We know that using swap space instead of RAM can severely slow down the performance of Linux. So then, one might ask, since I have more than enough RAM available, wouldn't it better to remove swap space completely?

The short answer is, No. There are performance benefits when swap is enabled, even when you have more than enough RAM.

Read the full thing at https://haydenjames.io/linux-performance-almost-always-add-swap-space/

The new Firefox Quantum browser from Mozilla brough tons of new features and updates. It is now faster, lighter and more organized than ever it was before. However, with the new Firefox Quantum technologies which detached the older APIs used for complete themes and other add-ons, users were having a hard time customizing the browser's interface.

https://fosspost.org/tutorials/how-to-customize-firefox-57-user-interface

Just as a reminder, Mageia is an off-spring from the famous Mandriva family that survived when the Mandriva tree crashed.

Read the full thing at http://linuxblog.darkduck.com/2017/08/mageia-6-is-it-rise-of-phoenix.html

The whole Mageia community is extremely happy to announce the release of Mageia 6, the shiny result of our longest release cycle so far! It comes with many new and exciting features, a new range of installation media and the usability and stability that can be expected from any Mageia release. See the Release Notes for extensive details.

Read the full thing at https://blog.mageia.org/en/2017/07/16/announcing-mageia-6/

We all love paintings. Paintings are a sort of art that are mystically beautiful, exploring and blazing. Nowadays on Linux, there are many powerful applications that are available for painting and drawing purposes but Krita is one of them that stands out of everything.

Read the full thing at http://www.linuxandubuntu.com/home/krita-creative-sketching-and-painting-application-for-linux

In an extraordinary blog post that I have yet to fully digest, Mark Shuttleworth has announced that Canonical is to end its investment in Unity 8, Mir, Ubuntu for phones and tablets, and will no longer pursue its goal of "convergence"

Read the full thing at http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/04/ubuntu-18-04-ship-gnome-desktop-not-unity

If you're a Linux user who upgraded to Firefox 52 only to find that the browser no longer plays sound, you're not alone.

Firefox 52 saw release last week, and it makes PulseAudio a hard dependency - meaning ALSA only desktops are no longer supported.

Read the full thing at http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/03/firefox-52-no-sound-pulseaudio-alsa-linux

We the Cacti Group are proud to release the following:

Cacti 1.0.0
Spine 1.0.0

Important Security Fixes
CVE-2014-4000 PHP Object Injection Vulnerabilities
CVE-2016-2313 allows remote authenticated users who use web authentication to bypass intended access

Important Updates

Remote data collectors (Pollers)
Network discovery and automation
Device management automation
Enhanced user, group and domain management
User interface enhancements
Additional RRDtool graph option support
Merged almost 20 plugins into core

http://forums.cacti.net/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=56794

Most of the time when we see a code snippet online to do something, we often blindly copy paste it to the terminal. Even the tech savy ones just see it on the website before copy pasting. Here is why you shouldn't do this.

Read the full thing at https://lifepluslinux.blogspot.ca/2017/01/look-before-you-paste-from-website-to.html

I would like to introduce my new application SystemdGenie. Some of you may be familiar with systemd-kcm, a KCM module I wrote for managing systemd. SystemdGenie is basically systemd-kcm transformed into a proper application.

Read the full thing at https://rthomsen6.wordpress.com/2016/12/18/introducing-systemdgenie/