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A Linux home entertainment server with UPnP and DLNA

Thanks to protocols such as UPnP and DLNA, video, audio, and photos are distributed to TVs, gaming consoles, PCs, and smartphones without the need for configuration. Linux as a central media server is a welcome guest.

Klaus Knopper answers your Linux questions

A Perl tool for querying distribution repositories

A Perl script calls various plugins that sniff around on FTP and HTTP servers run by the major Linux distributions to discover when Fedora, Debian, and other distros update their packages.

Learning the basics of architectural security

Security applications like antivirus protectors respond to events, rather than preventing them from happening, but the best security in Linux is architectural – that is, in its configuration.

PaintSupreme image editor tested

The market for good image editing programs for Linux is pretty much saturated. Despite this, BrainDistrict has dared to launch two commercial programs: IFX-Supreme and PaintSupreme.

The sys admin’s daily grind: SendmailAnalyzer

During the ongoing battle against spam, admins should inspect their troop’s battle lines from time to time. If you don’t relish the thought of counting the dinnerware, you can use the services of a logfile inspector like SendmailAnalyzer, which works s…

Controlling Linux with voice input

Simon is a sophisticated speech recognition tool with easy access to two powerful speech recognition engines, Julius and CMU Sphinx.

Automating LibreOffice with macros

In addition to its comprehensive tool set, LibreOffice packs a built-in Basic-like scripting language that can be used to automate repetitive tasks and extend the suite’s default functionality.

Optimizing data organization on disk

Defragfs optimizes files on a system, allowing videos to load faster and large archives to open in the blink of an eye.

health @ Savannah: GNU Health HIS server 5.0.4 patchset bundle released

Dear community

The patchset 5.0.4 of GNU Health Information System is out!

This is a small patch related to the calendar package.

If you use the vanilla / standard installation, you can update the server and the dependencies from the gnuhe…

What’s New in KDE Gear 25.12 — A Major Update for KDE Software

by George Whittaker

Introduction

The KDE community has just published KDE Gear 25.12, the newest quarterly update to its suite of applications. This refresh brings a mix of enhancemen…

mailutils @ Savannah: GNU mailutils version 3.21

GNU mailutils version 3.21 is available for download.  Short list of changes in this version follows. Refer to its NEWS file for a detailed discussion.

Optionally create intermediate directories when creating mailboxes.

New configuration sectio…

radius @ Savannah: GNU radius version 1.7

Version 1.7 of GNU radius is available for download.

This is a maintenance release.

Noteworthy changes:

Support for Guile 3.x.

Code cleanup.

Improved testsuite.

Improved documentation.

Various bugfixes.

Evince – Intro to the Default Ubuntu Document Viewer Application

Document Viewer or Evince is the default PDF reader application on Ubuntu. It originates from GNOME and its real name is evince. As its name suggests, Document Viewer’s purpose is to display various digital documents and electronic books, like PDF and …

Linux Kernel 5.4 Reaches End-of-Life: Time to Retire a Workhorse

by George Whittaker

One of the most widely deployed Linux kernels has officially reached the end of its lifecycle. The maintainers of the Linux kernel have confirmed that Linux 5.4, on…

Free Software Awards winners announced: Andy Wingo, Alx Sa, Govdirectory

BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA (Tuesday, December 9, 2025) — The Free
Software Foundation (FSF) announced today the recipients of the 2024
Free Software Awards, which are given annually by the FSF to groups
and individuals in the free software community w…

FSF News: Free Software Awards winners announced: Andy Wingo, Alx Sa, Govdirectory

BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA (Tuesday, December 9, 2025) — The Free
Software Foundation (FSF) announced today the recipients of the 2024
Free Software Awards, which are given annually by the FSF to groups
and individuals in the free software communi…

Amin Bandali: Reading and writing emails in GNU Emacs with Gnus

At the 10th anniversary of my involvement in EmacsConf, I’m finally
giving my first ever talk at the conference, for EmacsConf 2025. 🙂
In this talk, I give a quick introduction to Gnus and show a basic
configuration for reading and writing email wit…

GNU Guix: A Planet for Guix

I am pleased to announce the availability of Planet
Guix, an Atom and RSS aggregator covering all
things Guix. You can browse posts on the website or use your favourite feed
reader to subscribe to the aggregate feed.Planet Guix already has subscripti…