The auto-save feature in GEdit vs the new GNOME Text Editor

I recently compared GEdit’s auto-save to Kate’s swap-save feature. Both features try to achieve the same goal — to protect your unsaved work from power failures and crashes — but through different means. The new GNOME 42 release replaces GEdit with GNOME Text Editor (GTE) as the recommended default text editor. GTEdit also has a […]

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Phishers Exploit Google’s SMTP Relay Service to Deliver Spoofed Emails

Phishers are exploiting a flaw in Google’s SMTP relay service to send malicious emails spoofing popular brands. Avanan researcher Jeremy Fuchs says that starting in April 2022, they have seen a massive uptick of these SMTP relay service exploit attacks…

Microsoft has Joined Work on the Open Game Engine Open 3D Engine

The Linux Foundation has announced that Microsoft has joined the Open 3D Foundation (O3DF), which was established to continue the co-development of the Open 3D Engine (O3DE) after it was discovered by Amazon. Microsoft was among the top contributors.
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DietPi released a new version 8.4

The project released the new version DietPi v8.4 on April 30th, 2022. The highlights of this version are: It comes with new images with updated Linux version for Odroid XU4 and NanoPi 2 series. We replaced the confusing “Preference” menus in DietPi-Software with on-demand dependency choices. You can now disable APT list compression in DietPi-Config […]

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Why and How to Edit Your Sudoers File in Linux

There’s a “sudoers” file in your Linux system that permits and denies users from gaining super-user access. Learn how it works and how you can extend it.
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Tails 5.0: Most Secure Linux Released

The release of a specialized distribution kit Tails 5.0 (The Amnesic Incognito Live System), based on the Debian package base and designed to provide anonymous access to the network, has been formed. Anonymous exit to Tails is provided by the Tor system. All connections, except traffic through the Tor network, are blocked by default by […]

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How To Select And Filter Data From a MySQL Database Using PHP In XAMPP

In this guide, we will discuss how to select the records from a MySQL database based on specific conditions with the WHERE clause and the SELECT command using PHP in XAMPP stack.
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Firefox 100 Marks 17 Years of Development with Interesting Upgrades

Mozilla Firefox 100 is a significant release, marking 17 years of development, and all the exciting feature additions over the years.
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Fedora 36 Release Has Been Delayed for the Second Time

The postponement of Fedora’s release is not something new that can surprise the devotees of this popular Linux distro. Due to some last-minute bugs discovered, Fedora Linux 36 has been postponed again with a new release date of May 10.
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Microsoft Discovers Dual Linux Security Problems: Nimbuspwn

Microsoft, yes, Microsoft is now finding and helping fix Linux security bugs. Will wonders never cease!
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How to Use the Rsync (Remote Sync) Command in Linux with Examples

In this tutorial we’ll learn how to use rsync to transfer and sync files between machines, as well as explore some of rsync‘s options, through examples and detailed explanations.
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How to Create VPC Peering Across Two AWS Regions

VPC peering allows resources of two different regions to communicate over a private network. In this guide, we will learn how to create VPC peering across two AWS regions.
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How to Install Slackware Linux 15: A Full Step-by-Step Guide

Slackware is the oldest actively maintained Linux distro. Learn how to install Slackware Linux 15 in this step-by-step guide.
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Using Chroot in OpenSSH

A chroot is the operation where the root directory of a process is changed to a specified directory. Learn to use chroot in OpenSSH here.
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How to Install Matomo Web Analytics on Ubuntu 20.04

Matomo (formerly known as Piwik) is a free and open-source web analytics application. Learn to install Matomo web analytics on Ubuntu 20.04.
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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Corel MindManager

Corel MindManager is mind mapping software. What are the best free and open source alternatives to Corel MindManager?
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How To Access Linux Partitions From Windows 10 Using Linux Reader

This guide explains how to access Linux partitions from Windows 10 and transfer the data from Linux partitions to Windows using freeware called Linux Reader.
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Unity Desktop Environment Will Receive Its First Major Update in 6 Years

Unity Desktop Environment is a graphical shell for the GNOME desktop environment designed and maintained by Canonical for Ubuntu operating systems. It was later abandoned by Canonical and taken over by other maintainers. Unity 7.6 will be the first major version of Unity in six years, with the previous release in May 2016. It has […]

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Install This Window Manager Written in C++

WMDerland is a Tiling Window Manager for the X11 server and uses space partitioning trees. It was written in C++, has gaps(spaces) between windows and can be easily configured by a file with INI syntax.
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How to Install XFCE Desktop or Xubuntu in Ubuntu 22.04 or 20.04

In this tutorial we’ll cover how to install XFCE desktop environment or Xubuntu, which is an Ubuntu flavor, on Ubuntu 20.04/22.04.
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