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Featuring a much-refined interface, GIMP 3.0 introduces massive improvements to color management, a stable public API to allow porting of plug-ins and scripts from the GIMP 2.10 series, support for loading layers from TIFF files saved in the Autodesk Sketchbook format, and support for 64 bits per pixel images for the BMP format.

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FFmpeg developers have achieved a remarkable performance improvement of up to 94x by implementing handwritten AVX-512 assembly code.

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This article focuses on selecting the best small Linux utilities that support Flickr integration. These tools help users to edit, tag, download and upload images to and from a Linux computer and the Flickr service.

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In the digital age, securing your network infrastructure is more critical than ever. Businesses using Linux systems must be proactive in implementing robust security measures. This guide explores how Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) can enhance your Linux network’s defenses.

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When it comes to document collaboration, one usually thinks about text documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. Although many people prefer to use Google Docs for this task, Linux users have some decent alternatives that easily tackle the challenges of collaborative work without sharing data with the tech giant.

However, sometimes document collaboration might involve PDF files as one of the most popular document formats. That’s why it’s a good idea to have a tool that can help you co-edit PDFs with other Linux users in real-time.

PDFs are not easy to edit but ONLYOFFICE Docs has a built-in PDF editor that handles this format with ease allowing users to make edits online and co-author such files as simple text documents.

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Personalizing your Fedora desktop can make your computing experience more enjoyable and efficient. With Fedora using the GNOME desktop environment, you have various options to change themes, and icons, and add extensions.

This guide will walk you through the steps to personalize your Fedora desktop easily.

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Learn how to create a systemd service file in Linux to manage your application or shell script file in the background as a service.

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Discover a step-by-step guide to install the latest version of Floorp Browser on Ubuntu and other Linux distros with practical examples.

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Explore why Linux is the top choice for developers and programmers, thanks to its advantages, flexibility, and open-source foundation.

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The new Steam Client brings a lot of Linux changes, starting with support for executing native Linux game titles in the Steam for Linux runtime 1.0 (scout) by default rather than of the legacy runtime environment. This change promises better compatibility across all Linux desktop distributions.

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All of this year’s presentations that took place in the three large “ballrooms” at the Raleigh Convention Center will be available online soon.

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Linux is particularly strong in the field of open source statistical software. The purpose of this article is to identify software for performing statistical analysis.

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The open-source software (OSS) industry is developing the core software for the global infrastructure, to the point that even some proprietary software giants adopt Linux servers for their cloud services. Still, it has never been able to get organized by creating representative bodies capable of giving an organic response to issues such as those raised at the European level by the Cyber Resilience Act.

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Redox OS, a microkernel-based operating system written in Rust, now supports the RISC-V architecture. This includes support in the kernel, toolchain, build process, and Orbital Desktop.

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Nano is a simple and user-friendly command-line text editor for Linux, which is often used for basic text editing tasks, such as creating and editing configuration files, scripts, or simple documents.

However, many users don’t know that Nano supports syntax highlighting, which can make editing code files easier by coloring different parts of the text (like keywords, variables, and comments) for better visibility.

This guide will explain how to enable syntax highlighting in Nano to make your coding experience smoother and more efficient.

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Monitor the graph of inbound and outbound network traffic and bandwidth usage in real time with the Nload command-line utility in Linux.

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Umask (a shortcut of user-file creation mode mask) is a Linux command that sets permissions for a file or directory users create. Linux uses this fundamental command to set the default permissions. When creating a new file or directory, the umask command determines the initial access level. We can count umask as a function that sets the mask, which is known as the file mode creation mask.

The next paragraphs will explain how Umask works and how to use the command with the values in different scenarios. Let’s get started!

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GitHub’s 2024 Report: Python has surpassed JavaScript for the first time, becoming developers’ most preferred language.

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Translate is a translation app developed by Apple for their iOS and iPadOS devices. It functions as a service for translating text sentences or speech between several languages. Here are the best free and open source alternatives for Linux.

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Manjaro Linux is developing a new tool called Manjaro Data Donor (MDD) to gather usage statistics about its user base.

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