FSF Events: Free Software Directory meeting on IRC: Friday, August 2, starting at 12:00 EDT (16:00 UTC)

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Webinar: Harden Your Security Mindset: Break Down the Critical Security Risks for Web Apps

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Super Grub2 Disk 2.06s4 System Rescue Tool Released with Btrfs Support

Super Grub2 Disk 2.06s4 system rescue tool is now available for download with Btrfs support, Linux from /boot partition, partition labels, support for booting GNU/Hurd and ReactOS systems, and more.
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TrueNAS: Create Own “Home Media Streaming Server” Using Plex – Part 3

The post TrueNAS: Create Own “Home Media Streaming Server” Using Plex – Part 3 first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .Everyone has a collection of movies, songs, music videos, pictures, and more. Many people wonder how they can st…

Open Source Alternatives to Google Photos that Can be Self Hosted

Google Photos can be replaced using these open-source self-hosted photo applications.

Open Source Is Not a Business Model; It Never Was

The other day, Dan Lorenc, CEO and co-founder of the software supply chain company Chainguard, wrote on LinkedIn that “open source is not a good strategy for startups.” What? Do you think I was going to disagree because I’m a big open-source fan? Think again! Yep, it’s a great development model, but it never has […]

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The Unintended Consequences Linux’s Wayland Adoption Will Have on BSD

Does Wayland becoming the de facto standard display server for Linux serve to marginalize BSD?
Before we pop the cork on the champagne bottles and start the celebrations, perhaps we should consider that this good news for Linux might not be good news f…

Distribution Release: Super Grub2 Disk 2.06s4

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. Super Grub2 Disk is a live platform that helps the user to boot into almost any operating system even if the system cannot boot into it by normal means. The project’s latest release is S…

AppImage Fan? You Need to Check Out ‘Gear Lever’

AppImages are great: a single runtime containing all of the dependencies needed for an app to run in a double-click binary that can be run from anywhere on your system. And therein lies the rub. When I download an AppImage for software like Audacity, K…

Git 2.46 Is Out With a Bunch of Improvements

Git 2.46 distributed revision control system brings better error handling, enhanced color parsing, new global options, updates to symbolic refs, and more.
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Olympic Games Apps That Collect Data and Sell It on the Marketplace

As Paris attracts crowds sports tourists for the 2024 games, mobile apps marketed to attendees are tracking them, collecting their private data, and then hawking it to advertisers and big tech.
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Ubuntu Touch OTA-5 Is Now Available for Ubuntu Phone Users

The UBports Foundation announced today the release and general availability of Ubuntu Touch OTA-5 as the latest stable version of this Ubuntu-based privacy and freedom-respecting mobile operating system for smartphones and tablets.
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How to Mount an NTFS Drive in Read/Write Mode on AlmaLinux Using ntfs-3g

NTFS-3G is an open-source implementation that enables Linux and other Unix-like operating systems to read from and write to Windows NTFS partitions.

Proxmox 7 Reaches EOL on July 31, 2024, Upgrade your Proxmox Server to Version 8

If you are currently using Proxmox 7.4, note that it will reach end-of-life (EOL) on July 31, 2024. It is time to upgrade your Proxmox server. This detailed tutorial will guide you through the steps to upgrade to Proxmox 8.2 from Proxmox 7.
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Install & Setup RetroArch to Play Classic Video Games in Ubuntu 24.04

This tutorial shows how to install and setup RetroArch to play classic video games, including Arcade, Atari, Commodore, Nintendo, Sony Playstation games, in Ubuntu PC or laptop. RetroArch is a free open-source cross-platform front-end for emulators, game engines, media players, and other applications. It’s the reference frontend for the libretro API, that offers several uncommon […]

Install & Setup RetroArch to Play Classic Video Games in Ubuntu 24.04

This tutorial shows how to install and setup RetroArch to play classic video games, including Arcade, Atari, Commodore, Nintendo, Sony Playstation games, in Ubuntu PC or laptop. RetroArch is a free open-source cross-platform front-end for emulators, game engines, media players, and other applications. It’s the reference frontend for the libretro API, that offers several uncommon […]

OPNsense 24.7 Released With Enhanced Security and Performance

OPNsense 24.7 ‘Thriving Tiger’ open-source firewall and routing platform rolls out, powered by FreeBSD 14.1, with enhanced VPNs and performance.
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GStreamer 1.24.6 Enhances FFmpeg 7.0 Compatibility

GStreamer 1.24.6 open-source multimedia framework offers essential bug fixes & security updates. Here’s more on that!
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New Survey Spills the Beans on Migration Away From Oracle JDK

According to a new survey, Oracle’s been bleeding Java JDK customers since it got greedy with its pricing in 2023.
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