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 […]
Read MoreThe widely used GNU C Library advances with version 2.44, featuring updates across functionality and security.
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Don’t like the snap packages? Here’s the step by step guide shows how to completely remove and block them in Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. Snap is an universal Linux package format developed by Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu. Similar to the Flatpak competitor, it runs applications in isolated sandbox environments, improving security and making possible to […]
Read MoreWine, the free open-source software for running Windows applications and games in Linux, macOS, and BSD, released new 11.14 development version. The new version added WoW64 support for FreeBSD, allowing to run 32-bit Windows applications on a 64-bit system without needing a separate 32-bit Wine installation environment. It added support for the AES-GMAC cryptographic algorithm […]
Read MoreIt’s a product announcement framed as a deployment story, with open-source appeal and enterprise pricing.
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Ventoy, the popular solution for booting .iso images from USB, released new 1.1.17 version one day ago. The new version of this free open-source software added two new Linux Distributions support, optimized Secure Boot process, and fixed many issues. Different to the traditional bootable USB creator (e.g., Rufus, UNetbootin), Ventoy create a small (around 34 […]
Read MoreGNOME, the popular Linux Desktop, finally added keyboard navigation support for its built-in screenshot UI in the main branch. Meaning if everything goes well, the next Ubuntu 26.10, Fedora 45 Workstation and other Linux with GNOME 51, will be able to use keyboard arrow keys to move or resize the screenshot selection area. As you […]
Read MoreAs usual, Canonical is using an interim release to test features headed for the next LTS. Her, we keep a track of the features as they are added.
Read MoreThe DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. Aiden McClelland has announced the release of a major new version of StartOS, a Debian-based Linux distribution optimised for personal servers, available for AArch64, riscv64 and x86_64 …
Read MoreThe DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. Saeed Badreldin has announced the release of Helwan Linux 5.0, a significant update of the project’s Arch-based distribution designed primarily for developers: “We are proud to announce …
Read MoreLuckily, a fix is already out, shipped as a security update.
Read MoreWhile many projects are warming up to AI, Codeberg went the other way.
Read MoreThe DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. The UBports project has published a new feature update, UBports 24.04-2.0, which introduces web browser updates and support for “notch” areas in output displays. “Ubuntu Touch 24.04-2.0 …
Read MoreLibreOffice, the office suite that’s default many Linux such as Ubuntu, Fedora, and openSUSE, released new 26.2.5 version today. The new version of this free open-source office suite is the fifth maintenance update for the 26.2 branch, which features only bug fixes and stability improvements. For macOS and Windows, the open-source 2D graphics library Skia […]
Read MoreThe DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. The Shadowfetch Linux distribution is a Debian-based project which features the Plasma desktop. The latest release of Shadowfetch, version 2.0.0, enables automatic Btrfs snapshots prior …
Read MoreMore widgets are coming to Firefox’s New Tab page, including an interactive crossword puzzle powered by the AI news reader Particle. The mini crossword game is updated daily, with puzzles based around recent content Particle‘s AI has ingest…
Read MoreUbuntu is finally going to remove the /etc/debian_version file to close a bug that was reported almost 21 years ago on July 31, 2005. The Debian and Ubuntu developer, Benjamin Drung, announced the decision on Ubuntu Devel channel: Hi everyone, any objection to remove /etc/debian_version from base-files? /etc/os-release has been the de-facto standard in the […]
Read MoreFor users switching from Windows, this tutorial shows you how to enable the Windows style “My Computer” (it’s now “This PC”) navigation item in the left pane of Ubuntu 26.04 default file manager. Nautilus (aka GNOME Files) used to have a “Other Locations” item in left pane, allowing to take a quick glance at local […]
Read MoreCodeberg, the nonprofit alternative to GitHub used by number of popular FLOSS projects, will no longer host software that’s “mostly” AI-generated. A vote closed yesterday (22 July, 2026), passing 358 to 144 with 14 abstentions on roug…
Read MoreAlthough every VMware user knows that nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky, the security firm Codenotary is offering free security for up to 25 machines running AlmaLinux — with no expiration date.
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