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.
Read MoreThe new map view shows your location relative to the affected area, which is especially crucial headed into the US storm season.
Read MoreWith gas prices climbing ever higher, these apps help me find the cheapest fuel based on my location.
Read MoreThe initial injustice of proprietary software often leads to further injustices: malicious functionalities.
The introduction of unjust techniques in nonfree software, such as back doors, DRM, tethering, and others, has become ever more frequent. N…
Read MoreNow open-source under Apache 2.0, Gemma 4 brings offline, multimodal AI to servers, phones, and Raspberry Pi – giving developers total local control over edge and on-premises deployments.
Read MoreAI may be ‘minimally sufficient’ at most of your text work tasks by 2029, according to new MIT research. Here’s why that’s good news.
Read MoreUbuntu 26.04’s sudo-rs now includes a keypress toggle for password feedback. Switch between visible asterisks and silent input without editing a config file.
You’re reading Ubuntu 26.04’s sudo-rs gets a password feedback toggle, a blog post from …
Windows 11 users who tried to install March’s broken preview update will want to grab the new replacement.
Read MoreNVIDIA 595.58.03, the latest stable version of NVIDIA driver for Linux, is available in Ubuntu repository for the upcoming 26.04 LTS. Canonical (the company behind Ubuntu) usually supports production branch NVIDIA driver by building the packages into the restricted repository. Now, NVIDIA 595 for Ubuntu 26.04 is ready, while, the driver package for current 25.10, […]
Read MoreThe Oneisall Ease S1 litter robot saves you from scooping and is a lot more affordable than competitors.
Read MoreWith one hand holding my dog and no keyboard, I advanced two serious development projects using AI prompting, proving that the traditional coding setup may no longer be required.
Read MoreWe live in a time when two 16GB Raspberry Pi 5 boards cost the same as a MacBook Neo. Here’s why – and how to save.
Read MoreTDF has used a bylaw Collabora publicly opposed to strip over 30 of its most active developers of their membership.
Read MoreIt was rejected due to insufficient consideration for systemd-less environments like containers.
Read MoreThe DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. The Netrunner project has published a new version of its Debian-based distribution. Netrunner 26 is based on Debian 13 and ships with improved security hardening, the /tmp directory is n…
Read MoreWant to password protect your files in Linux? Here’s a stupid simple app to do the job for beginners. There are quite a few ways to secure your data in Linux, e.g., encrypt the whole disk, encrypt a folder, or compress files into encrypted archive. For individual files, the GPG (GNU Privacy Guard) command line […]
Read MoreThe latest patch provides protection against the deadly DarkSword exploit for iPhone users who have chosen to remain on iOS 18.
Read MoreFinder tags are great, but most are pretty fragile. These Ugreen Finder Pro tags are some of the toughest I’ve tested.
Read MoreThe Windows 11 setup program really, really wants you to use a Microsoft account instead of a local account. Here’s everything you need to know about your options.
Read MoreRaspberry Pi has announced a fresh round of price rises for its range of popular single-board computers, owing to industry-wide memory costs. It’s also launched a new version of the Pi 4 with 3GB RAM to sweeten the bad news, albeit somewhat. This…
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