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The Equalizer

Open source software has always served as an equalizing force in the IT space. When one company or group gets too much power, the open source ecosystem offers a head start to others who wish to oppose that dominance.

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Schedule Movie Viewing Time with a Go TUI

To help Mike Schilli finish watching the movies he’s already started, a Go TUI assists him with cross-service home theater scheduling and timekeeping.

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UEFI on the Raspberry Pi

A conventional PC and the Raspberry Pi have many things in common, but the single-board computer does not natively support UEFI boot. For some models, you can change that.

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Linux Magazine Full Feed 2026-06-29 15:38:18

This month in Linux Voice.

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Mastering I/O Latency Monitoring with eBPF

Old-school performance monitoring won’t cut it for today’s complex configurations. Extended Berkeley Packet Filter and its suite of surrounding tools are here to help.

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Moving Away from Non-Sovereign Tech

A good plan – and FOSS – can pave the way to the security, simplicity, and local financial benefit of tech sovereignty.

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A Visual Diff and Merge Tool

Use Meld to visually compare files and directories, resolve complex three-way merge conflicts, and audit your code repositories via a visually appealing, color-coded, side-by-side interface.

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Teaching a Rasp Pi Model B to Speak

bitVox, a small voice assistant built on a 2011 Raspberry Pi Model B, separates hardware control, speech processing, intent routing, and skills into plain Linux processes, allowing you to read, test, and modify one piece at a time.

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Why the Powerful ss Command Is Gradually Replacing netstat

We take a close look at the Socket Statistics utility ss and show why it is better than netstat for forensics, troubleshooting, and other networking tasks.

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Linux Magazine Full Feed 2026-06-29 15:38:04

In the news: KDE Linux Drops AUR; California May Exempt Linux from Its Age-Verification Law; Another Logic Bug Found in Linux Kernel; Ubuntu Core 26 Offers Game-Changing Enterprise Features; Flooding the Linux Kernel Security Mailing List; Top Prioriti…

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Exploring the Firefox AI Kill Switch and Mozilla’s Default Behavior with Trackers and Ads

Firefox 148 introduced an option called "Block AI enhancements." What does that mean, is it really a "kill switch" for AI, and does Firefox live up to its reputation as a browser that exists beyond corporate control? We decided to s…

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Run Apps from Old or Different Linux Installations

If you want to run an app from a different distribution or architecture or one that needs different libraries, we show you some tricks to make this work on your Linux machine.

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Linux Magazine Full Feed 2026-06-29 15:37:29

Chronicler Zack Brown reports on the Importance of the User.

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Redirecting Output and Using Pipes

Turn simple commands into complex pipelines to process files and automate tasks in seconds.

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I replaced my iPhone battery at the Apple store for the first time ever – and learned a valuable lesson

A few weeks ago, I replaced my iPhone 14 Pro battery at the Apple store – and was pleasantly surprised by the results.

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Distribution Release: Kali Linux 2026.2

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. The Kali Linux project has released a new snapshot of the security- and forensics-focused distribution. The project’s 2026.2 release includes several upgrades: “It’s the final week of Q2…

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Install Dante Socks v5 Proxy Server in Ubuntu 26.04

This is a step by step guide shows how to install and set up Dante socks5 proxy server in Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. Dante is a free open-source software allowing to route network traffic between clients and servers. With it, you may bypass network restrictions, e.g., visit network resources that’re not available via direct access. You […]

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How to Downgrade and Lock Packages With dnf in RHEL Systems

The post How to Downgrade and Lock Packages With dnf in RHEL Systems first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .You ran dnf update, and now something has stopped working. Instead of spending hours troubleshooting, you just want to go
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Distribution Release: Mageia 10

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. The Mageia project has released a new version, Mageia 10, which brings updates to the project’s package management tools, welcome screen and CPU requirements. “We increase hardware requi…

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You Can Spend Up to $11,944 on Purism's Librem 16 Linux Laptop

The laptop starts at $2,899 and scales up to an eye-watering $11,944 for a custom config.

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