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 MoreDarktable, the popular free open-source photography and raw developer application, released new major 5.6.0 version today! The new version introduced optional AI sub-system, UI/UX and performance improvements, as well as many fixes and other changes. The AI sub-system is disabled by default. If you build Darktable from source, then you need to configure with -DUSE_AI=ON […]
Read MoreUnveiled at CES, the 14th-gen Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Aura Edition features a redesigned double-sided motherboard and modular components.
Read MoreStop using Firefox like a rookie. Here are lesser known Firefox features that will improve your browing experience.
Read MoreThe DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. The PorteuX project has published a new release, version 2.7. The new release includes updates for several desktop environments, including GNOME, COSMIC, and Plasma. “First of all, apolo…
Read MoreFFmpeg, the popular free open-source multi-media library, released the second maintenance update for its 8.1 release series a few days ago. The new version of this media library comes with more than a hundred of changes, mainly include bug-fixes, stability improvements, as well as some minor new features. First, the new version added two new […]
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If you are into rogue-like games, this one might be the one to get on Linux.
Read MoreThe DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. Home Assistant OS, or HAOS for short, has been upgraded to version 18.0. HAOS is an independently-developed, Linux-based operating system optimised to run Home Assistant, an open-source …
Read MoreMyna runs entirely on local hardware and is set to debut with Ubuntu 26.10.
Read MoreThis tutorial shows how to install the latest version of fish shell, and set it as default in Ubuntu. Though the title says for Ubuntu 26.04, it also works on Ubuntu 24.04 and 22.04. Fish, stands for Friendly Interactive SHell, is an extremely popular command line interpreter that reads your text input, interprets and tells […]
Read MoreFor starters, don’t just hand over the keys to AI agents. Any endeavor needs to remain a human-instigated, human-led endeavor.
Read MoreNVIDIA 595, the latest production branch driver, received a new update yesterday for Linux users. The new NVIDIA 595.84 release includes fixes for many games, sleep and wake up issue, and a few regressions introduced in the 580 driver series. As you may know, the NVIDIA 595 series Linux driver improved Wayland and Linux gaming […]
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Read MoreUbuntu has announced an ‘important policy update’, making beta releases mandatory for all Ubuntu flavours, no exceptions. Most flavours already hit the beta milestone every six months without issue. But until now a flavour that missed the d…
Read MoreSecure Boot has always been a nuisance for Linux users, but now that Microsoft’s 2011 certificate authorities are expiring, it’s become a real pain.
Read MoreThe release adds Lua-based hooks alongside a simpler way to see how recently a PKGBUILD was last touched.
Read MoreCanonical, the company behind Ubuntu, is making a new speech to text application. Ubuntu 26.10 is expected as the first release to include it. The new app is named myna, a bird that’s known for its ability to mimic human speech. “Press a keyboard shortcut, speak naturally, and see the resulting text appear in the […]
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