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EdgeDB is now Gel, fully supports SQL and integrates seamlessly with Postgres.

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It’s not only text editors that offer syntax highlighting. We explore specialised tools that offer syntax highlighting for a whole raft of programming languages.

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Network bandwidth monitoring is essential for system administrators to track data usage, analyze traffic patterns, and optimize network performance.

VnStat PHP has been a popular choice due to its simple web-based interface, but it lacks modern features like real-time monitoring, deep packet inspection, and advanced visualizations. Moreover, it is no longer actively maintained, making it less suitable for modern network monitoring needs.

If you’re looking for powerful, modern alternatives, this guide covers the top five best replacements for VnStat PHP that provide better insights, interactive dashboards, and enhanced reporting capabilities.

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Seal Security launched Seal OS, a solution designed to automatically fix vulnerabilities in both Linux operating systems and application code. Seal OS delivers long-term support for a wide range of Linux distributions, encompassing Red Hat Enterprise Linux, CentOS, Oracle Linux, Debian, Ubuntu, Alpine and more. This support extends to various deployment models, including containers, virtual machines, and bare metal installations.

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DalFox is an open-source tool for automating the detection of XSS vulnerabilities. With powerful testing capabilities and a wide range of features, it makes scanning, analyzing parameters, and verifying vulnerabilities faster and easier.

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GNU Emacs is one of the oldest text editors. It was created by Richard Stallman, the founder of the Free Software movement and GNU project. He is also the creator of the GNU C compiler and Debugger.

Emacs is a versatile and highly configurable text editor with hundreds of keybindings and commands. With numerous configuration settings, it’s arguably one of the text editors with a steep learning curve, so most developers, system administrators, and regular Linux users prefer Nano or Vim editors.

Despite the complexity of learning the ins and outs of Emacs, it’s not entirely hostile to beginners, and with the right learning strategy and guidance, you’ll be comfortable in no time.

In this guide, we will hold your hand and walk you through the Emacs editor. By the end of this guide, you will have a decent amount of knowledge to get started with using the Emacs editor.

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Periodically new devices and technology coming out and it’s important to keep our Linux system kernel up-to-date if we want to get the most of out it.

Moreover, updating the system kernel will allow us to take advantage of new kernel functions, and also it helps us to protect ourselves from vulnerabilities that have been found in earlier versions.

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GNU Binutils (short for “Binary Utilities”) is a set of command-line tools for handling object files, executables, and binary data.

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Apache NetBeans is a powerful, open-source, and award-winning Integrated Development Environment (IDE) that supports a wide range of programming languages and frameworks.

It is widely used for developing Java-based web, mobile, and desktop applications, as well as for C/C++, PHP, and other languages. With its rich feature set, extensibility through plugins, and support for the latest technologies, NetBeans remains a top choice for developers across platforms like Windows, Linux, and macOS.

The latest release is Apache NetBeans 25, which brings improved performance, enhanced tools, and support for the latest Java and other technologies.

This article will guide you through the steps to install Apache NetBeans 25 on Debian, Ubuntu, and Linux Mint distributions.

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Let’s dive into what Docker and Podman are, compare their features, and decide which one is better for your specific use case.

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Learn how to find and count the total number of file and directory occurrences in a specific directory using the find and wc commands.

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Learn how to use wildcards in Linux, including *, ?, [], and {}, to match filenames efficiently and simplify file searching and management.

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The Framework Desktop is a tiny 4.5L Mini-ITX machine powered by the AMD Ryzen AI Max “Strix Halo” processors with discrete-level Radeon 8060S graphics and 16 CPU cores at 5.1GHz boost clock, up to 128GB LPDDR5x RAM, up to 16TB of storage, and a semi-custom 400W power supply with FSP in a standard Flex ATX form factor.

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Believe it or not, to celebrate its 20th anniversary, VLC—the renowned media player used by millions worldwide—has announced a truly out-of-this-world project: sending user-submitted videos to the Moon.

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Coming only a week after KDE Plasma 6.3.1, the KDE Plasma 6.3.2 release adds animated WebP and GIF support to the Spectacle screenshot tool, along with a warning notification when WebP support is missing and a prompt that notifies users that WebP is better than GIF.

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Tableau is a visual analytics platform transforming the way we use data to solve problems.

Tableau is proprietary software. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives for Linux.

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With the launch of Hub 10, Nextcloud demonstrates that open source is a viable alternative for secure, enterprise-grade collaboration. The new release improves integration, security, and performance, offering organizations a self-hosted alternative.

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Gentoo Linux offers bootable QCOW2 disk images for amd64 and arm64 architectures, designed for cloud environments and easy testing with QEMU.

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What is virtualization, and how does it benefit your server? In computing, virtualization divides physical computer resources into individual virtual machines called virtual private servers (VPS). Server virtualization masks server resources from server users into individual virtual private servers with their own operating system. Servers get isolated from the OS of the other servers hosted on the master physical machine known as the host. So, what is virtualization? In simple terms, virtualization is a process that partitions one big server into multiple smaller servers.

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There’s a good range of QR tools available for Linux. Here’s our verdict captured in a legendary LinuxLinks-style ratings chart.

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