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Reasons Why Debian Is Crucial To Linux History

That August 16, 1993, a young Ian Murdock announced on Usenet “the imminent completion of a new version of Linux which I will call Debian Linux Release.”   Murdock, of course, had no idea that Debian would end up becoming an institution in the Linux world. This distribution, mother of many others (Ubuntu included), has completed 25 splendid years that have confirmed it as a crucial development in the world of Linux and Open Source.   Debian through time The name, which came from th

Linux Mint 19 "Tara" More Powerful And Stable

Linux Mint is popular with many users as a Windows alternative because the distribution is so down to earth. The creators calmly present meaningful novelties of Linux Mint 19 “Tara”, which help in everyday life, such as a timeshift function and auto-updates. Ubuntu is probably the most popular Linux variant, but Linux Mint is also very popular among users. This is now in brand new version 19, codenamed “Tara“. Because often the question arises as to whether Linux Mint is better or Ubuntu

SUSE Is Sold To EQT For $2.5 Billion

SUSE, the company behind the popular Linux distribution, OpenSUSE is going to be acquired for by EQT from Micro Focus for $2.535 billion.  SLES, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server is the main Linux distribution from SUSE available for physical, virtual and cloud. OpenSUSE is an open source Linux distribution and SUSE as its main sponsor. OpenSUSE is a very popular Linux distro among advanced Linux users who manage their own server. SUSE was founded in 1992 and it was the first compa

Endless OS Launches New Major Version For Users Who Have Less Internet Access

The developers of Endless OS have just announced the release of version 3.4 of the distribution, it is a major update and it focuses mainly on helping users to take advantage of their Internet connection when they suppose to have it. Endless OS is a distribution oriented mainly to novice users who want to pay the least attention to the installation and configuration process and instead look for something that is ready with all the basic applications they will need. This versi

Microsoft's New Operating System Based On Linux

I will start by saying that bash in Windows 10 was just the beginning and that Linux is basically an integral part of the Microsoft system. But that much-talked-about and even somewhat surprising love of Microsoft to Linux has taken an even bigger step this time: a new OS. Microsoft announced Azure Sphere OS, its first operating system based on Linux to improve the security of the Internet of Things. It is the first time in its 43 years of existence that Microsoft announces something sim

WebCatalog Allows You To Run Webapps From The Desktop In Linux

WebCatalog is a cross-platform application designed to transfer different webapps to the desktop. The idea is not something new or has not been done before, there is Mozilla Prism to testify that it has been trying to do something like that since 2009. Now, the software we are dealing with has an updated design and an interesting catalog of applications. The program works as a hub where the different services are concentrated in the main window. To be able to execute each one of them, we

Spotify For Linux

By a long shot, Spotify is the best music streaming service. You can use it on your Android phone, your web browser, or your Windows or Mac computer. It is also available for Linux desktop use (sort of). Spotify snap now available to download Spotify team released snap package for Linux. A team of developers works on the Spotify Linux client in their spare time. Spotify website suggests that the experience might not be the same as other Spotify clients. But, it’s better than not ha

What Is GitLab & Why Do So Many People Flee To It After The Purchase Of GitHub By Microsoft?

It already a fact, according to Bloomberg, Microsoft would have bought GitHub for about 2 billion dollars. Now both companies have confirmed the transaction on their official Twitter accounts. People seem to be divided between those who see something positive in Microsoft honoring their mantra of love for developers and open source while there is more than one skeptic who believes that it is the end of GitHub as we know it. The latter seems to be migrating to a platform with a rather similar

TrackMania Nations Forever Available As A Snap Application

Good news for penguin users, TrackMania Nations Forever has been released on edge channel as a snap package this information came first on snapcraft.io forum site. Most of Linux users never heard about Track Mania, because it is only available for Windows, Nintendo DS, Wii, PlayStation 4 e Xbox One users.    You must be asking yourself if this is only available for windows how did we get it on Linux? This was made possible with snap packaging, which is a powerful tool that supports many

Has Github Knocked Itself Out For Open Source Community?

Microsoft buying Github has been the talk of the town. I have never written an article on the story because I was not sure about it. Today when Microsft has confirmed that they’re buying Github for $7.5 Billion, I think we should face it. Yes, people have started talking about Github alternatives and we’ll soon cover that as well. Don’t worry! There are plenty. We're thrilled to announce that we've entered into an acquisition agreement with @Microsoft! https://t.co/4DezuXTJfV pic.twitte

Here Is What's New In Fedora 28

For those who don’t know about this Linux distro, Fedora is one of those Linux distributions that comes released with cutting-edge software rather than staying on the same boat with other distributions that prefers stability. Fedora comes in three flavors: Workstation, Server, and Atomic. I’ll be reviewing Fedora Workstation; used by many developers and users as their general purpose computing platform. Read on below to learn and discover what’s new in Fedora 28.   Fedora 28 Installatio

Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver Available To Download

Ubuntu 18.04, the latest LTS release of Ubuntu has finally been released. After massive changes and moments of waiting it is clear that canonical had something exciting for Ubuntu users. Codenamed Bionic beaver, the ubuntu 18.04 is a hit with its new features optimized for artificial intelligence and machine learning cloud support, desktop features and server support. In this article, we are going to inform you about everything you need to know about 18.04. Installation procedures, its a