Tag: technology

  • Win 10 Only Has A Year of Support Left

    Win 10 Only Has A Year of Support Left

    Windows 10 only has a year of support: 12 months left to keep Copilot off your desktop or learn Linux! Have you been putting off upgrading to Windows 11 ever since it launched? If you want your rig to be as secure as possible, you don’t have long left until you pretty much have to.…

  • New Malware helps steal money from ATMs

    New Malware helps steal money from ATMs

    North Korean hackers are using a new Linux variant of the FASTCash malware to infect the payment switch systems of financial institutions and perform unauthorized cash withdrawals. Previous variants of FASTCash targeted Windows and IBM AIX (Unix) systems, but a new report by security researcher HaxRob reveals a previously undetected Linux version that targets Ubuntu…

  • Why Linux Is the Best Place to Learn Coding

    Why Linux Is the Best Place to Learn Coding

    If you’ve dreamed of learning to code, you may wonder how to start. Linux might be the best OS to start your programming journey in. You’ll be in good company for learning how to program how professionals do. Here are several reasons why what’s good for them is good for you as a new programmer.…

  • Switching Linux to BSD because boring is Good

    Switching Linux to BSD because boring is Good

    One of Stefano Marinelli’s NetBSD boxes sat quietly serving for a decade, because everyone forgot about it. This is how Unix is meant to be. After this year’s Open Source Summit in Vienna, the Reg FOSS desk travelled to Dublin for the 2024 EuroBSDCon. One of the talks at the event was from the man who built that…

  • AMD Ryzen beats Intel Lunar Lake

    AMD Ryzen beats Intel Lunar Lake

    AMD Ryzen AI 300 Series Dominates Intel Core Ultra 7 Lunar Lake Performance For Linux Developers & Creators! Written by Michael Larabel Earlier this week I delivered initial Intel Xe2 Lunar Lake graphics benchmarks on Linux while today the focus is on Lunar Lake’s CPU performance. The Xe2 graphics performance under Linux was disappointingly slow…

  • Checking NVMe SSD Temps

    Checking NVMe SSD Temps

    This simple tutorial shows how you can check the temperature of your NVMe SSD on Linux using both terminal and GUI methods. Recently, NVMe, short for Non-Volatile Memory Express drives, has become the go-to storage option for modern desktops. Unlike traditional hard drives, NVMe drives are significantly faster, allowing for quicker boot times, faster file…