FSF Events: Community meetup in Athens, Greece

We are celebrating FSF 40 – connect with us and discuss software freedom!

FSF Events: Community meetup in Thessaloniki, Greece

We are celebrating FSF 40 – connect with us and discuss software freedom!

Distribution Release: Feren OS 2025.03

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. Dominic Hayes has announced the release of Feren OS 2025.03, a significant update of the project’s desktop-oriented Linux distribution with KDE Plasma as the preferred desktop, now based…

Linus Torvalds built Git in 10 days – and never imagined it would last 20 years

Git is celebrating its 20th anniversary. Here’s why Torvalds never intended for it to stick around.

Distribution Release: Pardus 23.4

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. Pardus is a GNU/Linux distribution jointly developed by the Scientific & Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) and National Academic Network and Information Centre (ULAKBİM)…

Bootable USB Creator Rufus Released v4.7 with Zstd Support

Rufus, the popular free open-source app to create bootable USB flash drives or Live USBs, released new 4.7 version last night with new features. Rufus, stands for The Reliable USB Formatting Utility with Source, is a Windows only app originally designed to create DOS bootable USB flash drives. But, it now supports a variety of […]

My 6 must-have Linux apps for productivity, and why they make work easier

Thinking about switching to Linux but worried about missing key apps? You might be surprised by how many productivity tools are available.

termbin: A Secure Way to Share Terminal Output Online

The post termbin: A Secure Way to Share Terminal Output Online first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .In the world of troubleshooting and collaborative debugging, sharing command-line output and error logs is an essential task. Wh…

Distribution Release: Regata OS 25.0.3

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. Josué Vicente has announced the release of an important update of Regata OS, an openSUSE-based distribution with KDE Plasma 6.3, focusing on desktop and gaming. The latest version is lab…

Distribution Release: Regata OS 25.0.3

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. Josué Vicente has announced the release of an important update of Regata OS, an openSUSE-based distribution with KDE Plasma 6.3, focusing on desktop and gaming. The latest version is lab…

FOSS Weekly #25.15: Clapgrep, APT 3.0, Vibe Coding, AI in Firefox and More

APT 3.0 brings useful new improvements to apt commands.

FOSS Weekly #25.15: Clapgrep, APT 3.0, Vibe Coding, AI in Firefox and More

APT 3.0 brings useful new improvements to apt commands.

ONLYOFFICE + LocalAI: AI Document Editing Setup on Ubuntu

The post ONLYOFFICE + LocalAI: AI Document Editing Setup on Ubuntu first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .If you want to edit your documents, spreadsheets, and presentations using an AI model locally deployed on your Ubuntu machin…

gzip @ Savannah: gzip-1.14 released [stable]

This is to announce gzip-1.14, a stable release.

Most notable: “gzip -d” is up to 40% faster on x86_64 CPUs with pclmul
support. Why? Because about half of its time was spent computing a CRC
checksum, and that code is far more efficient now.  Eve…

The easiest way to try out Ubuntu Linux

Don’t have a spare computer? Afraid the installation will be too difficult? Here’s a simple way to try out the OS without so much as a reboot.

IPFire Linux Firewall Gets Post-Quantum Cryptography Support for IPsec Tunnels

IPFire 2.29 Core Update 193 Linux firewall distribution is now available for download with post-quantum cryptography support for IPsec tunnels, updated components, and other changes.
The post IPFire Linux Firewall Gets Post-Quantum Cryptography Support…

Install G’MIC Plugin for GIMP 3.0.x in Ubuntu

This is step by step guide shows how to install the G’MIC plugin for GIMP 3.0 series in Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 24.04, Ubuntu 24.10, and higher. GREYC’s Magic for Image Computing, G’MIC short, is a popular free open-source image processing software. It can work as plugin for GIMP, Krita, Photoshop, etc. with more than 600 […]

Linux Mint Introduces More Regex Filters to Nemo

Finding the exact files you want in the Nemo file manager will soon be easier and faster. Linux Mint is bringing ‘enhanced’ search functionality to the next major version of its GTK-based Nemo file manager (which is likely to see release th…

Fwupd 2.0.8 Adds New Plugins to Update the UEFI Signature Database and KEK

Fwupd 2.0.8 open-source Linux firmware updater is now available for download with two new plugins to update the UEFI Signature Database and KEK. Here’s what’s new!
The post Fwupd 2.0.8 Adds New Plugins to Update the UEFI Signature Database and KEK appe…

Linux Mint Debian Edition Is Getting Support for OEM Installations with LMDE 7

Linux Mint Debian Edition is getting OEM support with the LMDE 7 release based on the Debian GNU/Linux 13 “Trixie” operating system.
The post Linux Mint Debian Edition Is Getting Support for OEM Installations with LMDE 7 appeared first on 9to5Linux – d…