More than 28,000 packages are available in Guix today, not counting
third-party channels. That’s a lot—the 5th largest GNU/Linux
distro! But it’s nothing if the one package you
care about is missing. So even you, dear reader, may one day find
your…
Have 2 or more PCs connected to a single external monitor? If you run Ubuntu (or other Linux) on one of the PCs, then here’s how to add a keyboard shortcut to switch video source on the monitor. Most external monitors today have more than one video input ports, e.g., HDMI1, HDMI2, DP1, allowing to […]
The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. Ultramarine Linux is a Fedora-based distribution featuring extra package repositories such as RPM Fusion, the Budgie (or Cutefish) desktop, and multimedia codecs. The project’s latest re…
Let’s talk about tree-shaking!But first, I need to talk about WebAssembly’s dirty secret: despite the
hype, WebAssembly has had limited success on the web.There is
Photoshop,
which does appear to be a real success. 5 years ago there was
Figma, thoug…
This article compares iptables and firewalld, two key firewall management tools in Linux. Understand their unique features, ease of use, and management capabilities to make an informed decision on the best tool for securing and managing network traffic…
GNU Parallel 20231122 (‘Grindavík’) has been released. It is available for download at: lbry://@GnuParallel:4
Quote of the month:
Got around to using GNU parallel for the first time from a suggestion by @jdwasmuth … now I’m wishing I starte…
The recent GNOME Shell 45.1 update has begun rolling out to users of Ubuntu 23.10. As the first point release issued to GNOME Shell since the GNOME 45 release in September, the update ships with an miscellaneous assortment of bug fixes, code cleanups, …
The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. rlxos is an independent Linux distribution which runs on an immutable filesystem and features the Xfce desktop. The project has made some significant changes for its latest stable releas…
by George Whittaker
Introduction
Linux systems are renowned for their robustness and efficiency, making them a preferred choice for servers, desktops, and embedded systems. However,…
The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. Proxmox is a commercial company offering specialised products based on Debian GNU/Linux, notably Proxmox Virtual Environment. The company’s latest release is Proxmox 8.1 Virtual Environm…
With the release of Firefox 120 hitting the stable software repositories of various popular GNU/Linux distributions, Mozilla has now promoted the Firefox 121 release to the beta change for public testing, so it’s time to take a look at the new features…
Fedora workstation displays Fedora logo on the desktop for the default wallpaper, now there’s an extension that can do the similar job in Ubuntu 23.10, Arch, and Manjaro Linux with GNOME 45. It’s “Logo Widget”, which allows to add any user selected image into desktop as background logo, resize and place it in top-left, top-center, […]
Guide on all the functions related to the D3.js nests collection to allow the elements in an array of objects to be grouped into a hierarchical tree structure.
Tutorial on creating a basic bar plot in D3.js in vertical and horizontal forms, animate the bar plot visualization, and change the color with the HTML button.
Practical guide on the use of conditional directives like “ifelse”, “ifdef”, and “ifndef” in makefiles to create a robust structure with the help of variables.
How to build a bubble chart in D3.js, specify the color scale to color the bubbles for each category, and add a tooltip to display the category on mouseover.
Tutorial on the process of creating the calendar template manually in Google Docs using the table and downloading the calendar template online for editing.
Tutorial on the fundamentals of batch file syntax and the tips to master it to automate the tasks on Windows systems and create efficient automation scripts.
Practical guide on the process of creating interactive batch scripts from understanding the batch files and the Command Prompt to the hands-on script creation.
Guide on the advanced makefile features like custom, eval, and subst functions to perform different tasks, build makefile components, and modify the strings.