The 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup for February 23rd, 2025, brings news about Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS, Mesa 25.0, KDE Plasma 6.3.1, PeaZip 10.3, Linux kernel 6.13 on Ubuntu, as well as all the latest distro and software updates.
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A set of four cool new window opening and closing animations got added to gaudy GNOME Shell extension Burn My Windows this weekend. A veritable Linux eye-candy essential, Burn My Windows makes it easy to apply a variety of visual effects to Ubuntu when…
Inquiring minds want to know if a potential candidate’s opposition to OSI’s Open Source AI Definition is the reason it pulled a previously unknown time zone rule out of a magic hat to deny his nomination.
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It’s not pretty when Trump’s personality starts to rub off onto tech billionaires who don’t really deserve their wealth, but will pay any price to hold onto it.
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GNU Parallel 20250222 (‘Grete Tange’) has been released. It is available for download at: lbry://@GnuParallel:4
Quote of the month:
Use GNU Parallel and thank me later
— pratikbin | NodeOps @pratikbin
New in this release:
No new…
This is a step by step beginner’s guide shows how to install and setup the latest Wireshark network protocol analyzer software in Ubuntu 24.04, Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 20.04, and Linux Mint 22/21. Wireshark is a popular free open-source software to capture and display real-time details of network traffic. It’s available in Ubuntu system repository, but […]
PeaZip 10.3 open-source and free archive manager is now available for download with better integration with the GNOME and KDE Plasma desktops, a new Linux theme, and other changes. Here’s what’s new!
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A new alpha release of System76’s emergent Rust-based COSMIC Desktop environment is out with a clutch of important improvements, bug fixes, and new features in tow. Although COSMIC is very much a work-in-progress (i.e., unfinished, feature incomp…
In a move that might shock a lot of users, the Gnome development team has proposed the idea of going straight up Flatpak.
https://www.theverge.com/news/615975/tado-smart-thermostat-tests-app-fee
We’re revising our weekly news quiz which we pretty much abandoned three or four years ago. In this, the second quiz since the reboot there are 11 questions, just like the New York Times New Quiz. So, how much did you pay attention this week to open so…
It’s like reading the Old Testament: Star Writer begat StarOffice who begat OpenOffice, which begat LibreOffice. All but the standalone version of Star Writer battled with Microsoft’s Office suite in the marketplace arena.
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The second point release of Ubuntu 24.04 LTS released! Ubuntu Team announced it yesterday afternoon: As usual, this point release includes many updates and updated installation media has been provided so that fewer updates will need to be downloaded after installation. These include security updates and corrections for other high-severity bugs, with a focus on […]
The post How to Enter Single User Mode in AlmaLinux 8/9 first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .Single user mode, also known as rescue mode, is a minimal environment in Linux that allows system administrators to perform
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The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. Florent Jacquet has announced the release of Ubuntu 24.04.2, a minor update to the 24.04 LTS series: “The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the release of Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS (Long-Term …
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Introduction
Memory management is a critical aspect of modern operating systems, ensuring efficient allocation and deallocation of system memory. Linux, as a robus…