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Review: Orbitiny 0.01
News: Gentoo offers ready-to-go disk images, elementary OS invites feature suggestions, FreeBSD starts porting efforts to the Pine…
Under fire from several different camps for a variety of reasons, Open Source Initiative announces board candidates that, to the surprise of no one, doesn’t include Luke Faraone.
The post OSI’s Roster of Board Election Candidates Doesn’t I…
Richard Stallman was interviewed during his visit to the University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy, in February. Clear questions with short, simply worded answers suitable for students and newcomers to the free software world.
For GnuCash users who prefer the native .deb package format, here I made a new unofficial PPA for all current Ubuntu releases. GnuCash is a popular personal and small-business financial-accounting software. It’s available in the Ubuntu system repositories, but always old. I’ve written about how to install the most recent GnuCash 5.10 in Ubuntu in […]
Last year saw the Cinnamon desktop receive a much-needed modern makeover, but it seems the visual revamp effort isn’t over yet. Work is underway on a design update for the Cinnamon app menu (applet). Compared to the current Cinnamon Menu, the pro…
by George Whittaker
As a software vendor, getting your product in front of the right audience is crucial. One of the best ways to reach business buyers is by leveraging B2B software co…
The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. The GhostBSD project maintains a desktop-focused build of FreeBSD. In the past, GhostBSD was based on FreeBSD’s development (STABLE) branch, but the latest version, GhostBSD 25.01, is bu…
Did you miss this week’s top articles? Here are the five most read article on FOSS Force for the week that just ended.
The post The Top Five — For the Week Ending February 28, 2025 appeared first on FOSS Force.
Linux Mint devs revealed a revamped application launcher for the Cinnamon desktop environment and other changes coming to Linux Mint users. Here’s your first look!
The post Linux Mint Devs Plan Revamped Application Launcher for the Cinnamon Desktop app…
Take your Kodi set up to the next level and add more features to it with these add-ons.
Skype, one of the best-known video chat/calling apps, is shutting down forever on May 5, Microsoft has announced today. Nothing gold can stay, and neither can VoIP services shorn their cultural zeitgeist it seems. Replacing Skype will be a free version…
NetworkManager 1.52 open-source network connection manager is now available for download with IPvlan interface support, ethtool FEC mode, and other changes. Here’s what’s new!
The post NetworkManager 1.52 Released with IPvlan Interface Support, ethtool…
Fish shell, the popular free open-source command line shell, release new major 4.0 version yesterday. Shell is a program that interprets and executes the commands you type in the terminal. Linux has different type shells, e.g., Bourne Shell (sh), GNU Bourne-Again Shell (bash), and C Shell (csh). And, current Ubuntu releases default to bash shell. […]
February proved a bumper month for Linux software updates, seeing big release of productivity suites LibreOffice and ONLYOFFICE and, plus a crop of smaller app updates which didn’t merit a full-length article on this blog. Rather than skip over t…
How well did you pay attention to tech news this week? Here’s your chance to check in and check yourself out. This week there are 10 questions. How will you score?
The post The FOSS Force Almost Open Tech News Quiz (2/28/25) appeared first on FOSS Force.
Seal Security is launching a new solution to automate fixing Linux vulnerabilities.
The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. The Murena team have announced the launch of an update in the /e/OS 2.x series. The new version imrpoves the account manager and software centre while fixing bugs on multiple devices. Th…
The post Linux Problem-Solving Scenarios: Real-World Challenges & Solutions first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .Linux is a powerful and reliable operating system, but even seasoned users encounter unexpected problems. Whether i…
NVIDIA announced the new 570.124.04 stable driver yesterday as the latest production branch version for Linux users. Compare to the last 570.86.16 Beta driver, this release added new conceal_vrr_caps parameter to the nvidia-modeset kernel module. Which, allows to enable features on displays (such as ULMB) that are incompatible with variable refresh rate (VRR). The new […]
by George Whittaker
Introduction
In the ever-evolving digital world, Linux servers form the backbone of enterprises, web applications, and cloud infrastructure. Whether hosting websit…