This site is a collection of tips, examples and small chunks of code I’ve used over the years as I’ve worked with Linux. Mostly the items found here are for my own use but I’ve made the site public in the chance that it will help other people. If you find something useful please let me know. Also if you think something I’ve mentioned could be done better I would welcome the feedback.
Thunderbird 138 open-source email client is now available for download with new default color override for High Contrast mode on Linux and other changes. Here’s what’s new!
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This is not a drill. Thanks to WSL, you can now run a virtual instance of Arch Linux.
FreeBSD evidently found last year’s Community Survey so useful that they’re turning it into an annual event.
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BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA (Tuesday, April 29, 2025), The Free Software Foundation (FSF) today announced its plans for a hackathon to improve free/libre software in honor of its fortieth anniversary. Free software projects and hackers at any stage of t…
BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA (Tuesday, April 29, 2025), The Free Software Foundation (FSF) today announced its plans for a hackathon to improve free/libre software in honor of its fortieth anniversary. Free software projects and hackers at any stage of…
Our first goal is to get more participants involved in a local Software Freedom Day event to help get the word out about free software to people in our area. The second goal is to discuss free software in general and introduce each other to our favor…
Firefox 139 open-source web browser is now available for public beta testing with various new features and improvements. Here’s what to expect!
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Come to learn what is free software and what has the FSF been doing for the last 40 years to promote and defend software freedom. We will start with a fun quiz, then host a panel about freedom and machine learning applications followed by a short imp…
The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. The AlmaLinux project has published a new beta snapshot. The new development release seeks to improve performance and security for the 9.x series. The release announcement states: “AlmaL…
At the heart of OIN’s legal strategy is a royalty-free cross-license agreement. Here’s how it works and why it’s necessary.
At long last, Mozilla Firefox has native profile management features – and they don’t suck! The feature, which begins rolling out in today’s Firefox 138 update, is the latest “big ticket” feature the browser has belatedly sought…
Mozilla Firefox 138.0 is available to download today after 9 beta releases. Here are the new features in this monthly release. The Firefox 138.0 announcement is not ready at the moment of writing, though the download link is out. According to the Github releases page, the new Firefox release enhanced profile management support. As you […]
4MLinux 48.0 Linux distribution is now available for download with Linux kernel 6.12 LTS and support for new apps. Here’s what’s new!
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#UnplugTrump: Mach dich digital unabhängig von Trump und Big Tech – helping people to escape from Surveillance, censorship, lock-in, .. caused by proprietary software (not only US based) and supporting European projects such as GNU/Taler. May also in…
Les Logiciels Libres à l’Ère de l’Intelligence Artificielle » Cet événement réunira des étudiant·e·s, des professionnel·le·s et des passionné·e·s autour de conférences sur l’impact de l’intelligence artificielle dans le monde du libre, en mettant en …
Those looking for an easy way to “scrobble” music on Linux, no matter which music player they use, should check out a new app called Turntable. But before I go any further I should bring those unfamiliar with what a “scrobble” i…
The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. The 4MLinux project has released version 48.0 of its lightweight operating system for games, system recovery, multimedia, and network services. Version 48.0 focuses on improving multimed…
GNU libsigsegv version 2.15 is released.
New in this release:
Added support for Linux/PowerPC (32-bit) with musl libc.
Added support for Hurd/x86_64.
Added support for macOS/x86_64 with clang 15 or newer.
Optimize distinction between stack…
Think you need a laptop to connect via SSH to your Linux machine? Think again – these free Android apps make it ridiculously easy to connect from anywhere.
Think you are about to lose support for Ubuntu 20.04? Relax – extending it is way easier than what Windows users deal with, all thanks to Ubuntu Pro.