| by Scott Kilroy

Debian opens a door for non-free firmware

The topic of non-free firmware has caused some turbulence within the Debian project, but now the community has a new direction.

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| by Scott Kilroy

Reduce PDF file sizes with Minuimus

The Minuimus Perl script helps you save disk space by reducing the file size of PDF files with just a few commands.

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| by Scott Kilroy

Linux Magazine Full Feed 2023-02-05 08:49:54

This month in Kernel News: Bug Tracking

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| by Scott Kilroy

Sparkling gems and new releases from the world of Free and Open Source Software

Over the past couple of months, Graham’s ever-versatile Steam Deck has synced books to an e-reader, played movies on a television, joined Mumble, recorded two podcast episodes, and even played a few games.

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| by Scott Kilroy

The tool isn’t the problem

Restricting uses for FOSS may seem appealing, but it also might not be the solution some imagine.

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| by Scott Kilroy

A style checker for LibreOffice Writer

The Angry Reviewer style check can be used to evaluate and improve any type of writing, including academic articles and grant applications.

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| by Scott Kilroy

Linux Magazine Full Feed 2023-02-05 08:49:38

MX Linux 21.3 and Puppy Linux FossaPup 9.5

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| by Scott Kilroy

I’ll Be Watching You

The elite gathering known as Davos is not an ordinary business convention. The annual conference of the World Economic Forum is an uber-exclusive event, not a meeting of governments but rather a gathering of representatives from around 1,000 member com…

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| by Scott Kilroy

Predicting the productivity of a solar array with Perl

A forecast service and some Perl magic help predict the solar power yield of a residential photovoltaic array.

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| by Scott Kilroy

Cloning a Debian system with apt-clone

In the right circumstances, apt-clone can be a simple option for cloning your Debian system.

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| by Scott Kilroy

Linux Magazine Full Feed 2023-02-05 08:49:25

In the news: Nobara Project; Gnome 44; Nitrux 2.6; Vanilla OS; Critical Linux Vulnerability Found to Impact SMB Servers; Linux Mint 21.1; Another Attempt at a Linux Tablet; Designing with LibreOffice 2nd Edition; and KaOS Linux 2022.12.

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| by Scott Kilroy

Remote access from the outside with DWS Remote Control

DWS Remote Control offers convenient browser access to computers outside of your home network.

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| by Scott Kilroy

Request Spotify dossiers and evaluate them with Go and R

Spotify, the Internet music service, collects data about its users and their taste in music. Mike Schilli requested a copy of his files to investigate them with Go.

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| by Scott Kilroy

Build LEGO models with LDraw and LeoCAD

LDraw and LeoCAD help you become a virtual LEGO architect.

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| by Scott Kilroy

Linux Magazine Full Feed 2023-02-05 08:49:05

This month in Linux Voice.

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| by Scott Kilroy

TV over the Internet with IPTVnator

Thanks to the IPTV standard and free software, you can view your favorite channels on Linux without any problems.

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| by Scott Kilroy

Customize your system tray with YAD

YAD lets you customize your system tray with one-line Bash tray scripts.

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| by Scott Kilroy

An inside look at a small distro

Thierry Nuttens, the developer of NuTyX, shares a behind-the-scenes look at a small Linux distribution.

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| by Scott Kilroy

Swap snaps for Flatpaks with unsnap

If you want to move away from Ubuntu’s Snap package format, the unsnap script removes snaps from your computer and replaces them with Flatpaks where possible.

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| by Scott Kilroy

Enhanced searches with fzf

Simplify your searches and get better results with fzf, a modern search tool based on fuzzy logic.

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