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Chronicler Zack Brown reports on the latest news, views, dilemmas, and developments within the Linux kernel community.

Create impressive presentations with Kdenlive

Kdenlive plays to its strengths when editing larger video projects and also helps users create appealing slideshows with impressive effects.

Fuzzing and the quest for safer software

Fuzzing is an important method for finding bugs and security vulnerabilities in software. Read on to find out what fuzzing is and which methods are commonly used today.

What About the Cats?

The sorry state of discourse on the Internet has many causes, and the experts have offered many solutions for the mess. One of the biggest problems is the way that social media platforms reward engagement.

Distributed programming made easy with Elixir

The Elixir programming language on a Raspberry Pi lets you create distributed projects in just a few lines of code.

Linux Magazine Full Feed 2021-12-31 11:44:05

In the news: EndeavorOS 21.4 Has Arrived; NixOS 21.11 Now Available for Download; KDE Plasma Developers Introduce a Gnome-Like Overview; Rocky Linux 8.5 Now Available with Secure Boot Support; CronRAT Malware Targets Linux Servers; AlmaLinux OS 8.5 Now…

Linux Magazine Full Feed 2021-12-31 11:44:05

This month in Linux Voice.

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

This month Graham looks at Plasma System Monitor, projectM audio visualizer, yt-dlg downloader GUI, and more.

Modern PDF security

PDFs, the preferred format for file sharing, only offer primitive privacy and security measures. With these command-line tools, you can help your PDFs meet modern security requirements.

An Amiga emulator for the Raspberry Pi 400

Convert a Raspberry Pi 400 into a retro computer that behaves like the popular Amiga 500.

Creating your own custom maps

Prettymaps combines multiple Python libraries to make it easy to draw maps straight from the OpenStreetMap database.

Reviving old computers

Computer architectures from the 1960s and 1970s are given new life via modern kits.

Pacstall brings the freedom of the AUR to Ubuntu

Many users wish Ubuntu had a free and easily accessible user-driven package repository like Arch’s AUR. Pacstall steps into the gap.

The sys admin’s daily grind: getnews.tech

Instead of websites or newsfeeds, Charly prefers to use getnews.tech at the command line to keep up to date with what’s happening around the world quickly and in a targeted way.

Game development with Go and the Fyne framework

We all know that the Fyne framework for Go can be used to create GUIs for the desktop, but you can also write games with it. Mike Schilli takes on a classic from the soccer field.

A security-conscious OS

Parrot OS offers a more secure desktop with practical tools for both newbies and veteran users that encourage better security habits.

How to Create Sudo User in RHEL, CentOS, Rocky & AlmaLinux

The Redhat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) ecosystem hosts several interesting Linux-based OS distributions. The OS pair AlmaLinux and Rocky Linux are exciting replacements for the discontinued CentOS distribution.
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Lunduke’s ‘Tux on Tour’ NFT Campaign for Funding Open Source Projects

Want to play around with the NFT thing while helping Linux and open source projects? The Linux Tycoon will show you how.
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postmarketOS 21.12 Brings Support for More Devices, GNOME 41 Apps, and Sxmo on Wayland

Probably the main attraction is PINE64’s PineBook Pro ARM laptop, which now has official postmarketOS images with different interfaces, including the KDE Plasma and GNOME desktops, as well as Sway, Phosh, and Console interfaces. postmarketOS 21.12 ships with the usual mobile-optimized Phosh (GNOME), KDE Plasma Mobile, and Sxmo interfaces. As expected, these have been updated […]

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Libadwaita 1.0 Arrives to Kickstart a New Era of GTK App Development

Libadwaita 1.0 has been released, kickstarting a new era in GTK app development. Now, there’s been a fair bit of controversy and misunderstanding over what libadwaita is and isn’t. It’s pitched as a library that implements the (new) G…