It’s no news. They’re stealing the Internet from us and we must do something about it. What it used to be a fun, collaborative hacking space is now ruled by corporations and narcissistic billionaires. Proprietary centralized social networks have beco…
by George Whittaker
Introduction
Ubuntu stands out as one of the most popular Linux distributions among web developers due to its stability, extensive community support, and robust pa…
Chocks away —British saying, don’t stare at me weirdly— as the second alpha of System76’s homegrown COSMIC desktop environment has been released. To make it easy for us all to try out the latest improvements a second alpha build of Pop!_OS …
COSMIC Alpha 2 desktop environment is now available for public testing with new Bluetooth settings, a new Gallery feature in files, new density options, and other changes. Here’s what’s new!
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This is a step by step guide shows how to install Sweet Home 3D, the free interior design software, in Ubuntu and other Linux. Sweet Home 3D is a popular free open-source software to create & edit your home plan and furniture layout in 2D and 3D. It’s available in Ubuntu system repositories, but old! […]
Steganography is the art and science of concealing messages in other messages in such a way that no one, apart from the sender and intended recipient, suspects the existence of the message. It’s a form of security through obscurity.
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Do you know that desktop menu on Kubuntu has several modes? The default one is called “Launcher”, and the others are “Menu” and “Dashboard”. This tutorial will help you change your application menu (“start menu”) mode as you wish and make shortcut icon…
LXQt 2.1 desktop environment is coming! Get ready for modular Wayland sessions and extensive compositor support.
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The biggest change in LXQt 2.1 will be the experimental Wayland session through the implementation of the lxqt-wayland-session package. Several popular Wayland compositors will be supported by the Wayland session, including Hyprland, KWin, Labwc, Niri,…
DXVK 2.4.1 Vulkan-based implementation of D3D9, D3D10, and D3D11 for Linux / Wine is now available for download with improvements for several games.
The post DXVK 2.4.1 Improves Support for God of War, GTA: San Andreas, and Other Games appeared first o…
Where do Linux and Rust go from here? A roundtable of kernel developers share their thoughts.
Nostalgic tech enthusiasts will love that WinAmp’s source code is available for personal use. Developers, not so much once they look at the license.
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Linux-based typing tutor software teaches fast and accurate typing through a system of informative lessons and progress tracking.
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There is a new file manager in the Linux town.
The Winamp source code is now open, but it has nothing to do with open source, and the company’s approach raises many ethical questions.
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KaOS 2024.09 arrives with KDE Plasma 6.1.5, updated installer, and new apps like Zed editor. Dolphin and Konsole get enhancements.
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What do you do when you own a handheld gaming device that you really wish was a Steam Deck? You install SteamFork on it, that’s what you do.
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If Linux is your preferred OS and you’ve enjoyed a chatroom or two, you should check out these messaging apps – and invite your friends!
From the office of "Look what I can do," Dmitry Grinberg was able to get Linux running on a processor that was created in 1971.
KaOS Linux 2024.09 is here two months after KaOS Linux 2024.07 and ships with the latest KDE software, including the KDE Plasma 6.1.5 desktop environment, as well as the KDE Gear 24.08.1 and KDE Frameworks 6.6 software suites, all built using the Qt 6….