FOSS Weekly #24.11: Kernel 6.8, VLC Streaming, LVM Guide, UPT and More

VLC adding streaming media feature? Yes, that’s a possibility.

How to Clear RAM Memory Cache, Buffer and Swap Space on Linux

In the realm of Linux systems, efficient memory management is crucial for maintaining optimal performance. Over time, the memory cache, buffer, and swap space can accumulate unnecessary data, potentially slowing down your system. In this guide, we will explore how to clear RAM cache, buffer, and swap space on a Linux system to enhance overall […]

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12 Best Virtual Machine Software for Linux in 2024

Virtualization software has grown in popularity because it significantly expands a system’s capabilities and is the preferred set-up for cloud computing.
In this article, we’ll explore the best virtualization software for Linux.
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Distribution Release: CachyOS 240313

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. CachyOS, a user-friendly and highly-optimised Linux distribution based on Arch Linux, has received a significant update. Its version 240313 features the brand-new KDE Plasma 6 desktop wi…

Raspberry Pi OS Is Now Powered by Linux 6.6 LTS, Improves Raspberry Pi 5 Support

While still based on the latest Debian GNU/Linux 12 “Bookworm” operating system series, Raspberry Pi OS is now powered by the Linux 6.6 LTS kernel series, which is a major upgrade from Linux kernel 6.1 LTS used in previous releases.
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Linux 4.14’s long-term support will live on after all, thanks to this alliance

The six-year-old Linux kernel seemed doomed until this alliance of CIQ, Oracle, and SUSE stepped up. But why go to all this trouble?

Linux Kernel 6.8 Released. This is What’s New.

A new mainline Linux Kernel 6.8 is now available. Find out what are the best new features of this version.
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VLC Media Player Hits 5 Billion Downloads – Big Changes Ahead

VLC media player has now been downloaded over 5 billion times across desktop and mobile devices, with the most recent release clocking up 335 million downloads on its own! Jean-Baptiste Kempf, president of VideoLAN, the non-profit organisation who deve…

a2ps @ Savannah: a2ps 4.15.6 released [stable]

I am delighted to announce version 4.15.6 of GNU a2ps, the Anything to
PostScript converter.

This release fixes a couple of bugs, in particular with printing (the -P
flag). See below for details.

Here are the compressed sources and a GPG detach…

VLC Player Hits 5 Billion Downloads, Prepares for WebAssembly, Vision Pro App

Free and open-source “OG” media player VLC surpasses 5 billion downloads.
VLC, the popular video player software, has reached a major milestone by surpassing five billion downloads, as reported by the Lowpass newsletter. The VideoLAN project, which dev…

How to Set Up Apache Web Server in a Docker Container

In this tutorial, we will explain how to install Docker on RHEL-based distributions such as CentOS, Rocky/Alma Linux, and Debian/Ubuntu, and spin up an Apache container from Docker Hub.
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OBS Studio 30.1 Released With AV1 Support for VA-API, PipeWire Camera Source

Highlights of OBS Studio 30.1 include the PipeWire Video Capture Device source, AV1 support for VA-API, AV1 support for WebRTC/WHIP output, HDR for HEVC over RTMP, multi-track audio support for MPEG-TS, and channel selection for CoreAudio input devices…

How to install Shotwell on Fedora

Shotwell is a personal photo manager that allows you to organize, view, and enhance your photos easily. This guide provides a simple walkthrough on installing Shotwell on Fedora, enabling you to take control of your digital photo collection with minima…

Install Kdenlive 24.02.0 Deb Package via New Ubuntu PPA

For those who prefer the native .deb app packages, here’s new unofficial PPA for installing the most recent Kdenlive video editor 24.02.0 in Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 23.10, and Ubuntu 24.04. Kdenlive announced new 24.02 release series few days ago. One of the big changes is the port to Qt6 plus KDE Frameworks 6, which brings […]

KDE Plasma 6.0.2 Improves Night Color, Discover, Plasma Wayland & More

Coming just a week after KDE Plasma 6.0.1, the KDE Plasma 6.0.2 update is here to fix a bug that caused the Night Color feature to fail to work on systems with certain GPUs and fix a crash in the Plasma Discover package manager that occurred when searc…

Raspberry Pi OS Is Now Powered by Linux 6.6 LTS, Improves Raspberry Pi 5 Support

Raspberry Pi OS 2024-03-12 is now available for download powered by Linux kernel 6.6 LTS and offering improved support for Raspberry Pi 5.
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GNU Guix: Adventures on the quest for long-term reproducible deployment

Rebuilding software five years later, how hard can it be? It can’t be
that hard, especially when you pride yourself on having a tool that
can travel in
time
and that does a good job at ensuring reproducible
builds, right?In hindsight, we can tell yo…

How to Turn Off Laptop Screen in Ubuntu 22.04

This tutorial shows how to turn off your laptop’s built-in display for using external monitors in Ubuntu Desktop. When working with multiple monitors, it can be useful to disable the built-in screen for saving power. You can set lid close action to do nothing then just close the laptop lid. However, the lid close action […]

KaOS 2024.03 Launches with Plasma 6.0

March’s KaOS release brings a much-anticipated Plasma 6 desktop environment with Wayland as default and waving goodbye to GTK2 in KaOS.
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Cross-Industry Giants Unite for Speedometer 3.0

Speedometer 3.0 browser benchmark launches, boosting web app responsiveness testing with input from Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Mozilla.
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