Apache Solr is an open-source search platform built on Apache Lucene, designed to create powerful application search and indexing capabilities. In this guide, you’ll learn how to install Apache Solr on Ubuntu 24.04 server.
Read MoreSixteen new GNU releases in the last month (as of February 28, 2025):
Read MoreRemember Digg? The once-upon-a-time go-to site for finding cool things on the internet recommended by an audience of peers? Well, it’s coming back, and owned by one of its original co-founders, along with a co-founder of Reddit.
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Is Huawei planning to ship Linux on its upcoming MateBook laptops instead of HarmonyOS NEXT? A fresh leak out of China this week suggests so. Huawei is no stranger to selling laptops with Linux. Various models in its MateBook 13, 14, 15, and MateBook X…
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Introduction
For decades, Linux and BSD have stood as two dominant yet fundamentally different branches of the Unix-like operating system world. While Linux distri…
Read MoreKeePass password manager released new 2.58 version few days ago. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu through PPA. KeePass 2.58 improved its graphical user interface with some new options. It added Ctrl+H keyboard shortcut for the ‘Show/hide password using asterisks’ option in report dialogs. The password generator dialog now displays the average estimated quality […]
Read MoreKeePass password manager released new 2.58 version few days ago. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu through PPA. KeePass 2.58 improved its graphical user interface with some new options. It added Ctrl+H keyboard shortcut for the ‘Show/hide password using asterisks’ option in report dialogs. The password generator dialog now displays the average estimated quality […]
Read MoreIf you’re looking for a tiling window manager that has more style, Hyprland is one try — and it just might change the landscape as well.
Read MorePipeWire 1.4 open-source multimedia server is now available with RISC-V support, MIDI2 support, PipeWire JACK control API, and other changes. Here’s what’s new!
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Mozilla announced the new 136.0 release of its Thunderbird email client on Tuesday! It’s NOT ESR, but desktop release channel that updates every month! As you may know, Mozilla’s Firefox web browser has a rapid release channel that updates every 4 weeks, and ESR channel releases major updates every year. Now, it uses the similar […]
Read MoreMozilla announced the new 136.0 release of its Thunderbird email client on Tuesday! It’s NOT ESR, but desktop release channel that updates every month! As you may know, Mozilla’s Firefox web browser has a rapid release channel that updates every 4 weeks, and ESR channel releases major updates every year. Now, it uses the similar […]
Read MoreGoodbye, Skype! You probably won’t be missed.
Read MoreLearn how to screen record application windows and selected area with OBS Studio in this tutorial.
Read MoreAdding skills and certifications is a great way to advance your career, and for the next couple of days, the Linux Foundation is having a sale!
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The animated film "Flow" won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature at the 97th Academy Awards held on March 2, 2025 and Blender was a part of it.
Read MoreAn out-of-this-world command line for Linux and MacOS users, Starship is simple to install and customize. I’ll show you how.
Read MoreThe website does a great job ‘talking about, reviewing, and keeping up to date with open source operating systems.’ Here’s why Distrowatch is often misunderstood.
Read MoreEarlier this year Ubuntu announced plans to replace document viewer app Evince with Papers, a modern GTK4/libadwaita fork1 of the former, in Ubuntu 25.04—today, the swap was made official. Papers is a fork of Evince that is actively maintained and make…
Read MoreThere’s a lot of “one hand washing the other” in this collaboration: TuxCare gains cred by contributing to Trend’s proprietary platform, AlmaLinux gains another reason for potential users to choose it over the competition, and Trend now has something t…
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