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 MoreOracle VirtualBox 7.2.16, the eighth maintenance update for the 7.2 series, was released on Tuesday. The new version of this virtualization software contains only some fixes and performance improvements. For Linux host running on recent Intel platform with FRED (Flexible Return and Event Delivery) enabled (e.g., Fedora 44 on Core Ultra Series 3 laptops), there […]
Read MoreThe post frp: Access Local Services Behind NAT Without Port Forwarding first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .frp is a fast reverse proxy written in Go that lets a machine behind NAT accept internet traffic through a
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KDE, Techpaladin, and Kubuntu Focus have announced a new initiative that will provide at least three years of support for KDE Plasma 6.6 LTS and related software.
Read MoreMozilla has released Firefox 154 with some small AI-related changes, an ‘improved’ full-page translations and faster video seeking on “all operating systems” – or not, as I explain further down. Firefox 154 serves as the final m…
Read MoreBuilt on AlmaLinux with bootc, it promises atomic updates and zero manual upkeep.
Read MoreFor those who have computers or laptops with Synaptics / Validity fingerprint sensors, there’s a new pull request contains the driver for libfprint, the default fingerprint library in most Linux Distributions. As you might know, libfprint has a list of unsupported devices. It includes many Lenovo Thinkpad and HP laptops with 138a and 06cb sensors. […]
Read MoreFounding members AMD, EPAM, and Renesas already put in the groundwork, and there’s a new Premier Plus membership tier to go with it.
Read MoreThe DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. Mainstream OS, an Arch-based, user-friendly Linux distribution with a highly customised desktop that uses the Quickshell toolkit on top of the Hyprland compositor, has been updated to ve…
Read MoreFirefox 154.0, the August release of this popular open-source web browser, is available to download. The new version of this browser added new setting option to choose a different Firefox icon. It’s however only available for Windows .exe installation so far, while the support for Linux, macOS, and MSIX installations is coming soon. It so […]
Read MoreThe post 5 Ways to Test TCP and UDP Ports in Linux Using nc, nmap, ss, and Bash first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .Telnet is missing from almost every modern Linux install, but you can still test TCP or UDP ports with nc,
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I recently re-encountered my favourite ‘error’ dialog in Ubuntu, which is thrown by the distro’s App Center (snap-store), which is the default GUI software management tool. I don’t see it often, but when I do it (un)helpfully in…
Read MoreThey say never judge a book by its cover, and few do if said book is a dictionary, but what about desktop dictionary apps? I recently came across Wordbook, a modern English-English dictionary powered by OpenEnglish WordNet and eSpeak for pronunciations…
Read MoreThe company’s VP of Engineering expects WSL users to outnumber native Ubuntu desktop users within months.
Read MoreThis is a step by step beginner’s guide shows how to install the GCC 16 compiler in Ubuntu 24.04 / Linux Mint 22.x, Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 20.04, and even the old Ubuntu 18.04. GCC 16 is so far the latest major version of the GNU Compiler Collection. It’s available in Ubuntu 26.04 repository but non-default. […]
Read MoreEarlier it was screen and now a days tmux. But there are many more terminal multiplexers out there worth exploring.
Read MoreThe website pairs proprietary programs with free and open-source replacements, then provides useful details to help users compare their options.
The post OpenAltFinder Connects Users With FOSS Alternatives to Nonfree Apps appeared first on FOSS Force.
Linux 7.2, the new major kernel version, was released on Sunday! Linus Torvalds announced this kernel on lkml: Well, this last week of the release was – once again – bigger than I would have wished for, but hey, with the whole “new normal” thing, if I delayed releases for that reason we’d probably never […]
Read MoreI am happy to announce a new major release of GNU poke, version 5.0.
GNU poke 5.0 release is now available at
https://ftp.gnu.o … e/poke-5.0.tar.gz
The tarball is signed and you can get the PGP signature at
https://ftp.gnu.o … ke-5.0.tar….
Read MoreAMD’s Radeon driver also picks up HDMI 2.1 support, and Apple M3 MacBooks can now boot the kernel.
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