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Distribution Release: Commodore OS Vision 3.0

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. Commodore OS Vision is a 64-bit Linux distribution which maintains a retro C64 style and ships with many games pre-installed. The project’s latest release, version 3.0, includes over 200…

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With Android 16, the Linux terminal gets all the space it needs

The latest Android 16 beta lets Pixel phone users allocate as much storage for the Linux terminal as needed.

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Debugging and Profiling Linux Applications with GDB and strace

by George Whittaker

Debugging and profiling are critical skills in a developer’s toolbox, especially when working with low-level system applications. Whether you’re tracking down a seg…

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FSF Events: Free Software Directory meeting on IRC: Friday, April 25, starting at 12:00 EDT (16:00 UTC)

Join the FSF and friends on Friday, April 25 from 12:00 to 15:00 EDT (16:00 to 19:00 UTC) to help improve the Free Software Directory.

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Ghostty DEBs Now Available for Ubuntu 25.04

Ghostty terminal fans needn’t fear an upgrade to Ubuntu’s latest release, as a community packaging effort just added Ghostty DEB packages for Ubuntu 25.04. The Ghostty Ubuntu project was set up was the aim of providing “Ubuntu/Debian …

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Distribution Release: CRUX 3.8

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. The CRUX distribution is a lightweight operating system with software added to the distribution through a collection of application ports. CRUX 3.8 is the first release in about three ye…

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The 5 Linux AppImages I depend on daily – and how to add them to your desktop menu

AppImages have come a long way in recent years. Here’s why you should check them out if you haven’t already, and a few of my favorites to start with.

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TrueNAS 25.04 Arrives with Thousands of Changes

One of the most popular Linux-based NAS solutions has rolled out the latest edition, based on Ubuntu 25.04.

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These 6 lightweight Linux apps let older PCs run blazing fast

Migrating your aging Windows 10 computer to Linux? Try these essential, lightweight apps – my favorites for keeping older machines humming along. And they’re all free.

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Miss old-school Linux? This distro will take you back to the early 2000s

This Linux distro is a nostalgic treat.

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My two favorite AI apps on Linux – and how I use them to get more done

I was totally against AI until I found two tools that make handling all the research I do every day much easier.

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Scribus 1.6.4 Released with New Python Script Functions (Ubuntu PPA)

Scribus, the popular free open-source desktop publishing software, released new 1.6.4 version yesterday. This is a maintenance release for current 1.6 stable release series. It features only some bug-fixes and few minor new features. According to the official release note, Scribus 1.6.4 improved Python scripting support for advanced users, by adding new functions, and a […]

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DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 1118

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. This week in DistroWatch Weekly:
Review: Fedora 42
News: Fedora plans to make most packages reproducible, Nitrux introduces new portable package tools, PINE64 updates multiple devices r…

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Jose E. Marchesi: SUPPER, a “modern” stropping regime for Algol 68

A draft of a proposed GNU extension to the Algol 68
programming language has been published today at https://algol68-lang.org/docs/GNU68-2025-004-supper.pdf.

SUPPER stropping in Algol 68
This new stropping regime aims to be more ap…

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9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: April 20th, 2025

The 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup for April 20th, 2025, brings news about Fedora Linux 42, Ubuntu 25.04, VirtualBox 7.1.8, LXQt 2.2, MX Linux 23.6, KDE Gear 25.04, GNOME 48.1, NVIDIA 575 beta, Linux 6.13 EOL, as well as all the latest distro and software up…

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Tuning Local LLMs With RAG Using Ollama and Langchain

Interested in taking your local AI set up to the next step? Here’s a sample PDF-based RAG project.

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gperf @ Savannah: GNU gperf 3.3 released

Download from https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gperf/gperf-3.3.tar.gz

New in this release:

Speedup: gperf is now between 2x and 2.5x faster.

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Linux Kernel 6.13 Reaches End of Life, It’s Time to Upgrade to Linux Kernel 6.14

Linux kernel 6.13 reached end of life and all users are now recommended to upgrade their systems to the latest Linux 6.14 kernel series as soon as possible.
The post Linux Kernel 6.13 Reaches End of Life, It’s Time to Upgrade to Linux Kernel 6.14 appea…

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Parallels Desktop 20.3 Brings Linux VM Fixes to Mac Users

The fourth major release in the Parallels Desktop 20 series has been released, bringing a stack of fixes for running Windows, macOS and Linux virtual machines on macOS. Yes, I did say macOS. I know; at first blush it seems odd for an Ubuntu blog to cov…

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The Top Five — For the Week Ending April 18, 2025

Did you miss this week’s top articles? Here are the five most read article on FOSS Force for the week that just ended.

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