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EndeavourOS Galileo Release: Linux Astronauts Face Challenges

EndeavourOS Galileo rolled out, switching from Xfce to Plasma as the default desktop, and dropped some community editions. Here’s more on that!
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Intel Fixes Microcode Bug that Could Expose Your Sensitive Data

It was discovered that a sequence of processor instructions for some Intel processors leads to unexpected behavior that could allow an authenticated local user to escalate privileges (CVE-2023-23583). This bug, dubbed “Reptar,” could expose…

What To Do After Installing Mageia 9 GNU/Linux

What to do after installing Mageia 9 to your computer or laptop? In case you need some advises, we have here a compilation of easy to practice tips and tricks for new Mageia users. We also linked them with some compilation of tutorials so you can be pr…

Open-Source NVIDIA Vulkan Driver NVK Reaches Vulkan 1.0 Conformance

Collabora announced today that its open-source NVK graphics driver in Mesa is now officially conformant with the Vulkan 1.0 graphics API on NVIDIA Turing hardware.
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Runlevels and the Boot Process in Linux

by George Whittaker

Introduction

Linux, an immensely powerful and versatile operating system, sits at the heart of countless applications, from tiny embedded devices to massive serv…

New Tool to Display CPU/Memory Load Graphs on GNOME 45 Top Panel

For Ubuntu 23.10, Fedora 39, Arch and other Linux with GNOME Desktop 45, there’s now new system tray applet to monitor system resource utilization. There are quite a few tools for monitoring system resource utilization. While, Gnome-Stats-Plus is a new one that adds real-time graphs in right-corner of top-panel, allowing users to keep a close eye […]

Fwupd 1.9.9 Released With Support for Lenovo X1 Yoga Gen7 530E 2-in-1 Laptops

Fwupd 1.9.9 open-source Linux firmware upgrading utility has been released today as another maintenance update that addresses various bugs and extends hardware support.
The post Fwupd 1.9.9 Released With Support for Lenovo X1 Yoga Gen7 530E 2-in-1 Lapt…

Rocky Linux 9.3 Released, Here’s What’s New

Rocky Linux 9.3 is here with highlights on enhanced security and refreshed development and system tools. Read on for further details!
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Claws Email 4.2 Released With Improved Attachment Management

Learn what’s new in Claws Email 4.2, featuring new QuickSearch expressions, MIME type recognition, and crucial bug fixes.
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How to Connect Power BI to REST APIs

Tutorial on how to connect the REST API data to Power BI and use the data to create the Power BI reports from an API data of your choice using with examples.

Firefox 120 Released with Enhanced Privacy, PIP Snapping, and More

Mozilla Firefox 120 has landed, bringing with it a flurry of new features and improvements. Firefox 120 now supports corner snapping for Picture-in-Picture (PIP) mode on Windows and Linux. This will put a PIP window back in a corner after it’s be…

How to Check Your RAM Details in Fedora Linux

Guide on how to check your RAM details in Fedora Linux to find out the essential information about your RAM such as the total memory, usage, type, and speed.

How to Check for the C# Version in Your Application

Comprehensive guide on the four main methods that you can use to quickly check the “.NET” version that runs in our C# application using straightforward steps.

How to Install PostgreSQL 16 and pgAdmin on Debian 12

The post How to Install PostgreSQL 16 and pgAdmin on Debian 12 first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .PostgreSQL is a powerful, highly scalable, open source, and cross-platform object-relational database system that runs on Unix-l…

What Is DNF5 (How to Install and Use It) in Fedora Linux

If you’re a casual Linux user, you may have recently come across the term DNF5 and wondered what it is and why you should care. This guide aims to provide you with insight into DNF5, its benefits, comparisons between current DNF and DNF5, and command-l…

Distribution Release: Rocky Linux 9.3

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. Louis Abel has announced the release of Rocky Linux 9.3, the latest stable version from a project that develops a community clone of Red Hat Enterprise Linux: “We are pleased to announce…

BSD Release: FreeBSD 14.0

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. Colin Percival (the new Release Engineering Team Lead) has announced the release of FreeBSD 14.0. It is available for the amd64, aarch64, i386, powerpc, powerpc64, powerpc64le, powerpcsp…

GNUnet News: RFC 9498: The GNU Name System

RFC 9498: The GNU Name System

We are happy to announce that our

The GNU Name System

(GNS) specification is now published as

RFC 9498

.

GNS addresses long-standing

security

and

privacy

issue…

Distribution Release: EndeavourOS 11-2023

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. Bryan Poerwo has announced the release of EndeavourOS 11-2023, code-named “Galileo”, a major update of the project’s Arch-based Linux distribution. In this release, the live ISO image sh…