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I changed 7 settings on my Samsung phone to significantly improve the battery life

Your Samsung phone may already have decent battery life, but a few adjustments can make that even more enduring.

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Euphonica – Cool New GTK4 MPD Client Work in Process

For users of Music Player Daemon (MPD in short)? Here’s cool new client app in development for Linux desktop! It’s euphonica, a free open-source app written Rust programming language and uses GTK4 + LibAwaita for modern user interface that’s well integrated with GNOME desktop. Meaning, the app window is adaptive and changes automatically according to […]

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How to disable motion interpolation on your TV – and why it’s a must according to experts

Motion smoothing may make your gameplay appear smoother, but it hurts overall film quality. Here’s how to turn it off.

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Firefox Add-Ons Website Revamps Listing Pages

Firefox Add-Ons are a crucial element of this open source browser, and finding good ones that work well, important. A design change aims to help.
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GNU Linux-Libre 6.16 Kernel Is Now Available for Software Freedom Lovers

GNU Linux-Libre 6.16 kernel is now available for download. This release is based on Linux kernel 6.16 and it’s targeted at those who seek 100% freedom for their personal computers.
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Distribution Release: HeliumOS 10

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. HeliumOS is an atomic and immutable distribution which is built upon AlmaLinux OS. The project has published HeliumOS 10 which uses Btrfs as the efault filesystem, zsh for the shell, and…

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Audacious 4.5 Open-Source Audio Player Adds Playback History Plugin, Winamp 2.9 Skin

Audacious 4.5 open-source media player arrives with a new Playback History plugin, Winamp 2.9 skin, improved PipeWire output plugin, and more. Here’s what’s new!
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Linux Kernel 6.16 Officially Released, This Is What’s New

Linux kernel 6.16 is now available for download with new features, enhanced hardware support through new and updated drivers, improvements to filesystems and networking, and much more. Here’s what’s new!
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FSF Blogs: FSD meeting recap 2025-07-25

Check out the important work our volunteers accomplished
at today’s Free Software Directory (FSD) IRC meeting.

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Testing New Linux Kernels on Ubuntu is About to Get Easier

Canonical announces a new strategy for Ubuntu development releases, now offering upstream Linux kernels for earlier testing and (hopefully) better stability.
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How I upgraded my soundbar audio quality for free – and 4 other methods to give it a boost

A soundbar is the first step to bringing cinematic sound into your home, but a few simple tweaks can elevate the experience even further.

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I changed 12 settings on my Android phone to extend its battery life by hours

Consider these expert-vetted tips and tricks to make your device last up to hours longer – no matter the brand.

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Slow home internet? Here are 3 things I always check first to regain fast Wi-Fi speeds

Here’s how to adjust your router settings to dial into the best internet speeds – no expensive upgrades required.

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FreeBSD Promises a Full Desktop Installer

FreeBSD has lacked an option to include a full desktop environment during installation.

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How Flatpak, AppImage, and Snap are changing software distribution

Modern-day package systems solve some problems posed by classic formats like DEB and RPM. We look at Flatpak, AppImage, and Snap and describe how they differ.

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Linux Magazine Full Feed 2025-07-28 11:06:33

Chronicler Zack Brown reports on isolating patch submissions by type, and quantum security.

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Linux Magazine Full Feed 2025-07-28 11:06:29

Nate explores the top FOSS including the latest bookmarking service, a fish-themed maze game, and some promising offerings from Microsoft.

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Custom-built security tools

The Debian-based Securonis Linux features a comprehensive set of graphical security tools. We talk to its creator about some of its custom features.

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The Kettle Boils

Several years ago, the Linux crowd was spending a lot of time waiting for Linux to arrive and explode onto the general PC consumer market. Every year was supposed to be "the year of the Linux desktop." Ubuntu, in particular, had grand ambitio…

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Project automation with the Just task runner

Just is a command runner that lets you define project-specific tasks in a declarative justfile.

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