This guide delves into the functionalities and comparisons of gzip, bzip2, and xz, three widely-used compression tools in Linux. Learn about their compression ratios, speed, and practical applications to choose the most suitable tool for your file comp…
Read MoreGitea is an open-source code-hosting solution based on the Git platform. This article will cover installing and configuring Gitea on a Debian 12 server and setting up your first Git repository.
Read MoreIt’s been a long time since I last wrote about Musique, a desktop music player for Windows, macOS, and Linux. Amazingly, the app is still going, and it just got its first major update in nearly 3 years. “This Musique update is the first Qt …
Read More More than 28,000 packages are available in Guix today, not counting
third-party channels. That’s a lot—the 5th largest GNU/Linux
distro! But it’s nothing if the one package you
care about is missing. So even you, dear reader, may one day find
your…
Have 2 or more PCs connected to a single external monitor? If you run Ubuntu (or other Linux) on one of the PCs, then here’s how to add a keyboard shortcut to switch video source on the monitor. Most external monitors today have more than one video input ports, e.g., HDMI1, HDMI2, DP1, allowing to […]
Read MoreThe DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. Ultramarine Linux is a Fedora-based distribution featuring extra package repositories such as RPM Fusion, the Budgie (or Cutefish) desktop, and multimedia codecs. The project’s latest re…
Read More Let’s talk about tree-shaking!But first, I need to talk about WebAssembly’s dirty secret: despite the
hype, WebAssembly has had limited success on the web.There is
Photoshop,
which does appear to be a real success. 5 years ago there was
Figma, thoug…
This article compares iptables and firewalld, two key firewall management tools in Linux. Understand their unique features, ease of use, and management capabilities to make an informed decision on the best tool for securing and managing network traffic…
Read MoreGNU Parallel 20231122 (‘Grindavík’) has been released. It is available for download at: lbry://@GnuParallel:4
Quote of the month:
Got around to using GNU parallel for the first time from a suggestion by @jdwasmuth … now I’m wishing I starte…
Read MoreThe recent GNOME Shell 45.1 update has begun rolling out to users of Ubuntu 23.10. As the first point release issued to GNOME Shell since the GNOME 45 release in September, the update ships with an miscellaneous assortment of bug fixes, code cleanups, …
Read MoreThe DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. rlxos is an independent Linux distribution which runs on an immutable filesystem and features the Xfce desktop. The project has made some significant changes for its latest stable releas…
Read Moreby George Whittaker
Introduction
Linux systems are renowned for their robustness and efficiency, making them a preferred choice for servers, desktops, and embedded systems. However,…
Read MoreThe DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. Proxmox is a commercial company offering specialised products based on Debian GNU/Linux, notably Proxmox Virtual Environment. The company’s latest release is Proxmox 8.1 Virtual Environm…
Read MoreWith the release of Firefox 120 hitting the stable software repositories of various popular GNU/Linux distributions, Mozilla has now promoted the Firefox 121 release to the beta change for public testing, so it’s time to take a look at the new features…
Read MoreFedora workstation displays Fedora logo on the desktop for the default wallpaper, now there’s an extension that can do the similar job in Ubuntu 23.10, Arch, and Manjaro Linux with GNOME 45. It’s “Logo Widget”, which allows to add any user selected image into desktop as background logo, resize and place it in top-left, top-center, […]
Read MoreGuide on all the functions related to the D3.js nests collection to allow the elements in an array of objects to be grouped into a hierarchical tree structure.
Read MoreTutorial on creating a basic bar plot in D3.js in vertical and horizontal forms, animate the bar plot visualization, and change the color with the HTML button.
Read MorePractical guide on the use of conditional directives like “ifelse”, “ifdef”, and “ifndef” in makefiles to create a robust structure with the help of variables.
Read MoreHow to build a bubble chart in D3.js, specify the color scale to color the bubbles for each category, and add a tooltip to display the category on mouseover.
Read MoreTutorial on the process of creating the calendar template manually in Google Docs using the table and downloading the calendar template online for editing.
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