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Linux Foundation Adopts OMI to Foster Ethical LLMs

The Open Model Initiative hopes to create community LLMs that rival proprietary models but avoid restrictive licensing that limits usage.

How to Install PyroCMS on Ubuntu 24.04 Server

PyroCMS is an open-source CMS based on PHP and Laravel web frameworks. It is a powerful content management system with MySQL/MariaDB as the database and also provides intuitive and simple web administration for easier management.
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How to Center Application Windows in Ubuntu

Discover a step-by-step guide to automatically centering applications in the Ubuntu system or GNOME-based DE with practical examples.
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Many Data Centers Not Ready for Data Center Sustainability Regulations

Sustainability regulations now going into play have put data centers in something of a twilight zone regarding data they need to collect and analyze.
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Calamares Installer 3.3.9 Released, Here’s What’s New

Calamares Installer 3.3.9 debuts with bug fixes, improved Arabic translation, and a key update for FDE users using luksbootkeyfile.
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Sparky 2024.08 Rolls Out With Home Partition Encryption

The Debian-based Sparky 2024.08 rolls out with new Linux kernels, GCC 14, Python 3.12.4, and home partition encrypting.
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PyCharm 2024.2 Released! Wayland Rendering Support & New AI Features

JetBrains announced the new 2024.2 release of its PyCharm IDE just a few days after the release of IntelliJ IDEA. The new release introduces significant improvements to the AI Assistant. It enhances cloud-based code completion with faster and more accurate suggestions, and features better UX including syntax highlighting for suggested code, and option to accept […]

Proton VPN Browser Extensions Now Available to Free Plan Users

Proton, the company behind a suite of privacy-focused services, has made its Proton VPN Chrome and Firefox extensions available to non-paying users on the Proton Free plan. Prior to today, only users who subscribed to a paid Proton VPN tier were able t…

How to Use Awk Special Patterns ‘BEGIN and END’ – Part 9

The post How to Use Awk Special Patterns ‘BEGIN and END’ – Part 9 first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .In Part 8 of this Awk series, we introduced some powerful awk command features, that is variables, numeric expressions, and
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Canonical’s Shifts to Up-to-Date Linux Kernels in Ubuntu

Ubuntu is very popular, but it has never been a Linux distro that uses the most modern Linux kernels… until now.
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10 Best Linux Desktop Environments of All Time

The post 10 Best Linux Desktop Environments of All Time first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .One exciting aspect of Linux, unlike Windows and Mac OS X, is its support for numerous desktop environments. This has
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How to Set Up UFW Firewall on Ubuntu 24.04 (for Beginners)

In this guide, you’ll learn how to use UFW on Ubuntu to create, delete, and manage firewall rules in user-friendly ways.
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Linux dd Command Explained for Beginners (8 Examples)

The dd command is a powerful utility used for low-level data copying and conversion on Linux systems. It stands for “data duplicator” and is often employed to create exact copies of files, partitions, or entire disks, making it useful for t…

How to Install RabbitMQ on Ubuntu 24.04 Server

RabbitMQ is a free and open-source message broker. Supporting multiple message protocols, RabbitMQ is the most widely used message broker on the internet.
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Firefox Is (Almost) Ported to Haiku OS

Get ready, Haiku OS users! After a year of hard work, the first-ever Firefox port is near completion, promising a top-tier browsing experience soon.
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Why AI Isn’t Gobbling Data Center Resources the Way People Think It Is

While word on the street is that AI workloads are sending server rack densities sky high, Uptime’s 2024 study says it ain’t so… not yet, anyway.
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Tails 6.6 Debuts With Updates to Tor Browser and Thunderbird

Tails 6.6 security-focused Linux distro rolls out with upgraded Tor and Thunderbird versions, plus improved hardware support.
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How to Install Joomla to Host Website on RHEL 9

Joomla is one of the most popular open-source content management systems and software tools in the world that is used to create, organize, manage, and publish content for small businesses, governments, non-profits, and large organizations globally.
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How to Install and Use Emacs in Linux

Emacs is one of the aged text editor with ongoing development, providing rich and powerful features that can be more extended using plugins.
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Evaluating Ubuntu Server and Oracle Linux: Which Operating System Excels in Database Management?

by George Whittaker

Introduction

In the realm of enterprise computing, selecting the optimal operating system (OS) for database management is critical to performance, security, and sc…