, by many metrics, Flatpak is doing great. The Flatpak application-packaging format is popular with upstream developers, and with many users. More and more applications are being published in the Flathub application store, and the format is even being adopted by Linux distributions like Fedora. However, he worried that work on the Flatpak project itself had stagnated, and that there were too few developers able to review and merge code beyond basic maintenance.

Version 5.5.0 of the Podman container-management tool has been released. Notable features include the addition of a podman machine cp command to copy files into a running Podman VM, a podman artifact extract command to copy contents of an OCI artifact to disk, and a --mount=artifact option to mount OCI artifacts into containers. See the release announcement for a full list of improvements and bug fixes.

From servers in a data center to desktop computers, many devices communicating on a network will eventually have to filter network traffic, whether it's for security or performance reasons. As a result, this is a domain where a lot of work is put into improving performance: a tiny performance improvement can have considerable gains. Bpfilter is a project that allows for packet filtering to easily be done with BPF, which can be faster than other mechanisms.

openSUSE Leap 16 Beta is now available, adopting SELinux by default, offering a stable base from SLE 16, kernel 6.12, GNOME 48, KDE 6.3, and more.

The post openSUSE Leap 16 Beta Launches with Wayland and SELinux by Default appeared first on Linux Today.

TagStudio is a photo and file organization application with an underlying tag-based system that focuses on freedom and flexibility. Read our review.

The post Tagstudio Is an Impressive Tag-Based Photo and File Organization Program appeared first on Linux Today.

The United Nations became the latest large organization to embrace this collaborative office suite when it used it to replace Google Forms. Here’s what you need to know about the open-source project.

The post UN Drops Google for CryptPad, an Encrypted Open-Source Office Suite appeared first on Linux Today.

The Linux kernel is the core component of any Linux operating system, managing hardware resources and system processes.

In this guide we will be installing Kernel 6.13.11, which has been released a while go, coming with changes:

The post How To Install Kernel 6.13.11 On Ubuntu, Debian And Derivative Systems appeared first on Linux Today.

Docker Desktop 4.41 launches on the Microsoft Store, brings Model Runner to Windows with GPU support, Compose and Testcontainers integration.

The post Docker Desktop Lands on Microsoft Store appeared first on Linux Today.

With just a couple of lines added to a configuration file, you can reduce keystrokes, avoid typing errors, and make working in the terminal feel smoother. In this guide, we’ll explore what these settings do, how to enable them, and why they matter. If you’re already familiar with other Bash productivity hacks like reusing the last argument with !$, this is a natural next step.

The post Bash Inputrc Tricks: Smarter Tab Completion appeared first on Linux Today.

Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (emacs, firefox, gnutls, java-17-openjdk, java-21-openjdk, osbuild-composer, python39:3.9, and thunderbird), Arch Linux (screen), Debian (varnish), Fedora (chromium), Gentoo (Atop, FreeType, and Spidermonkey), Mageia (java-1.8.0-openjdk, java-11-openjdk, java-17-openjdk, java-latest-openjdk and postgresql15, postgresql13), Oracle (389-ds-base, emacs, firefox, kernel, libsoup, libtiff, mod_auth_openidc:2.3, nodejs:20, nodejs:22, osbuild-composer, python39:3.9, qemu-kvm, ruby, ruby:3.1, ruby:3.3, and thunderbird), Red Hat (.NET 8.0, .NET 9.0, avahi, buildah, corosync, delve and golang, exiv2, expat, firefox, ghostscript, gimp, git, grafana, gvisor-tap-vsock, java-21-openjdk, kernel, kernel-rt, libarchive, libjpeg-turbo, libsoup, libsoup3, libxslt, mod_auth_openidc, nginx, nginx:1.22, nginx:1.24, nodejs22, nodejs:20, nodejs:22, opentelemetry-collector, osbuild-composer, perl, php, php:8.2, php:8.3, podman, python-jinja2, redis, redis:7, rhc, ruby:2.5, skopeo, sqlite, thunderbird, tomcat, tomcat9, valkey, vim, xorg-x11-server-Xwayland, xterm, xz, yelp, and yggdrasil), Slackware (screen), SUSE (apparmor, dirmngr, gimp, golang-github-prometheus-node_exporter, java-11-openj9, java-17-openj9, java-21-openj9, libxmp-devel, python311-Django4, rabbitmq-server313, rke2, and transfig), and Ubuntu (abseil and open-vm-tools).