Happy 20th Anniversary, Ubuntu!

On this day 20 years ago, Ubuntu released its 4.10 ‘Warty Warthog,’ forever changing the Linux ecosystem. Happy Anniversary, Ubuntu!
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9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: October 20th, 2024

Last week we got new major Solus and Clonezilla Live releases, a new VirtualBox update that brings support for the upcoming Linux 6.12 kernel series, as well as new Ardour, Calibre, and fwupd bugfix releases. On top of that, KDE desktop fans received a new Plasma update that improves XWayland gaming, while Slackware-based PorteuX 1.7 […]

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hullcaster – terminal-based podcast manager

hullcaster is a terminal-based podcast manager which is a fork of shellcaster. It’s free and open source software.
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How to Install Inkscape 1.4 in Ubuntu 24.04 | 22.04

This tutorial shows how to install Inkscape, version 1.4 so far, in Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 24.04, and Ubuntu 24.10. Inkscape is a popular free open-source vector graphics editor, that works in Linux, Windows, and macOS. It uses SVG as default file format, and can also import/export various other file formats, including AI, EPS, PDF, PS […]

Introduction To ELF In Linux: A Simple Guide To Executable Files

In this blog post, we will discuss what ELF is, how it works, and why it’s so important for Linux users and developers.
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MALIBAL Bans AMD, Texas, Germany, and Poland After Coreboot Fiasco

Why do so few companies offer coreboot on laptops? After a 15-month journey to port our own, we discovered firsthand the challenges—and it wasn’t what we expected.
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9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: October 20th, 2024

The 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup for October 20th, 2024, brings news about Solus 4.6, Clonezilla Live 3.2, KDE Plasma 6.2.1, fwupd 2.0.1, Ardour 8.10, Calibre 7.20, PorteuX 1.7, VirtualBox 7.1.4 adding initial Linux 6.12 support, as well as all the latest …

GNU Guix: Build User Takeover Vulnerability

A security issue has been identified in
guix-daemon
which allows for a local user to gain the privileges of any of the build users
and subsequently use this to manipulate the output of any build. You
are strongly advised to upgrade your daemon now (…

Setting Up OpenLDAP and phpLDAPadmin in Ubuntu

The post Setting Up OpenLDAP and phpLDAPadmin in Ubuntu first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .OpenLDAP is an open-source implementation of the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), which provides a way to manage and acces…

WinAmp Open Source Story Is Over

Without warning, WinAmp deleted its entire GitHub repository, effectively ending the whole story around open-sourcing the music player code.
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TEN AI: Open Source Framework for Quickly Creating Real-Time Multimodal AI Agents

Learn how TEN is an interesting tool for building next-generation AI applications.

Rsnapshot: A Powerful Backup Tool Based on Rsync

The post Rsnapshot: A Powerful Backup Tool Based on Rsync first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .Rsnapshot is an open-source local/remote filesystem backup utility written in Perl, which leverages the power of Rsync and SSH to
The…

DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 1093

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. This week in DistroWatch Weekly:
Review: Kubuntu 24.10
News: Debian upgrading Perl packages, UBports adding VoLTE support, Android to get option to run GNU/Linux applications
Questions …

Slackware-Based PorteuX 1.7 Launches with Linux 6.11, GNOME 47.1, and More

PorteuX 1.7 distribution is now available for download based on Slackware Linux, powered by Linux kernel 6.11, and featuring the GNOME 47.1 and KDE Plasma 6.2.1 desktop environments. Here’s what’s new!
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How to Track MySQL Metrics with Netdata on Linux

Netdata is a free open-source, simple, and scalable, real-time system performance and health monitoring application for Unix-like systems such as Linux, FreeBSD, and MacOS. It gathers various metrics and visualizes them, allowing you to watch operations on your system. It supports various plugins for monitoring current system status, running applications, and services such as MySQL […]

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Elgg: Set Up a Social Networking Platform on Ubuntu

Elgg is a powerful open-source social networking engine that enables users to create their own social networks and online communities. It’s highly customizable, making it a great choice for developers and users looking to build interactive websites.
In…

Intel’s NPU Driver for Linux is Now Available on the Snap Store

Canonical has put the official Linux Intel NPU driver on the Snap Store. The new Intel NPU Driver snap “bundles many components […] including device firmware, a user space driver and compiler, and an application to validate the user mode driver a…

Distribution Release: PorteuX 1.7

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. PorteuX is a portable Linux distro based on Slackware, inspired by Slax and Porteus. The project’s latest release, version 1.7, introduces several fixes and updates most of the supported…

‘All Things Open’ Revives the OpenSource.com Community Abandoned by Red Hat

The All Things Open organization is pickling up the baton abandoned by Red Hat when it quit publishing OpenSource.com.
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Warehouse is an Ultimate Toolbox for Managing Flatpak Apps

Discover Warehouse, a user-friendly tool for handling Flatpak apps and remotes on Linux, offering features like checking installed details and user data management.
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