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January 26, 2025 | by Scott Kilroy

Open source photo management

Create, organize, and share great photo galleries online with the user-friendly, yet powerful, Piwigo.

January 26, 2025 | by Scott Kilroy

Investigate the Linux engine beneath the Steam Deck’s glossy chassis

The Steam Deck game console runs on SteamOS, a variant of Arch Linux. While you typically use the Steam Deck like any other dedicated game machine, you can freely drop into a Linux Desktop mode of surprising and powerful potential.

January 26, 2025 | by Scott Kilroy

Linux Magazine Full Feed 2025-01-26 03:34:40

Chronicler Zack Brown reports on "There Are Standards and Standards."

January 26, 2025 | by Scott Kilroy

Controlling your Android device from the Linux desktop

You don’t have to be an expert to imagine situations where it would be useful to control an Android phone or tablet from the Linux desktop. Whether you are syncing notifications, sharing files, or even mirroring the screen, Linux has the tools for the …

January 26, 2025 | by Scott Kilroy

Filter photos the grep way with the photogrep GUI tool

The photogrep GUI tool, built using Go and Fyne, is designed to filter photos just like the grep tool filters file names from a pipe.

January 26, 2025 | by Scott Kilroy

Artificial intelligence comes to a Linux distro

MakuluLinux provides a convenient place to explore the possibilities of artificial intelligence.

January 26, 2025 | by Scott Kilroy

Face to Face

The business universe changed a little during the pandemic, and the fact is, it hasn’t fully changed back. We’re in unfamiliar spaces – the working world is clearly not like it was in the past, but did we actually choose these spaces we’re in, or are w…

January 26, 2025 | by Scott Kilroy

Linux Magazine Full Feed 2025-01-26 03:34:25

AlmaLinux 9.5 and Manjaro Gnome 24.2

January 26, 2025 | by Scott Kilroy

Add animated drawings to your IoT dashboards

Use an SVG graphic widget on your next Node-RED project to get a visual representation of your automation setup.

January 26, 2025 | by Scott Kilroy

An AI module for the Pi 5

What happens when the Raspberry Pi’s makers and AI specialist Hailo collaborate on a project? We get an official AI kit HAT+ for the Pi 5 that adds an AI accelerator chip.

January 26, 2025 | by Scott Kilroy

Developing a mailbot script

A Python script that captures email addresses will help you understand how bots analyze and extract data from the web.

January 26, 2025 | by Scott Kilroy

Linux Magazine Full Feed 2025-01-26 03:34:09

In the news: Plasma 6.3 Ready for Public Beta Testing; Budgie 10.10 Scheduled for Q1 2025 with a Surprising Desktop Update; Serpent OS Arrives with a New Alpha Release; Firefox 134 Offers Improvements for Linux Version; HashiCorp Cofounder Unveils Ghos…

January 26, 2025 | by Scott Kilroy

Transfer data on heterogeneous intranets with LANDrop

It does not always have to be Samba. LANDrop lets you share your data on the local network without having to go through a server.

January 26, 2025 | by Scott Kilroy

An interview with Jesper Rooth about RHEL AI

Jesper Rooth discusses Red Hat’s new AI platform solution as well as their future AI plans.

January 26, 2025 | by Scott Kilroy

Advanced Bash techniques for automation, optimization, and security

Shell scripting is a versatile tool for managing and automating the modern IT infrastructure. This article reaches beyond the basics with some advanced techniques for tackling real-world challenges.

January 26, 2025 | by Scott Kilroy

Removing unneeded files on Debian

Unneeded files can accumulate on any installation. Here’s how to get rid of them on Debian.

January 26, 2025 | by Scott Kilroy

The gift of free software

Using your time to introduce someone to Linux can enrich their world and the free software community – and improve your own understanding in the process.

January 26, 2025 | by Scott Kilroy

Linux Magazine Full Feed 2025-01-26 03:33:57

Nate explores the top FOSS including the latest Xfce desktop, an audio testing tool, a turn-based tank game, and an app for securely sharing secret messages and files.

January 26, 2025 | by Scott Kilroy

Linux Magazine Full Feed 2025-01-26 03:33:53

This month in Linux Voice and Elvie.

January 26, 2025 | by Scott Kilroy

Pattern-matching tools for chasing down malicious software

The big antivirus companies offer a myriad of malware scanning utilities, but it is often difficult to see what they are really doing or to customize them for specific needs. Beyond the giants are a class of more versatile tools that let you choose the…