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CentOS Alternative AlmaLinux OS Is Now Available for 64-Bit PowerPC Architecture

In an attempt to provide the community with a CentOS alternative that’s closer to parity with the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) operating system, AlmaLinux OS Foundation published today a new stable release that lets users install the distribution on 64-bit PowerPC (PPC64le) hardware. AlmaLinux OS 8.5 was released last year in mid-November based on […]

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Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS Released with Linux Kernel 5.13 and Mesa 21.2

The Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS point release is here with Linux kernel 5.13 and Mesa 21.2.6 graphics stacks from Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri). Learn more here.
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Symantec Discovers New “Highly Sophisticated” Chinese Hacking Tool

Symantec, a cybersecurity firm based in the United States, identified a highly sophisticated hacking tool that was allegedly developed by Chinese. The uncovered hacking tool is very complicated and has managed to avoid public scrutiny for over a decade. According to a US official, the finding of the malware was…

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LMDE (Linux Mint Debian Edition) 5 Beta Available for Public Testing

LMDE (Linux Mint Debian Edition) 5 Beta is now available for public testing. Many view this as good preparation for the release of Linux Mint 21. Learn more here.
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Google VPN – A VPN For Google’s Premium Users

VPN applications have become one of the most important applications in this age of censorship and bad actors who are constantly looking for information on you. No matter what device you use, there is no shortage of VPNs in the app store. In this article, I will review a VPN service…

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Review: Rockarrolla Vala-Based Jukebox Emulator

Rockarrolla is a music player that seeks to emulate a music jukebox. It’s written in the Vala programming language and published under an open-source license. Linux offers a dazzling array of free and open-source music players, ranging from the most frugal terminal-based players to huge memory-hogging players built with frameworks like Electron. We’ve reviewed the […]

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Steam Deck Linux-Powered Gaming Handheld Launches Officially

The official launch day means that Valve will start sending emails to the first batch of people who made a reservation for the Steam Deck device. If you’re reading this and you are one of the first to have made a reservation, you have 72 hours, from the moment you receive the email, to complete […]

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9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: February 27th, 2022

This week has been yet another slow week for Linux news and releases, but we got some interesting gems like the release of Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS with newer kernel and graphics stacks, a new NetworkManager release with lots of goodies, and a new release of the minimalist and portable Slax distribution (finally after so many […]

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How to Find the Date/Time when Linux OS was Installed

In this Linux quick tip, we will explore several ways to find the date your Linux operating system was installed.
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Linus Torvalds Prepares to Move the Linux Kernel to Modern C

The Linux kernel’s foundation is the ancient C89 standard of C. Now, Torvalds has decided to upgrade to 2011’s more modern C11 standard.
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Meet sc-im, an ‘Excel’ for the Terminal

sc-im is lightweight, fast, and intuitive.  Here’s what you ned to know.
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Amazing Gift Ideas for Your Crypto Obsessed Friend

People with a keen interest in trading cryptocurrency share common interests and goals. If your loved one is a crypto enthusiast, there are different ways for you to impress them when the holidays arrive. Choosing an appropriate present for someone is …

How to Install Etherpad with Nginx and SSL on Debian 11

Etherpad is a collaborative and real-time text editor for your team. In this tutorial, you will install and configure the Etherpad Real-time Collaborative Editor on the Debian 11 Bullseye.

A Promising New GNOME Login Screen Tweak Tool Appears

GDM Settings is a new GTK app for configuring the GNOME login screen from a simple GUI, with options to change background, font, top bar items, and more.
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Development Release: Linux Mint 5 Beta “LMDE”

The Linux Mint team have announced the availability of a development snapshot for Linux Mint’s “Debian Edition” (LMDE). The new beta brings the project’s Debian-based branch up to date with features from it’s main (Ubuntu-based) branch. “LMDE is a Lin…

LibreOffice Writer: Inserting QR Codes

This tutorial explains how to create and insert Quick Response (QR) codes in Writer, the word processor program of LibreOffice. Why we learn to make QR Codes? Because today, QR Codes are popular thanks to smartphones so people can quickly access …

7 Things I Want to See in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS [I Know I Won’t Get it]

With Ubuntu 22.04 LTS just around the corner, we are all waiting eagerly to experience the list of features in Ubuntu 22.04 being introduced. Without a full-fledged hands-on with Ubuntu 22.04, I can’t say for certain if it is impressive. But, I do have some thoughts on the things I want to see in Ubuntu 22.04. It’s […]

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Flatpak App of the Week: Foliate Is a Simple and Modern eBook Viewer

Written in GTK, Foliate is a great ebook viewer/reader software with lots of cool features. While its interface may look simple, don’t be fooled because Foliate comes with numerous options and nifty tools that go beyond just reading ebooks. Foliate’s user interface has two main views, Library and Catalogs. While in the Catalogs section you’ll […]

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What is utmp, wtmp, btmp, and How Do You Read Them??

Whenever you do a login, logout, or attempt to log in, everything gets recorded on your system, and there is a specific command that you can use to find out who has logged into your Linux system. In this article, you will see a binary file that is responsible for maintaining records and how to […]

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13 Top commands in Linux (Monitor Linux Server Processes)

In this article, we will learn how to monitor running processes on Linux. The Linux OS offers several commands that can be used to monitor a running process, but for checking dynamic real-time processes, we can use a command called ‘TOP. This tool enables System Administrators to determine how fully real-time processes are utilized by […]

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