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August 3, 2023 | by Scott Kilroy

A desktop car racing game in Go

The fastest way through a curve on a racetrack is along the racing line. Instead of heading for Indianapolis, Mike Schilli trains his reflexes with a desktop application written in Go, just to be on the safe side.

August 3, 2023 | by Scott Kilroy

Not your father’s Debian

Debian 12 features install options, new packages, and a new position on non-free firmware, making it more accessible to the average user.

August 3, 2023 | by Scott Kilroy

Tipi home server manager

Tipi gives you complete control of more than 100 applications and services. A mouse click is all it takes to install the apps.

August 3, 2023 | by Scott Kilroy

Linux Magazine Full Feed 2023-08-03 11:51:11

SUSE Goes for the Fork After Red Hat’s RHEL Announcement; Solus 4.4; Ubuntu Will Show APT News in the Software Updater App; Nitrux 2.9.0; Ubuntu 22.10 EOL; Nobara Project Releases New Version of Its Modified Fedora Distribution; English Translation of …

August 3, 2023 | by Scott Kilroy

Edit photos with Krita

Not many people are aware that Krita, the popular open source painting program, is also great for editing photos.

August 3, 2023 | by Scott Kilroy

Central system updates with Topgrade

Topgrade detects all the package managers installed on a system and executes them one by one at the command line.

August 3, 2023 | by Scott Kilroy

URL filtering with Pi-hole

Supporting browser plug-ins, network-based DNS blockers like Pi-hole help protect you against online tracking and unwanted content.

August 3, 2023 | by Scott Kilroy

Lightweight specialty distributions

In the Linux world, form follows function. A specialty distro is a Linux-based system designed to serve a specific role. We look at some classic examples.

August 3, 2023 | by Scott Kilroy

Identity Ownership

A trademark verifies to customers that a product really is yours, which also helps them trust they’ll get the quality associated with your brand.

August 3, 2023 | by Scott Kilroy

Vanilla OS focuses on new strategies

Vanilla OS, an immutable filesystem, seamlessly integrates applications from other distributions with an innovative container-based package manager.

August 3, 2023 | by Scott Kilroy

Adding scripts and tools to SystemRescue

You can do more with SystemRescue than just repair broken systems. By adding tools and scripts, you can create a custom rescue environment that meets your needs.

August 3, 2023 | by Scott Kilroy

Lightweight distributions for the Raspberry Pi

The Raspberry Pi is a Linux machine, and its default distribution is Raspberry Pi OS. But Linux is all about choices….

August 3, 2023 | by Scott Kilroy

Manage your greenhouse with a Raspberry Pi Pico W

You can safely assign some greenhouse tasks to a Raspberry Pi Pico W, such as controlling ventilation, automating a heater, and opening and closing windows.

August 3, 2023 | by Arround The Web

Step-by-step guide to installing CentOS Stream on VirtualBox

VirtualBox, a powerful open-source software, allows you to run nearly any operating system (OS) on a single machine without the need for dual booting or partitioning. One such OS that you can run within VirtualBox is CentOS Stream, an innovative platfo…

August 3, 2023 | by Arround The Web

cd (Change Directory) Command in Linux With Examples

In this straightforward guide, you will learn how to use the cd command to create efficient directory navigation in Linux.
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August 3, 2023 | by Arround The Web

Riccardo Mottola: GNUStep now has badges

Finally I got around implementing and committing badge support in GNUStep! I think it is one of the fine additions Apple did to the original OpenStep spec While Apple had it since MacOS 10.5, GNUstep didn’t and GNUMail had to manage 3 different code …

August 3, 2023 | by Arround The Web

mkdir Command in Linux With Examples

Learn how to use the mkdir command to efficiently create directories in the Linux terminal. Follow along here.
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August 3, 2023 | by Arround The Web

Arch Linux 2023.08.01 Brings Linux Kernel 6.4, Archinstall 2.6

Arch Linux 2023.08.01 ships with the latest Linux 6.4 kernel series, with new and updated features for top-notch hardware support.
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August 3, 2023 | by Scott Kilroy

How to Install GlusterFS on AlmaLinux 9

GlusterFS or Gluster File System, is a free and open-source distributed file system developed by RedHat. In this guide, we’ll take you through the installation process of GlusterFS Cluster on AlmaLinux 9 servers. You will set up high-availability file …

August 3, 2023 | by Arround The Web

FOSS Weekly #23.31: EasyOS Distro, New GNOME Features, Compiz and More

GNOME’s proposed new features, MX Linux and ZorinOS releases, Compiz demystified and other regular elements.