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Skype Hangs Up (For Good) on May 5 – Export Data Before Then!

Skype, one of the best-known video chat/calling apps, is shutting down forever on May 5, Microsoft has announced today. Nothing gold can stay, and neither can VoIP services shorn their cultural zeitgeist it seems. Replacing Skype will be a free version…

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Installing Ubuntu on WSL Just Got Much Easier

Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) user? If so, you will be pleased to hear that Ubuntu is now available in Microsoft’s new tar-based distro format — no need to use the sluggish Microsoft Store. Canonical announced the news today, noting that &#82…

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Google Kinda Gives Chromium Away Because… Antitrust

From where we sit, Google’s “giveaway” of it’s open source Chromium assets is basically a ruse to convince the feds that the company isn’t an intentional monopolist.
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How to Install .NET 9 (or 8) in Ubuntu 24.04 | 22.04 | 20.04

This tutorial shows how to install Microsoft .NET software development framework (9.0, 8.0, or even 6.0, 7.0) in current Ubuntu 24.04, Ubuntu 22.04, and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. Microsoft announced .NET 9 last week. It features over 1,000 performance related changes across the runtime, workloads, and languages. .NET Aspire 9 now has OpenAI, Ollama, Milvus integration, […]

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Germany Puts Microsoft on Five Years Probation for Antitrust Bullying

For the next five years, Microsoft will be under the watchful eye of Germany’s Federal Cartel Office, which will be seeking to thwart any monopolistic activity coming from Redmond proactively.
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Germany Puts Microsoft on Five Years Probation for Antitrust Bullying

For the next five years, Microsoft will be under the watchful eye of Germany’s Federal Cartel Office, which will be seeking to thwart any monopolistic activity coming from Redmond proactively.
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What Microsoft’s Borking of Grub Says About Redmond’s ‘Love’ of Linux

Windows might not rule the day at Microsoft anymore, but it’s still a moneymaker, and desktop Linux is still the competition.
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What Microsoft’s Borking of Grub Says About Redmond’s ‘Love’ of Linux

Windows might not rule the day at Microsoft anymore, but it’s still a moneymaker and desktop Linux is still the competition.
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How to Install Visual Studio Code on Fedora 40

In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Visual Studio Code on Fedora 40. Visual Studio Code, often abbreviated as VS Code, is a powerful and versatile code editor developed by Microsoft. Despite its name, it’s not just limited to Visual Studio or Microsoft technologies. VS Code has gained immense popularity among developers […]

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.NET 9 Preview 6 is Now Available for Download! Here’s How to Install it in Linux

Microsoft has released .NET 9 Preview 6! In this guide, we will discuss the key highlights of .NET 9 and how to install .NET 9 in Linux.
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Microsoft Announce WSL Updates, Including New Settings App

Those using Ubuntu on Windows through the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) may be interested to know that ‘significant updates’ are on the way. In a blog post to recap things discussed as the recent Microsoft BUILD event the company’…

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Microsoft Gives Its Open-Source Developer Font Major Update

Cascadia Code is an open-source monospaced font made by Microsoft first released in 2020 and serves as the default typeface for the official Windows Terminal app. Similar to Intel’s One Mono, JetBrains’ Mono and IBM’s Plex, Cascadia C…

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Wine 9.3 is Out with New HID Pointer Device Driver

Wine, the free open-source software for running Windows apps on Linux, macOS, & BSD, announced a new development 9.3 release this Friday. The new Wine 9.3 improved proxy configuration reading and writing by using new option to query global proxy settings, and wininet functions to set proxy settings. The release also introduced a new HID […]

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Microsoft Relents: VS Code Will Work with Ubuntu 18.04 Until 2025

Microsoft has announced a temporary reprieve for developers using VS Code to connect to servers, clouds, container, and other devices running Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. As I covered last week, Microsoft pushed out an update to VS Code that bumps its glibc requi…

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New PPA to Install .NET 8 in old Ubuntu 18.04 & Ubuntu 16.04

For .NET developers, the latest .NET 8 can be installed on old Ubuntu 18.04 and/or Ubuntu 16.04 LTS easily through PPA. .NET 8 was released few months ago in November, 2023. It’s a new LTS release with 3 years support, and features new code generator “Dynamic Profile-Guided Optimization” (PGO), AVX-512 instruction set, out-of-the-box AI features, […]

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VSCode Drops Ubuntu 18.04 Support, Devs Feel “Screwed”

Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) has dropped support for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS — a move causing issues for scores of developers. VS Code 1.86 (aka the ‘January 2024’ update) saw Microsoft bump the minimum build requirements for the text ed…

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VS Code vs VS Codium: What’s the Difference?

VS Code and VS Codium look identical at first glance, but that’s not the case. Let’s take a look at their differences.
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How to Install .NET 8 in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

Microsoft announced .NET 8 a few days ago. Here’s a step by step guide shows how to install it in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. .NET 8 is a new LTS release with 3 years support. It features new code generator “Dynamic Profile-Guided Optimization” (PGO), AVX-512 instruction set, out-of-the-box AI features, first preview of .NET Aspire, native […]

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Microsoft is Attending Next Week’s Ubuntu Summit

If you’re rocking up to the Ubuntu Summit in Riga, Lativa next week you’ll find yourself in the company of Microsoft. Yes, the makers of Windows (and one-time arch enemy of Linux) has announced it’s attending the Ubuntu Summit. Why? T…

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Microsoft Announces the Sunset of Azure Database for MariaDB

Time’s ticking for Azure MariaDB users. By 9/19/2025, all workloads will be gone. Microsoft recommends migrating to Azure MySQL.
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