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Unix died because of endless incompatibilities between versions. Linux succeeded on servers and everywhere else because it ...

The new pearOS distro is a Romanian project that picks up the concepts behind the original Pear Linux from 2011 and updates ...

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Kali Linux has released version 2025.4, its final update of the year, introducing three new hacking tools, desktop environment improvements, the preview of Wifipumpkin3 in NetHunter, and enhanced ...

Abstract: To improve the fault-tolerant operation ability of the doubly salient electro-magnetic machine (DSEM) in case of loss-of-excitation, the turns of DSEM winding are designed accordingly.