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 MoreLightDM, Ubuntu’s former display manager, has had its first new release in four years – and the first under a new set of maintainers. LightDM v1.33.0 is a ‘catch up’ release that adds Qt6 support (Qt5 still works, don’t worry) a…
Read MoreQEMU, the open-source virtualizer and virtual machine monitor, released new 11.1.0 version one day ago. The new version of this software introduced many new features support for ARM, PowerPC, RISC-V emulation, improved QMP/HMP monitoring support, and fixed various issues. QEMU 11.1.0 added support for very recent ARM CPU architectures, especially the newer FP8 + SVE/SME […]
Read MoreThe funds will go towards keeping the project up and running.
Read MoreThis is a step by step guide shows how to install the Claude Desktop App in Debian, Ubuntu, Linux Mint, and their based Linux Distributions. The Claude Desktop for Linux is so far a Beta app that provides the same Chat, Cowork, and Claude Code experience as on macOS and Windows. Supported Hardware & OSes: […]
Read MoreThe post Rio Terminal Emulator for Linux: Speed Up Your Command-Line Workflow first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .Rio is a GPU-accelerated terminal emulator written in Rust that gives you built-in tabs, splits, and a command pa…
Read MoreThe next version of GNOME Shell, out in September, is ‘likely’ to include a redesigned search experience. In current versions of the desktop, when you start a search from the GNOME Shell overview, a dedicated search results screen replaces …
Read MoreOpenAI has announced a preview release of the official ChatGPT Desktop app for Linux. Compared to using ChatGPT in a browser tab, the GUI desktop app can run Codex in your local repos, hook into and control other apps via extensions, handle ChatGPT Wor…
Read MoreThey have already cracked Xbox game downloads, and macOS support is also being worked on.
Read MoreThe local AI scene is more fragmented than the Linux distro landscape.
Read MoreLocalSend, the popular AirDrop alternative application for Linux, Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS, released new 1.18.0 version. The new version of this popular free open-source application added initial command line interface (CLI) support, allowing to send or receive files in terminal or server without graphical desktop environment. The new CLI starts in interactive mode. It […]
Read MoreThe idea is to use Raspberry Pi as an always-on Hermes backend while using it from the computer(s).
Read MoreThe work-in-progress feature would clear out old, unused kernels automatically every week.
Read MoreLinux Mint 22.3, the popular Ubuntu 24.04 based Linux Distribution, got a Hardware Enablement update by releasing new 7.0 Kernel HEW ISO images. The new update features Linux Kernel 7.0 provided by Ubuntu 24.04 (backported from Ubuntu 26.04), enabling new hardware support and better performance. The new kernel features improved gaming support for old AMD […]
Read MoreThe wallpaper competition for Ubuntu 26.10, Stonking Stingray, is now open for submission! Top TWO of the 3 categories will be included in the .iso images. Everyone can participate, by either submitting an image taken from a camera or made by digital creative tools, or just voting your favorite ones! And, you can get cool […]
Read MoreGNU poke (http://www.j … rch.net/poke) is an interactive, extensible
editor for binary data. Not limited to editing basic entities such
as bits and bytes, it provides a full-fledged procedural,
interactive programming language designed to descr…
Read MoreSparkleShare’s funding success shows that grants can revive struggling open source projects—but only if maintainers can find the organizations ready to support them.
The post SparkleShare Finds Funding—and an Unintended Lesson for Open Source appeared …
The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. SparkyLinux is a Debian-based distribution with a variety of desktop editions. The project’s latest version, SparkyLinux 8.4, reintroduces 32-bit support for x86 machines. “A year ago, D…
Read MoreUnless a kernel patch is a valid security fix, it will be rejected if it was created using AI.
Read MoreLinux Mint has announced an overhaul in its kernel management, and will now automatically delete old kernels once a week. Kernel management is moving out of Update Manager and into the System Administration tool on both standard and LMDE versions and i…
Read MoreThe CLI installer’s new experimental profiles target the upcoming Server Edition, while Shelly gets a full rewrite.
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