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Highlights of Mesa 25.1 include a fully mainlined Asahi driver as its UAPI was merged into the kernel, support for Mali G720/G925 GPUs in the Panfrost driver, YCbCr, dualSrcBlend, and Vulkan 1.2 support in the PanVK driver for Mali v10+ GPUs (Gxxx), and Zink/NVK as the default driver for NVIDIA GPUs, finally replacing the old nouveau driver.

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Coming a month after fwupd 2.0.8, this release introduces support for Intel Arc ‘Battlemage’ GPUs, the ability to allow installing multiple database certificate updates at the same time, support for showing what certificate signed the EFI authenticated variable, new documentation about updating the KEK and database, as well as the ability to use readline to look up inputs from user, and make it optional.

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The new Raspberry Pi OS release improves screen locking by adding a custom front end that gives them a bit more feedback as to what is happening, while allowing them to lock the screen by pressing Ctrl+Alt+L, or by via the ‘Lock Screen’ option in the ‘Shutdown…’ dialog.

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This article focuses on GUIs that help you manage and create SSH connections.

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Apple Siri (Speech Interpretation and Recognition Interface) is a digital assistant which helps you with the things you need to find, know or do every day.

Siri is proprietary software and is not available for Linux. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.

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Linux Mint 22.2 will be called “Zara” and LMDE 7 “Gigi,” as the team tweaks Mint-Y colors to better align with modern UI trends and libAdwaita styling.

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I can still remember when the 33MHz 486DX was the fastest chip around.

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The Yocto Project, RISC-V and the Rise Project working together in tandem can’t be anything but good for the macrocosmic open source universe.

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Odoo, which was previously called OpenERP, is a comprehensive suite of open-source business applications. It is a popular open-source enterprise resource planning (ERP) software choice. Odoo includes many modules that can be integrated into one application, enhancing its appeal. The newest version, Odoo 17, offers new features that boost its ease of use. The redesigned interface now supports keyboard shortcuts, facilitating the selection of records and enabling multiple selections with ease. This tutorial will show you how to install Odoo 18 on Almalinux 10 with nginx or Apache as a reverse proxy.

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Linux has been quietly moving from niche to mainstream – and this is why.

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A new Raspberry Pi OS update is now available for download, featuring screen lock upgrades, touchscreen improvements, and performance boosts.

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Ubuntu 25.10 (Questing Quokka) will default to sudo-rs, a Rust-based reimplementation of sudo, aiming for better security and memory safety.

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Slimbook Kymera Black is designed to adapt to the needs of every user, offering them a high level of customization and configurability, without compromising power and reliability. It features a versatile and innovative modular design ideal for professional or gaming use.

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Coming two months after Clonezilla Live 3.2.1-9, the Clonezilla Live 3.2.1-28 release is based on the Ubuntu 25.04 (Plucky Puffin) operating system series and it’s powered by Linux kernel 6.14 to offer users the best possible hardware support when running Clonezilla Live to backup their data.

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As expected, the first Ubuntu 25.10 daily builds are based on the previous Ubuntu release, Ubuntu 25.04 (Plucky Puffin), which arrived last month on April 17th, which means that they include the same core components and software versions as the Plucky Puffin release, such as Linux kernel 6.14 and GNOME 48 desktop.

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Appending text to files is a common task in systems administration and development, especially when dealing with large datasets or logs.

This can be efficiently accomplished using a Bash script, which is a powerful command-line shell in Unix-like operating systems, offering a range of utilities and operators to manipulate files, including the ability to append text.

In this article, we will walk you through the process of appending text to a single file and then expand that to appending text to multiple files using a Bash script, which is a useful skill when you need to automate text insertion in log files, configuration files, or scripts.

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This blog post will show you how to install Node.js on AlmaLinux 10 OS version—the latest version of AlmaLinux. NodeJS is an open-source cross-platform JavaScript runtime compatible with multiple OSs, such as Windows, Unix, macOS, and Linux. We will stick with Linux, especially AlmaLinux 10. NodeJS offers a variety of features and lets developers use Java for command-line tools and server-side scripting. As we mentioned, it is compatible with JavaScript. It is good to note that Node.js, except for JavaScript, is also written in C, C++, and Python.

In the following paragraphs, we will show you two different ways of installing NodeJS on AlmaLinux 10. Every installation is straightforward and should not take more than 10 minutes. Let’s get things done!

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Managing file and directory permissions is essential for maintaining both security and control in a Linux environment. The find command, when combined with chmod, offers a powerful and flexible method to apply permission changes recursively across many files or directories.

This guide provides 20 one-liner commands using find that let you adjust permissions for files and folders within the current directory. These commands are especially useful for system administrators, developers, or anyone who wants to efficiently manage permissions on a Linux system.

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System administration often involves repetitive tasks such as file management, user account creation, service monitoring, and system backups. While Linux-based operating systems like Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) offer various tools to manage these tasks, automation can help save time, reduce human error, and improve overall efficiency.

Python, a high-level programming language, is an excellent tool for automating system administration tasks. It is easy to learn, has a rich set of libraries, and provides flexibility to perform a wide range of administrative operations.

In this article, we will explore how to use Python scripts for automating common system administration tasks on RHEL.

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Autorize is an open-source Burp Suite extension that checks if users can access things they shouldn’t. It runs automatic tests to help security testers find authorization problems. To use Autorize, you’ll need Burp Suite and Jython.

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