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 MoreCanonical has shared a new Ubuntu Concept image for the CIX P1, an Armv9 SoC powering single-board computers like the Radxa Orion O6 and Orange Pi 6 Plus. The image is based on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS and ships with a Linux 7.0 kernel from CIX’s open-so…
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Review: Sylve on FreeBSD
News: Debian commits to reproducible builds, Debian publishes updated install media, Haiku introduces SMP support on ARM64 proc…
Roborock and Ecovacs models consistently deliver market-leading performance, there are clear reasons to buy one over the other.
Read MoreA new version of Broadcom’s free virtualisation software VMware Workstation Pro is out with been support Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. VMware Workstation Pro 26H1, along macOS counterpart VMware Fusion Pro, both support the latest long-term support version o…
Read MoreThe best NAS storage devices of 2026 offer effortless storage solutions for home and professional use. These are our favorites including hardware we use ourselves.
Read MoreThe DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. Shasheen Ediriweera has announced the release of Rescuezilla 2.6.2, the latest version of the project’s Ubuntu-based specialist distribution with tools for system recovery. This version …
Read MoreThe DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. RakuOS is an immutable Linux distribution based on Fedora, with a choice of KDE Plasma, GNOME and COSMIC desktops. The project’s latest release is based on Fedora 44 and introduces some …
Read MoreThe DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. RakuOS is an immutable Linux distribution based on Fedora, with a choice of KDE Plasma, GNOME and COSMIC desktops. The project’s latest release is based on Fedora 44 and introduces some …
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Btw, it is lightweight, open source, and not built on Electron.
Read MoreThe good news is there’s already a patch. The bad news is that the fix isn’t available for all Linux distributions yet. Here’s what you can do in the meantime.
Read MoreFrom Copy Fail to Dirty Frag to Fragnesia and ssh-keysign‑pwn: AI‑driven bug hunters are turning the Linux kernel into a shooting gallery.
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Two council members have retracted their approval votes after people raised concerns.
Read MoreFedora 44 is out, and in this post we’d like to highlight the top Fedora Quality contributors who helped us reach the finish line. Releasing Fedora is a shared effort, and Fedora wouldn’t be a high-quality distribution without its community. Every single person who helped us detect and resolve issues, or verify that things work … Continue reading Heroes of Fedora Quality for Fedora 44
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In the recent weeks I’ve been engaging Prot as an Emacs coach to help
with doing review passes over my upcoming ffs package as I work on
polishing and documenting it in preparation for offering it for
inclusion in GNU ELPA.
UPDATE 2026-05-15 08:5…
Read MoreIf you’ve been itching to upgrade to Ubuntu 26.04 LTS from Ubuntu 25.10, good news: the upgrade path has finally been enabled, as of 14 May, 2026. Ubuntu 26.04 LTS released over a month ago, with GNOME 50, Linux 7.0 and new default apps. Snap app…
Read MoreOpen-source cleaning tool BleachBit has gained a text-based user interface (TUI) as an optional alternative to its standard graphical frontend. Unlike BleachBit’s existing CLI, which is intended for non-interactive use in scripts, the TUI is full…
Read MoreFedora Hummingbird brings the same approach to the host OS as it does to containers to level up security.
Read MoreThe kernel vulnerabilities and their fixes.
Read MoreFedora 44 is fast, stable, and surprisingly flexible. It can do much more than you might expect.
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