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How to Install and Use Flatpak on Linux

In Linux, there are many avenues for installing a software package. You can use the package managers such as APT for Debian-based distributions and YUM for RHEL-based distributions. If the packages are not available
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How to Install and Use Thonny Python IDE on Linux

Thonny is an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for Python beginners. It is created with Python and released under MIT License. It is cross-platform and can run in Linux, macOS, Windows. Related Article: 10 Best
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Sysmon – A Graphical System Activity Monitor for Linux

Sysmon is a Linux activity monitoring tool similar to Windows task manager, was written in Python and released under GPL-3.0 License. This is a Graphical visualization tool that visualizes the following data. By default
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A Basic Guide to Linux Boot Process

Every time you power on your Linux PC, it goes through a series of stages before finally displaying a login screen that prompts for your username or password. There are 4 distinct stages that
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How to Install Fedora 41 Server with Screenshots

The post How to Install Fedora 41 Server with Screenshots first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .Fedora 41, the latest version of the Fedora operating system, was released on October 29, 2024, which is a community-supported
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How to Install Microsoft Edge Browser in Linux

Long gone days where Microsoft products are not open-source and architected only for Windows. In their efforts to make a strong footprint in the Linux market, Microsoft has announced on “Microsoft Ignite 2020” Edge
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How to Install and Use i3 Window Manager on Linux

Written in C language, the i3wm ( i3 Windows Manager ) is a lightweight, easy-to-configure, and hugely popular tiling windows manager. Unlike the conventional desktop environment, a tiling manager provides just sufficient functionality to
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PipeWire Late Summer Update 2020

Wim Taymans did an internal demonstration yesterday for the desktop team at Red Hat of the current state of PipeWire. For those still unaware PipeWire is our effort to bring together audio, video and pro-audio under Linux, creating a smooth … Continue reading

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Taskotron is EOL (end of life) today

As previously announced, Taskotron (project page) will be shut down today. See the announcement and its discussion for more details and some background info. As a result, certain tests (beginning with “dist.“) will no longer appear for new updates in Bodhi (in Automated Tests tab). Some of those tests (and even new ones) will hopefully … Continue reading Taskotron is EOL (end of life) today

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Stay informed about QA events

Hello, this is a reminder that you can easily stay informed about important upcoming QA events and help with testing Fedora, especially now during Fedora 32 development period. The first obvious option for existing Fedora contributors is to subscribe to the test-announce mailing list. We announce all our QA meetings, test days, composes nominated for … Continue reading Stay informed about QA events

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7 Best Linux Distros For Programmers

Linux distributions allow you to not only browse the web but also to work on any other necessary tasks. The Linux kernel is very flexible and it enables developers to make any modifications and contributions they want. Besides, Linux can run on any har…

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Disabling kinetic scrolling in Firefox

In Firefox 70, there is a new feature called kinetic scrolling [1]. If you scroll the web page using trackpad (or possibly touchscreen), the scroll event will not stop immediately after releasing your fingers, but it will gradually slow down, as if a rotating wheel slowly stops. After using it for a short while, I … Continue reading Disabling kinetic scrolling in Firefox

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Increase Your Linux Experience 10 Folds with These Distros Sample

The moment an individual hears the word ‘Linux’, his mind starts thinking about the codes and complexities. Are you also one of these? If yes, then the time has come to bust the myth. Gone are the days when Linux was traditionally used just by the code…

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New Fedora package: ntfs-3g-system-compression

If you have a Windows 10 installation, you might not be able to read all files on its NTFS partition. Under certain conditions, Microsoft compresses system files with new compression algorithms which the ntfs-3g driver can’t currently read. Files are displayed with question marks when listed using ls, and you’ll see Input/output error or unsupported … Continue reading New Fedora package: ntfs-3g-system-compression

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PSA: System update fails when trying to remove rtkit-0.11-19.fc29

Recently a bug in rtkit packaging has been fixed, but the update will fail on all Fedora 29 pre-release installation that have rtkit installed (Workstation has it for sure). The details and the workaround is described here:

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Whitelisting rpmlint errors in Taskotron/Bodhi

If you submit a new Fedora update into Bodhi, you’ll see an Automated Tests tab on that update page (an example), and one of the test results (once it’s done) will be from rpmlint. If you click on it, you’ll get a full log with rpmlint output. If you wish to whitelist some errors which … Continue reading Whitelisting rpmlint errors in Taskotron/Bodhi

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Insanely Awesome Web Interface for Your Git Repos

Almost 80-90 people visit How To: Install and Configure GitWeb everyday in search of setting up a web interface for their git repositories. Though gitweb is nice, it’s a bit painful to setup and the web interface is not that appealing. The other day I received this email from Klaus Silveira Hello Kulbir, I saw your article … 

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News: ATI Catalyst Drivers 10.2 Released. No Fedora 12 Support.

After almost a month, ATI has come up with a new version 10.2 of its Catalyst (fglrx) drivers. The drivers can be download from ATI Catalyst™ 10.2 Proprietary Linux x86 Display Driver Page. As AMD is famous for doing nothing but just incrementing versions of there software, even this version doesn’t support xorg-1.7.4. But if … 

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News : ATI Catalyst Drivers 10.1 Released. Test them now!

After a long, really long wait, AMD has released the next version 10.1 of its ATI Catalyst display drivers (fglrx) for Linux. The drivers can be download from ATI Catalyst™ 10.1 Proprietary Linux x86 Display Driver Page. As previous version turned out to be a big turn off for Fedora community and AMD took a … 

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