Tag: operating systems
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No More Win10? Use Free10!!
Don’t know how to quit Windows 10? This Linux distro is for you – and it’s free:Free10 is a repacking of the Q40S Linux distribution and it makes an outstanding option for anyone looking to migrate from Windows to Linux! Since I started covering Linux and open-source technology in the late 1990s, my goal has…
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Win10 Users Urged To Upgrade
Cybersecurity firm ESET is urging Windows 10 users to upgrade to LINUX or Windows 11 to avoid a “security fiasco” as the 10-year-old operating system nears the end of support in October 2025. “It’s five minutes to twelve to avoid a security fiasco for 2025,” explains ESET security expert Thorsten Urbanski. “We strongly advise all…
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Linux Running on Raspberry Pi Hazard3 RISC-V Cores
Developer Jesse Taube Gets Linux Up and Running on the Raspberry Pi RP2350’s Hazard3 RISC-V Cores!This Buildroot-based basic Linux distribution runs natively on the RP2350’s Hazard3 RISC-V cores — albeit not very quickly. Developer Jesse Taube has become the first to successfully boot a minimal Linux distribution on the Raspberry Pi Pico 2’s RP2350 microcontroller…
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This week in Plasma: 6.2 beta release
Technically Akademy isn’t part of Plasma, but most of KDE’s movers and shakers were here in Würzburg for Akademy 2024 this week, so the list of technical work merged was understandably light; we were all busy with conference things! I’ve already blogged about my Akademy experience separately; check it out here if you’re interested. Despite…
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Secure your Linux Laptop or PC
How to Make Your Linux Laptop More Secure in 7 Steps. Chances are that part of the reason you broke away from Microsoft and switched to Linux is the open-source OS’s reputation for greater security. That doesn’t mean your Linux distro is impenetrable, though, and certainly not out of the box. Here are seven steps…
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ArchInstall Speeds Up Mirror Loading, Downloads
Archinstall 2.8.2 Arch Linux Installer Speeds Up Mirror Loading and DownloadWork continues on the new Curses-based menu with support for text input menu, scrolling functionality for previews, and more. Archinstall 2.8.2 has been released today as the latest version of the official menu-based installer for the Arch Linux distribution bringing some performance improvements and bug…
