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Distribution Release: IPFire 2.29 Core 190

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. The IPFire project develops a minimal operating system for routers and firewalls. The project’s latest release, IPFire 2.29 Core 190, provides a kernel update and begins phasing out supp…

IPFire Linux Firewall Preps for Wi-Fi 7, Adopts Post-Quantum Cryptography

IPFire 2.29 Core Update 190 open-source hardened Linux firewall is now available for download with support for post-quantum cryptography and other changes. Here’s what’s new!
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How Nagios Can Transform Your System Monitoring Game

by George Whittaker

Monitoring the performance of Linux systems is a critical task for administrators aiming to ensure reliability, efficiency, and security. When it comes to robust an…

Distribution Release: Murena 2.6.3

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. The Murena team have announced a new version of the project’s /e/OS operating system. Support for tablets has been introduced along with smoother support for QR code reading. One of the …

BSD Release: NetBSD 10.1

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. The NetBSD project has published an update to the highly portable operating system’s 10.x series. NetBSD 10.1 mostly focuses on fixes and some driver enhancements. “Device drivers: acpio…

LibreOffice 24.8.4 Office Suite Is Now Available for Download with 55 Bug Fixes

LibreOffice 24.8.4 is now available for download as the second maintenance update in the LibreOffice 24.8 series with 55 bug fixes. All LibreOffice 24.8 office suite users must update to this version as soon as possible.
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Distribution Release: T2 SDE 24.12

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. T2 SDE is an open-source system development environment (or distribution build kit if you are more familiar with that term). The project has published version 24.12 which supports 25 CPU…

How To Show System Details on Kubuntu

This short tips and tricks tutorial will help you to show system information on Kubuntu. It is important because with this you can view full computer specifications including software information such as OS version as well as hardware information such …

Kdenlive 24.12 Added Multiple Subtitle Tracks & Removed Qt5 Support

Kdenlive, the popular Qt-based free open-source video editor, released new 24.12 version a few days ago. The new release package was made available on December 14. KDE.org announced it within KDE Gear 24.12, though there’s still no official release note in kdenlive website at the moment of writing. If you can’t wait for the official […]

How to Use dnf5 Command for Fedora Package Management

The post How to Use dnf5 Command for Fedora Package Management first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .DNF5 is the latest version of the DNF package manager, which is used for installing, updating, and managing software on
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How to Install DNF5 on Fedora 39 Linux

The post How to Install DNF5 on Fedora 39 Linux first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .DNF5 is the next-generation version of the DNF package manager, designed to improve performance, security, and flexibility in managing software…

How to Install DNF5 on Fedora 39 Linux

The post How to Install DNF5 on Fedora 39 Linux first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .DNF5 is the next-generation version of the DNF package manager, designed to improve performance, security, and flexibility in managing software…

Basics of Pandas: 10 Core Commands for Data Analysis

The post Basics of Pandas: 10 Core Commands for Data Analysis first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .Pandas is a popular and widely-used Python library used for data manipulation and analysis, as it provides tools for working
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FOSS Weekly #24.51: OBS Tip, New Linux Tools, Fun With Terminal, New Releases and More

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Flowblade 2.18 Released! Credits Scroll Generator & VP9 WebM Support

Flowblade, free open-source non-linear video editor, announced new 2.18 feature release today! The new release introduced Credits Scroll Generator, allowing to add animated texts with scrolling or paging effects, like the list of names involved in making a film or TV show. And, text presentation and layout changes are controlled using a bit of MarkDown […]

Mozilla Revenue Jumped in 2023, But Search Deal Cash Fell

Mozilla’s overall revenue saw a sizeable boost in 2023, despite a drop in income from its lucrative search engine deals. According to its latest financial report, Mozilla’s revenue in 2023 hit ~$653 million (US), up from ~$593 million in 20…

Simon Josefsson: Guix Container Images for GitLab CI/CD

I am using GitLab CI/CD pipelines for several upstream projects (libidn, libidn2, gsasl, inetutils, libtasn1, libntlm, …) and a long-time concern for these have been that there is too little testing on GNU Guix. Several attempts have been made, and …

6 Linux myths, busted

Linux is more popular than ever, but certain myths still surround the open-source OS. Let’s clear some things up.

The 4 easiest ways to test Linux on your old PC before Windows 10 support runs out

If you’re considering a migration from the soon sunsetting Windows 10 to Linux and you’re looking for a way to test the open-source operating system, here are four options.