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Latest Steam Client Update Improves Steam Overlay for CS2 and Other Games on Linux

For Linux users, the new Steam Client update fixes several bugs in the Steam Overlay that caused rendering to stall in some video games, such as Watch Dogs, and some crashes in other titles, as well as to improve double click handling and mouse clicks …

NixOS 23.11 Rolls Out With 18,700 Updated Packages

NixOS 23.11 release brings 9147 new and 18700 updated packages, GNOME 45 upgrades, a leap to LLVM 16, and more.
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Switch Workspaces in Ubuntu 22.04 Using Buttons with This Extension

Looking for a quick way to switch workspaces in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS using your mouse? You’ll already known you can click on the Activities button in the top bar. That opens the overview screen which shows all active workspaces. You click on a worksp…

Getting Started With Ubuntu

New to Ubuntu? Start here. Learn to use Ubuntu with these tutorials for beginners.

digiKam 8.2 Open-Source Photo Management App Is Now Available for Download

digiKam 8.2 is here after about four months after the digiKam 8.1 release, which introduced four new templates for 6.8-inch photo papers in the Print Creator feature, added the ability to remove all face tags from selected items and to remove all tags from selected items except face tags, and improved the usability of the […]

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Open-Source Webmail Roundcube Joins Nextcloud

Roundcube, one of the best open-source web-based email clients around, has decided to team up with Nextcloud, a popular open-source collaboration platform that is known for its suite of collaboration tools.
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Gary Benson: GitLab YAML Docker Registry client

Have you written a Docker Registry API client in GitLab CI/CD YAML? I have.
# Delete candidate image from CI repository.
clean-image:
stage: .post
except:
– main

variables:
AUTH_API: “$CI_SERVER_URL/jwt/auth”
SCOPE: “repository:$CI…

How to Set Up Logging in C# Applications

Tutorial on how to configure and integrate the basic logging features in a C# application using the NLog library to write the logs to a wide variety of targets.

How to Read Excel Files in C# without External Libraries

Comprehensive tutorial on how you can read an Excel file in C# without taking advantage of the “.NET” external libraries such as NPOI, EPPlus, or ClosedXML.

How to Use Bitmaps for Image Manipulation in C#

Tutorial on Bitmap class for image manipulation in C#, what features it offers, and the methods and properties that we can use to perform the image operations.

How to Read and Write Files with C# FileStream

Tutorial on all the most common and powerful operations that you can perform using the FileStream class in C# to read and write the files in a C# application.

How to Read JSON Files in C#

Tutorial on how to use the provided C# tools and features to read and parse the data from a JSON file in a C# application using the Newtonsoft.JSON application.

How to Use and Return Tuples in C# Methods

Practical tutorial on how to use tuples as method return types in C#, how to define them, how to access the tuple elements, and understanding tuple destruction.

How to Properly Use the ‘Using’ Statement in C#

Guide on the uses of the “using” keyword in C# as a namespace, directive, to create aliases, and explore the various techniques where each usage is applicable.

How to Understand and Use C# Byte Type

Simple guide on the fundamentals of working with the byte data type in C#, their features, memory layout, size, and other features to create safe applications.

How to Understand and Use Nested Classes in C#

Comprehensive tutorial on how to create and use the nested classes in a C# application to create a modular code or encapsulate the data in a modular format.

How to Differentiate Between C# Records and Classes

Practical guide on exploring the differences between a record and a class in C# and in which scenario you might prefer to use one over the other using examples.

How to Differentiate Between C# Properties and Fields

Guide on the workings of fields and properties in C# which are the major components of OOP, what they do, how they work, and the major differences between them.

How to Deserialize JSON to C# Objects

Practical tutorial on the steps and methods that we can use to convert a C# object into a JSON string and deserialize JSON to C# objects along with examples.