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Apache NetBeans 25 open-source IDE updates Gradle, Maven, and Java tooling, refining dependency resolution, test execution, and UI stability.

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DietPi is a lightweight Debian based Linux distribution for SBCs and server systems, with the option to install desktop environments, too. It ships as minimal image but allows to install complete and ready-to-use software stacks with a set of console based shell dialogs and scripts.

The source code is hosted on GitHub: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi
The main website can be found at: https://dietpi.com/
Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/DietPi

The project released the new version DietPi v9.11 on February 23rd, 2025.

The highlights of this version are:

• Pi-hole: Support for Pi-hole v6 added. This was the relevant change to issue the v9.11 release quick after the v9.10
• Initial boot / Firstboot: Fixes for Quartz64/Star64/VisionFive 2 and WiFi connected hardware
• Fixes for Fail2Ban

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It’s been a long road for Wayland’s recently landed color management extension. We take a brief look back at how this latest feature was formed.

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Armbian 25.2 is here almost three months after Armbian 24.11 featuring the long-term supported Linux 6.12 LTS kernel series for most of the supported boards, with extensive refinements in all areas, as well as support for new boards including Rock 2A and 2F, NanoPi R3S, Retroid Pocket RP5, RPMini, Rock 5T, GenBook, MKS-PI, SKIPR, Armsom CM5, NextThing C.H.I.P, and Magicsee C400 Plus.

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Misconfig Mapper is an open-source CLI tool built in Golang that discovers and enumerates instances of services used within your organization. It performs large-scale detection and misconfiguration assessments, leveraging customizable templates with detection and misconfiguration fingerprints to identify potential security risks in widely used third-party software and services.

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Ntopng is an open-source network traffic monitoring tool for traffic analysis and real-time visualization. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to install the Ntopng Network Monitoring Tool on the Debian 12 server.

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Jan is a ChatGPT-alternative that runs 100% offline on your desktop. The aim of the project is to make it easy for anyone to run LLMs and use AI yet retain full control and privacy.

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Docker Hub remains free of pull consumption charges, with improved pull limits and delayed storage fees to support developers.

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Magento is a free and open-source e-commerce platform written in PHP. It is simple, easy to use, customizable, and allows you to host your online store within a few minutes. In this post, we will show you how to install Magento 2 with Apache and Let’s Encrypt SSL on AlmaLinux.

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This article recommends the finest free and open source software that lets you dive into responsive design using CSS.

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Superfile is a modern terminal file manager designed with a strong focus on user interface, functionality, and ease of use. It is built using Go (a fast and efficient programming language) and Bubble Tea (a framework for creating terminal applications with beautiful interfaces).

Unlike some other file managers that can feel clunky or outdated, Superfile provides a fresh and accessible approach to managing files and directories directly from your terminal.

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IceWM 3.7 window manager for the X Window System brings new theming options, improved keybinding support, and bug fixes.

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This week we got the first point release of the latest KDE Plasma 6.3 desktop environment series, the second point release of the long-term supported Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat) operating system series, a major release of the Mesa open-source graphics stack, and many other interesting releases.

On top of that, I show you how to install the latest and greatest Linux 6.13 kernel on Ubuntu. Below, you can check out this week’s hottest news and access all the distro and package downloads released this past week in the 9to5Linux weekly roundup for February 23rd, 2025.

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Catch up on the latest Linux news: Ubuntu 24.04.2, Plasma 6.3.1, COSMIC Alpha 6, Pi-hole 6, NVIDIA vs AMD, Docker Hub drops pull consumption fees, and more.

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Lutris 0.5.19 open-source game manager for Linux improves Proton integration, refines DXVK handling, enhances Esync & Fsync settings, and more.

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The first PhotoPrism update for 2025 brings a sleek UI, hybrid photo-video viewer, and 3D Earth view for Places—plus some usability and performance enhancements.

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This roundup explores the finest CLI-based file encryption tools. All free and open source goodness.

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Wine 10.2 offers better gaming and app support with vkd3d 1.15, dynamic Wow64 mode, thread priority tweaks, and Bluetooth updates.

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Files is a file management app for file browsing, media consumption, storage clean-up and offline file transfer. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives for Linux.

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Coming almost two months after PeaZip 10.2, the PeaZip 10.3 release automates context menu integration in the service menus of the KDE Plasma desktop environment and the scripts subfolders of the Nautilus file manager of the GNOME desktop environment. It also modernizes the Qt 6 binary packages and adds a new Tux-Alt theme for Linux systems.

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