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.
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Read MoreFirefox 150 is released this week with an enhanced Split View features, multi-tab sharing and a clutch of welcome PDF editor improvements. Split View debuted in Firefox 149 last month, letting you easily view two web-pages side-by-side in a single tab …
Read MoreParabolic, the popular application for downloading web video and audio, released new 2026.4.0 version today. The new version of this free open-source yt-dlp front-end finally added macOS support, by introducing new macOS app built using the GNOME (GTK/libadwaita) version of Parabolic, with yt-dlp, deno, ffmpeg and other Parabolic dependencies in bundle. It also added a […]
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Read MoreDear community
The GTK client 5.0.2 of the GNU Health Hospital and Health Management system has been released!
This is a maintenance patchset that fixes the following issues:
Unknown icon error when registering gnu health local icons
Swap…
Read MoreA fork created amid claims of censorship and anti‑DEI posturing is now in the news for the same reason: not how it renders pixels, but how it treats people.
The post When Your Xorg Fork Is More About DEI Than Display Servers appeared first on FOSS Forc…
GIMP 3.2.4, the second maintenance update of the 3.2 major release series, was released yesterday. The new version of this popular GTK-3 based image editor continued improving UI/UX experiences, fixed various issues, and added new function for plugin developers. The 3.2.4 now shortens long file names in the Welcome dialog’s Create page, while, user may […]
Read MoreThe post How to Install Claude Desktop on Linux Without Wine first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .In this guide, we’ll explain what claude-desktop-debian is, how to build the native package without wine, and how to connec…
Read MoreThe post mktemp: Create Secure Temporary Files Easily in Linux first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .The mktemp command in Linux creates temporary files and directories with unique, unpredictable names, which is the safest way to…
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News: FreeBSD Foundation publishes list of compatible laptops, Haiku makes progress on ARM64 port, Mint to extend its development cycl…
Bug fixes arrive in GIMP 3.2.4, the latest maintenance update for the current 3.2.x stable series. Assorted improvements made since GIMP 3.2.2 dropped in March include a variety of layer workflow tweaks, like ensuring certain actions, like ‘Layer…
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Read MorePods, the graphical front-end for Podman, released version 3.0.0 in last week. The new version of this free open-source Gnome application implemented a new backend architecture to support multiple container engines. Not only Podman, it now also works with your Docker containers. In the “new connection” dialog choose either Podman Unix Socket or Docker Unix […]
Read MoreTesting the latest Google, Samsung, and Motorola phones has only made me appreciate last year’s models more. Here’s why.
Read MoreI enabled Personal Intelligence, connected my Google apps, and now Gemini guesses what I want without me saying it.
Read MoreYour mouth can say things faster than your hands can type them, yet voice typing is rarely used as a primary input method on desktop (most of us think nothing of it on mobile). That’s despite speech-to-text being available on desktop OSes for dec…
Read MoreHP’s ZBook 8 G1i eschews a breezy build and marathon battery for a traditional business workstation approach.
Read MoreThe DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. GhostBSD is a desktop operating system based on FreeBSD. The project’s latest release, version 26.1, is the first of the GhostBSD series to be based on FreeBSD 15.0. “We are excited to a…
Read MoreThe DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. The Solus project has published a new version, Solus 4.9 “Polaris”, which introduces a few changes to service management, the installer, and its four desktop editions (Budgie, Plasma, GN…
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