Looking for a sweet new Linux distro to try? Vanilla OS 2 ‘Orchid’ has been released. Compared to the first first release of Vanilla OS in 2023 a lot has changed. Vanilla OS 2 is now built atop Debian (Sid). The distro announced its switch from Ubuntu last year to enable it to provide a…
There’s a moment every Linux user eventually hits, you need to access something on a remote machine, but it’s not exposed to the internet. Maybe it’s a database running on port 5432, a local web app on port 3000, or a service hidden behind a firewall. The “obvious” solution is to punch a hole in…
DistroWatch.com: ArchBANG Linux Last Update: 2026-07-01 17:10 UTC ArchBang Linux is a lightweight distribution based on Arch Linux. Using the labwc Wayland compositor, it is fast, up-to-date and suitable for both desktop and portable systems. Besides GreenBANG, the project also develops a distribution called SwayBang featuring the Sway Wayland compositor. Popularity (hits per day): 12…
Every time your server needs to look up a domain name, it sends a DNS request to another DNS resolver. If it’s asking for the same domains over and over, those repeated requests still have to travel across the network, even though the answer probably hasn’t changed. For example, imagine a web application that connects…
When Lumo (partner link) launched last year, I took it for a spin to see what Proton’s foray into AI assistants looked like. I found out that the open source AI assistant ran quite well for a new launch. And a few months later, Lumo 1.3 brought Projects to the assistant, letting me bundle related…
