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Best Kodi Builds to Spice Up Your Media Server Experience

Pimp your Kodi with a new skin and additional features by using one of the Kodi builds of your preference.

9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: January 19th, 2025

The 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup for January 19th, 2025, brings news about Linux kernel 6.13, Linux Mint 22.1, MX Linux 23.5, OpenZFS 2.3, DXVK 2.5.3, Dillo 3.2, as well as all the latest distro and software updates.
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DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 1105

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. This week in DistroWatch Weekly:
Review: CentOS 10 Stream
News: Haiku ports Iceweasel, Oracle shows off new debugging tools, Linux distros patch serious rsync issue
Questions and answer…

Linux Kernel 6.13 Released with Big Changes

The first new kernel release of the year has arrived — yes, Linux 6.13 has gone stable. Linux kernel 6.13 adds, as ever, a vast array of improvements, from an updated Raspberry Pi graphics driver promising speed gains, to lazy preemption logic, expande…

Linux Kernel 6.13 Officially Released, This Is What’s New

Linux kernel 6.13 is now available for download with new features, enhanced hardware support through new and updated drivers, improvements to filesystems and networking, and much more. Here’s what’s new!
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Distribution Release: Rhino Linux 2025.1

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. The Rhino Linux distribution is based on Ubuntu and offers its users a rolling release. The project’s latest snapshot is version 2025.1 and it offers a number of upgrades, including dyna…

Ubuntu-Based Rhino Linux 2025.1 Is Out with Linux 6.12, Rhino Stampede, and More

Rhino Linux 2025.1 distribution is now available for download with new GRUB theme, dynamic workspaces, Linux kernel 6.12, new testing meta-package, Pacstall changes, and more.
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How to Install Consul Server on AlmaLinux 9

Consul is a modern platform for service discovery that allows you to register services via DNS and HTTP interface. It also offers a Service mesh feature that enables secure connections via TLS and provides authorization between services.

Fleet Data Centers Launches, Offering Hyperscalers a “Will Build to Suit Tenant” Approach

Fleet says they’ll design your new data center for you, build it according to your design, or have their engineers sit down with your engineers to design it together.
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Test AlmaLinux 10 Beta With Your Workload Using ELevate

A special edition of ELevate makes it possible for users to test AlmaLinux 10 beta using their AlmaLinux 9 production workloads in order to get the bugs out before the release of the prime-time-ready version of AlmaLinux 10.
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Dillo 3.2 Open-Source Web Browser Released to Celebrate 25th Anniversary

Dillo 3.2 open-source web browser is now available for download with SVG support for math formulas, support for WebP images, and more. Here’s what’s new!
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Kodi 21.2 is Out! Significantly Faster Library Scan & Lots of Fixes

Kodi, the popular free open-source home theater software, released new 21.2 version today with many improvements and tons of bug-fixes. First, the new Kodi 21.2 features significant speed increase of library scans (back to v20 level) as well as faster artwork caching. For Linux users, the new release enabled/fixed HDR to SDR tone mapping on […]

How to Install and Use Neo4j Graph Database on Debian 12

Neo4j is a high-performance graph database management system for graph storage, data science, ML, analytics, and visualization. In this tutorial, we’ll show you step-by-step instructions on installing and using the Neo4j Graph Database on the Debian 12…

How to Install and Use Neo4j Graph Database on Debian 12

Neo4j is a high-performance graph database management system for graph storage, data science, ML, analytics, and visualization. In this tutorial, we’ll show you step-by-step instructions on installing and using the Neo4j Graph Database on the Debian 12…

How to Install Odoo ERP Software on Ubuntu 24.04 Server

Odoo (formerly known as OpenERP) is a self-hosted suite of over 10,000 open Odoo is a free and open-source ERP solution for multiple types of businesses. In this tutorial, you will install the Odoo open-source ERP on the Ubuntu 24.04 server.

www @ Savannah: Malware in Proprietary Software – 2024 Catch-up

The initial injustice of proprietary software often leads to further injustices: malicious functionalities.

The introduction of unjust techniques in nonfree software, such as back doors, DRM, tethering, and others, has become ever more frequent. N…

coreutils @ Savannah: coreutils-9.6 released [stable]

This is to announce coreutils-9.6, a stable release.
See the NEWS below for a summary of changes.

There have been 263 commits by 15 people in the 42 weeks since 9.5.
Thanks to everyone who has contributed!
The following people contributed changes…

Development Release: deepin 25 Preview

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. The deepin project has introduced a new development snapshot, called “25 Preview”, which offers immutable mount points and atomic updates: “Core system files of solid are mounted with re…

7 Raspberry Pi-Based Laptops and Tablets for Tinkerers

Raspberry-powered laptops and tablets can be the perfect pick for your projects, and portable computing needs. Here’s a list of options.

How to Install Craft CMS on Rocky Linux 9

Craft CMS is an open-source content management system for creating websites. It is a secure and scalable CMS with an extensive plugin ecosystem and high-quality free and paid plugins. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Craft CMS on a Debia…