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gcl @ Savannah: GCL 2.7.1 has been released

Greetings! 

Greetings!  The GCL team is happy to announce the release of version

2.7.1, the culmination of many years of work and a major development

in the evolution of GCL.  Please see http://www.gnu.org/software/gcl for

downloading informat…

3rd Party Apps Might Refuse to install due to Ubuntu Pro [Quick Fix]

For old Ubuntu 20.04 and Ubuntu 22.04 with Ubuntu Pro enabled for extended 5 years of Extended Security Maintenance (ESM) updates support, it might sometimes cause 3rd party apps refuse to install and even output unmet dependency issue. This is because ESM apps have higher package priority 510, while most others are default to 500. […]

Gary Benson: Python antipattern: Close in finally

Don’t do this:
thing = Thing()
try:
thing.do_stuff()
finally:
thing.close()

Do do this:
from contextlib import closing

with closing(Thing()) as thing:
thing.do_stuff()

Why is the second better? Using contextlib.closing() ties closin…

Overclock / Downclock GPU & Limit Power in Ubuntu via LACT

Want to give more control of your graphics card in Ubuntu & other Linux? Here’s a graphical to do the job. It’s LACT, a free open-source GTK4 application written in Rust. With it, you may monitor and control NVIDIA, Intel, and AMD GPUs with following options: View detailed GPU information. Control GPU fan speed. Overclock […]

How to Verify Debian and Ubuntu Packages Using MD5 Checksums

The post How to Verify Debian and Ubuntu Packages Using MD5 Checksums first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .Have you ever wondered why a given binary or package installed on your system does not work according to your
The post Ho…

Distribution Release: SparkyLinux 7.7

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. Paweł Pijanowski has announced the release of SparkyLinux 7.7, the latest update of the project’s set of lightweight distributions based on the current stable release of Debian: “The 7th…

GNUnet News: GNUnet 0.24.1

GNUnet 0.24.1

This is a bugfix release for gnunet 0.24.0.
It fixes some regressions and minor bugs.

Links

Source:

https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gnunet/gnunet-0.24.1.tar.gz

(

http…

FSF Events: Community meetup Toronto Canada

Come for the pizza, stay for the free and open source hardware and software demos! All fediverse friends are welcome!

FSF Blogs: Interview with Mia Bajić

grep @ Savannah: grep-3.12 released [stable]

This is to announce grep-3.12, a stable release.

It’s been nearly two years! There have been two bug fixes and many
harder-to-see improvements via gnulib. Thanks to Paul Eggert for doing
so much of the work and Bruno Haible for all the testing an…

Ubuntu Unity vs. GNOME: Choosing the Right Ubuntu Experience for Your Workflow

by George Whittaker

Ubuntu is one of the most popular Linux distributions, renowned for its ease of use, extensive community support, and frequent updates. While the core of Ubuntu rem…

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…