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Migrating social media data with the data transfer project

The Data Transfer Project wants to make it easier to move your data between social media sites.

Build your own Slackware repository

If you deploy software packages to several computers, the standard Slackware tools lack efficiency. We show you how to create a custom repository to automatically install and upgrade software for multiple systems.

Control your backup NAS from the desktop

To be able to power up and shut down his NAS and check the current status without getting out of his chair, Mike Schilli programs a graphical interface that sends a Magic Packet in this month’s column.

One-stop solutions for Linux

Linux users can now experience what Windows and macOS users have enjoyed for decades: hardware, software, and services bundled together. We look at six of these one-stop solutions for Linux.

Considering FOSS Databases

There are many FOSS databases available inexpensively today, and they might serve new projects well.

Make a camera for lenticular photography

You can take lenticular images with a homemade camera to re-create the "wiggle" pictures of your childhood.

Managing open data with CKAN

CKAN, a versatile data management system, lets you build a portal to share your open data.

Open-Source Linux Foundation Connectivity Effort Takes Flight Thanks to Meta

Meta is contributing a series of technologies to a new open-source initiative designed to help improve networking connectivity. Learn more here.
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Parallels Desktop Update Adds Support for Ubuntu 23.04 VMs

A clutch of Ubuntu fixes features in the latest update to Parallels Desktop, a popular proprietary and paid virtualization suite for macOS. If you’re now scratching your head wondering why you’re reading about Mac software on an Ubuntu blog…

Alma Linux 9.2, Rocky Linux 9.2 Are Now RHEL 9.2 Alternatives

Based on the RHEL 9.2 release, both Alma Linux 9.2 and Rocky Linux 9.2 bring pretty much the same new features and improvements.
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How to Enable/Re-enable ‘Tab’ Key Auto-Completion in Ubuntu 22.04

The ‘Tab’ key bash auto-completion does not work for you? Here’s how to re-enable this feature in Ubuntu. When typing in terminal/command console, user can press ‘Tab’ key to auto-complete command, options, file path & name. This feature is quite useful and available out-of-the-box for every user with home directory. If you broke something done […]

DashBar is a Compact All-in-One Taskbar GNOME Extension

If you’re looking to trick your GNOME Shell desktop out with a classy new taskbar extension that’s low on system resources check out DashBar. Admittedly GNOME Shell is not short of taskbar, panel, and dock extensions. A wide range of altern…

Malicious Open-Source Components Threatening Digital Infrastructure

Henrik Plate, lead security researcher at Endor Labs, discusses the dual-edged nature of open-source software. Learn more here.
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Using the Linux Cat Command to Manage Files and Directories

by George Whittaker

In the realm of Linux command-line tools, few commands are as versatile and widely used as cat. This article dives deep into the capabilities of the Linux cat comma…

OpenSSF CTO Shares Insights on Open-Source Security Challenges

Brian Behlendorf, CTO at OpenSSF, shares insights on leading the OpenSSF and addressing open-source security challenges.
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Deepin 23: Best New Features and Highlights

Deepin 23 brings exciting new features, including Wayland support and enhanced desktop components. Learn more here.
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Linux Kernel 6.2 Reaches End of Life, Users Urged to Upgrade

As Linux kernel 6.2 reaches end of life, it will no longer receive bug and security fixes. Users are urged to upgrade to Linux kernel 6.3.
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DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 1020

This week in DistroWatch Weekly: Review: UBports 20.04 on PinePhoneNews: Debian prepares for the launch of Bookworm, 20 years of running GentooQuestions and answers: Finding another machine’s IP address and finding distributions with a recent kernelRe…

You Can Now Make ChromeOS Flex USB Installers on Linux

It’s now possible to make a ChromeOS Flex USB on Linux. You thought you could already? So did — but turns out we couldn’t. As noted by our friends at…

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