Linux OD Command Tutorial for Beginners (6 Examples)

There may be times when while working on the Linux command line, you might want to display/convert content in a file in/to a form other than its original form, like decimal or octal. Gladly, there’s an inbuilt command line tool that you can use in situ…

How to Zoom in and out of a Video in VLC Player

The versatile VLC media player also allows you to zoom into a part of the video. Here’s how you can do that.

GNU Taler news: Real-time GNU Taler auditor

This bachelor thesis implements puts it’s focus on the GNU Taler auditor. Cedric Zwahlen and Nicola Eigel made it real-time and added single page application.

Ubuntu’s App Center Now Finally Supports Installation of Local DEB Packages

Canonical updates the App Center software in recent Ubuntu releases to allow installation of third-party, externally downloaded DEB packages and also fix some bugs.
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Ubuntu is Finally Adding DEB Installer Support to App Center

One of the biggest drawback to Ubuntu’s new App Center, the Flutter-based replacement for GNOME’s Software Center, is that it doesn’t let you install DEBs downloaded from the web. To be clear (since confusion often creeps in) the Ubun…

AlmaLinux Now Supports Raspberry Pi 5

If you’re looking to create with the Raspberry Pi 5 and want to use AlmaLinux as your OS, you’re in luck because it’s now possible.

Fedora Workstation development update – Artificial Intelligence edition

There are times when you feel your making no progress and there are other times when things feel like they are landing in quick succession. Luckily this definitely is the second when a lot of our long term efforts are … Continue reading →

Audacious 4.4 Released! New Plugin, Lyrics Provider, & Default to Qt6

Audacious, the popular lightweight audio player, released new 4.4 version this Wednesday! The new release of this free open-source music player restores Lyrics plugin for GTK interface, and adds new provider chartlyrics.com. Thanks to Michel Fleur, there’s now “Background Music” plugin, under “Effect” tab in the Plugin page, allows to make the sound equally loud […]

How to Install ‘IPFire’ Free Firewall Linux Distribution

The post How to Install ‘IPFire’ Free Firewall Linux Distribution first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .IPFire is an open-source Linux distribution that works as a firewall, VPN gateway, proxy server, DHCP server, time server, ca…

FOSS Weekly #24.24: Pironman, VLC Tips, Amber Lang and 12 Years of It’s FOSS

It’s FOSS is 12 years old now 🍾

GNU Taler news: Privacy-preserving Subscriptions, Discounts and Tax Deductable Donations

Two independent bachelor theses bring new privacy-focused features to GNU Taler. Christian Blättler designed and implemented token-based subscriptions and discounts in Taler, while Lukas Matyja and Johannes Casaburi’s thesis intr…

How to Install NodeBB with Nginx Proxy on Debian 12

NodeBB is an open-source forum software written in JavaScript and Node.js. This guide will show you how to install NodeBB on a Debian 12 server with MongoDB as the database and Nginx as a reverse proxy.

IPFire Linux Firewall Gets Experimental Btrfs Support, Intel RFDS Mitigations

IPFire 2.29 Core Update 186 hardened open-source GNU/Linux distribution is now available for download with experimental Btrfs support, CPU frequency scaling for Raspberry Pi, and more.
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Distribution Release: SELKS 10

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. Stamus Networks has announced the release of SELKS 10, a major update of the company’s specialist, Debian-based Linux distribution with focus on security and threat detection, and featur…

Hacking Made Easy: A Beginner’s Guide to Penetration Testing with Kali Linux

by George Whittaker

Introduction

Penetration testing, often referred to as pen testing, is a critical practice in the field of cybersecurity. It involves simulating cyber-attacks on a…

Canonical Announce First RISC-V Laptop Running Ubuntu

A RISC-V laptop preloaded with Ubuntu is in development, and Canonical is involved. The DC-ROMA RISC-V Laptop II is made by DeepComputing, a company formed by self-described “RISC-V pioneers” back in 2022, and based in Hong Kong. Their aim:…

Development Release: deepin 23 RC2

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. The second release candidate of deepin 23, the upcoming major release from a project developing a desktop Linux distribution that features the Deepin Desktop Environment (DDE), is now re…

KDE Gear 24.05.1 Improves Elisa, Spectacle, KCalc, and Other KDE Apps

KDE Gear 24.05.1 open-source software suite is now available with improvements for Elisa, Spectacle, KCalc, Ark, Dolphin, and other KDE apps. Here are the details!
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How to Test Microphone on Ubuntu?

Three easy methods to test the microphone on Ubuntu.

How to Install vTiger CRM on Ubuntu 24.04

The post How to Install vTiger CRM on Ubuntu 24.04 first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .vTiger CRM is the most popular open-source and free customer relationship management (CRM) software that helps businesses manage their sales…