Automounting External Drives in Linux

With just a little effort, automounting the external disk can significantly improve your computing experience by providing additional storage.

Why C is Still the Go-To Language for Programmers

The post Why C is Still the Go-To Language for Programmers first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .‘C‘ is a general-purpose programming language developed by Dennis Ritchie at AT&T Bell Labs in the early 1970s. It …

9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: November 24th, 2024

The 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup for November 24th, 2024, brings news about FreeCAD 1.0, Blender 4.3, GNU Linux-libre 6.12 kernel, Ubuntu 25.04 daily builds, Mesa 24.3, more GNOME 48 features, NVIDIA 550.135, AlmaLinux OS 9.5, Rocky Linux 9.5, KaOS Linux 2…

DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 1098

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. This week in DistroWatch Weekly:
Review: Linux Lite 7.2
News: Murena offers Fairphone perk, Arch Linux installer gets new text interface, an Ubuntu security tool patched against exploit…

TuxCare and Cloudimg Partner to Bring Support to Dead Linux Cloud Images

TuxCare has partnered with UK-based Cloudimg, to bring its customers TuxCare Endless Lifecycle Support for keeping end-of-life Linux distributions supported.
The post TuxCare and Cloudimg Partner to Bring Support to Dead Linux Cloud Images appeared fir…

Want to Install Snap Apps in Linux Mint? Here’s How

Snap is Canonical’s universal package format for Linux. It lets developers build their software once for users on multiple Linux distributions to use. At least, that’s the theory. In reality, few Linux distributions outside of the Ubuntu ec…

GNU Guix: Guix/Hurd on a Thinkpad X60

A lot has happened with respect to the Hurd
since our Childhurds and GNU/Hurd
Substitutes
post. As long as two years ago some of you have been
asking for a
progress update and although there have been
rumours
on a new blog post for over a year, we
w…

GNU Guix: Guix/Hurd on a Thinkpad X60

A lot has happened with respect to the Hurd
since our Childhurds and GNU/Hurd
Substitutes
post. As long as two years ago some of you have been
asking for a
progress update and although there have been
rumours
on a new blog post for over a year, we
w…

Hugin 2024.0.1 Released! PPA Updated for Ubuntu 24.04, 22.04, & Earlier

Hugin, the popular free open-source panoramic photo stitcher, released version 2024.0.0 last week and 2024.0.1 with quick fix few days ago. One release per year! The new Hugin 2024.0.0 release features: Added browser for project files to Hugin. It can show thumbnails or project details of all project files in a directory. Create GPano tags […]

GNU Artanis: new title

Source: Planet GNU

GNU Artanis: Build Artanis-0.6 on Ubuntu-24.04

Source: Planet GNU

GNU Artanis: GNU Artanis 1.0.0 released

Source: Planet GNU

10 Best FTP Clients for Every User in 2024

Looking for reliable FTP clients on Linux? This guide highlights the 10 best options for 2024, including powerful tools like FileZilla, lftp, and gFTP. Explore their unique features, ease of use, and how they streamline file transfers, whether you’re m…

gnuboot @ Savannah: GNU Boot November 2024 News

A lot has changed since the two last news from the GNU Boot project.

GNU Boot install party in Paris the 7 and 8 December 2024

People involved in the GNU Boot project will be organizing a 100% free

software install party within a bigger event …

parallel @ Savannah: GNU Parallel 20241122 (‘Ahoo Daryaei’) released

GNU Parallel 20241122 (‘Ahoo Daryaei’) has been released. It is available for download at: lbry://@GnuParallel:4

Quote of the month:

  GNU parallel is so satisfying

    — James Coman @jcoman.bsky.social

New in this release:

–pipe –blo…

Install WireGuard VPN on Debian 12

Wireguard is an open-source VPN protocol alternative to IPSec, IKEv2, and OpenVPN. This guide will show you how to install Wireguard VPN on the Debian 12 server and configure the Wireguard client on a Linux machine.

How to Install Mattermost with Nginx proxy and free Let’s Encrypt SSL on Ubuntu 24.04

Mattermost is an open-source alternative to Slack and Microsoft Teams. It allows you to self-host online chat with multiple features such as file sharing, search, automation, and multiple third-party integrations. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to …

Blender 4.3 released with Experimental Vulkan UI, Hardware Ray-tracing on Linux

Blender, the popular free open-source 3D creation software, announced new major 4.3 release this Tuesday with many exciting new features and performance improvements. In the new release, the real-time renderer EEVEE now supports Light Linking and Shadow Linking, which was previously available only in Cycles. It now has a new Metallic BSDF node in shader […]

More ATO Sessions Available Online; December RTP Meetup Speaker Announced; ATO AI Call for Papers

Additional sessions from this year’s conference are now available on All Things Open‘s YouTube Channel, and December’s Meetup will feature a Red Hatter who’ll talk…
The post More ATO Sessions Available Online; December RTP…

FreeCAD 1.0 Released After 22 Years in Development

Good things come to those who wait, and for 3D modelling professionals with a preference for open-source software, the wait for the FreeCAD 1.0 release has been a long one – over 22 years! At long last, this free, open-source alternative to expensive e…