Pichai and Zuckerberg Aren’t Musk, But That Doesn’t Keep Them From Trying

It’s not pretty when Trump’s personality starts to rub off onto tech billionaires who don’t really deserve their wealth, but will pay any price to hold onto it.
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parallel @ Savannah: GNU Parallel 20250222 (‘Grete Tange’) released [stable]

GNU Parallel 20250222 (‘Grete Tange’) has been released. It is available for download at: lbry://@GnuParallel:4

Quote of the month:

  Use GNU Parallel and thank me later

    — pratikbin | NodeOps @pratikbin

New in this release:

No new…

How to Install Latest Wireshark 4.4.4 in Ubuntu 24.04 | 22.04

This is a step by step beginner’s guide shows how to install and setup the latest Wireshark network protocol analyzer software in Ubuntu 24.04, Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 20.04, and Linux Mint 22/21. Wireshark is a popular free open-source software to capture and display real-time details of network traffic. It’s available in Ubuntu system repository, but […]

PeaZip 10.3 Archive Manager Improves Integration with GNOME and KDE Plasma

PeaZip 10.3 open-source and free archive manager is now available for download with better integration with the GNOME and KDE Plasma desktops, a new Linux theme, and other changes. Here’s what’s new!
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Distribution Release: NuTyX 25.02.5

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. NuTyX is a French Linux distribution (with multi-language support) with a custom package manager called “cards”. The distribution’s latest snapshot is version 25.02.5 which introduces a …

FSF Blogs: FSD meeting recap 2025-02-21

Check out the important work our volunteers accomplished
at today’s Free Software Directory (FSD) IRC meeting.

COSMIC Desktop Alpha 6 Released with Many Changes

A new alpha release of System76’s emergent Rust-based COSMIC Desktop environment is out with a clutch of important improvements, bug fixes, and new features in tow. Although COSMIC is very much a work-in-progress (i.e., unfinished, feature incomp…

Gnome Developers Consider Dropping RPM Support

In a move that might shock a lot of users, the Gnome development team has proposed the idea of going straight up Flatpak.

remotecontrol @ Savannah: Tado told users it would start charging for its app

https://www.theverge.com/news/615975/tado-smart-thermostat-tests-app-fee

The FOSS Force Almost Open Tech News Quiz (2/21/25)

We’re revising our weekly news quiz which we pretty much abandoned three or four years ago. In this, the second quiz since the reboot there are 11 questions, just like the New York Times New Quiz. So, how much did you pay attention this week to open so…

No, LibreOffice Doesn’t Turn 40 This Year, but StarOffice Would if It Were Still Around

It’s like reading the Old Testament: Star Writer begat StarOffice who begat OpenOffice, which begat LibreOffice. All but the standalone version of Star Writer battled with Microsoft’s Office suite in the marketplace arena.
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Ubuntu 24.04.2 Released with HWE Kernel 6.11

The second point release of Ubuntu 24.04 LTS released! Ubuntu Team announced it yesterday afternoon: As usual, this point release includes many updates and updated installation media has been provided so that fewer updates will need to be downloaded after installation. These include security updates and corrections for other high-severity bugs, with a focus on […]

How to Enter Single User Mode in AlmaLinux 8/9

The post How to Enter Single User Mode in AlmaLinux 8/9 first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .Single user mode, also known as rescue mode, is a minimal environment in Linux that allows system administrators to perform
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Installing Add-ons and Builds in Kodi

Unlock endless streaming options, customize your media player, and enhance your entertainment experience today!

FSF Blogs: Working together for free software: Our interview with Melanie Punz

Distribution Release: Ubuntu 24.04.2

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. Florent Jacquet has announced the release of Ubuntu 24.04.2, a minor update to the 24.04 LTS series: “The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the release of Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS (Long-Term …

Linux Memory Management: Understanding Page Tables, Swapping, and Memory Allocation

by George Whittaker

Introduction

Memory management is a critical aspect of modern operating systems, ensuring efficient allocation and deallocation of system memory. Linux, as a robus…

The FOSS Force Almost Open Tech News Quiz (2/14/25)

This inaugural quiz for the reboot is only seven questions, so it’s a quick in-and-out, win-or-lose for those who want to play.

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Fwupd 2.0.6 Adds Support for HPE Gen10 and Gen10+ Devices Using Redfish

Fwupd 2.0.6 is here ten days after fwupd 2.0.5 with support for HPE Gen10 and Gen10+ devices using Redfish.

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Apps Updates Round-up #1: Xournal++ 1.2.6, qBittorrent 5.0.4 & More

Many free open-source apps/projects got updates in past week. They include KDE Plasma 6.3 features panel clone and pixel perfect KWin zoom, GNOME 48 Beta with screen time and HDR settings support. There are as well GIMP 3.0 RC3 with official AppImage support, Go lang 1.24 features full generic type aliases, and TLP 1.8.0 that […]