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The Linux command line offers several tools for checking and verifying a file’s integrity. One such tool is sha1sum, which we will discuss in this tutorial using easy-to-understand examples.

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OpenShot 3.2.1 open-source video editor is here with new themes, UI/UX improvements, and bug fixes.

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With its last release in May 2022 and only one developer left, SSHFS’s future is uncertain. Is the project fading away?

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At the United Nations OSPOs for Good Conference, we were once more reminded of the curious situation of AI and open source programs: While the foundations of AI are built on open source tools and libraries, almost no major AI program is truly open source. OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s PaLM (and its successor, the multimodel Gemini), and Meta’s Llama-3 are often touted as open, but they’re not. They come with significant restrictions that don’t meet the definition of open source software.

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Manjaro.org relaunches with a minimalistic, cleaner design and enhanced enterprise offerings.

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The GNOME Project released today GNOME 46.3 as the third maintenance update to the latest GNOME 46 “Kathmandu” desktop environment series, bringing more bug fixes and small improvements.

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PipeWire 1.2.1 multimedia framework update brings better audio with KODI, smoother KDE previews, and robust script execution.

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KDE’s latest release, Frameworks 6.4.0, offers upgraded functionality, new features, and crucial fixes. Get the details!

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The Mozilla Thunderbird 128 open-source email client has been released as a major update that introduces many new features, improvements, and bug fixes.

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This is your friendly reminder that Ubuntu 23.10 “Mantic Minotaur” reached end-of-life yesterday, July 11th, 2024, which means that it will no longer be supported with software and security updates.

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PhotoPrism’s July update includes support for OpenID Connect for simpler, secure logins, enhanced video support, and more.

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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 for the installation of complete and ready-to-use software stacks with a set of console based shell dialogs and scripts.

The project released the new version DietPi v9.6 on July 7th, 2024.

The highlights of this version are:

• Quartz64/Star64/VisionFive 2, Orange Pi 5, Odroid C1, NanoPi R6C: Improved resp. fixed images
• soju: New software package, an IRC bouncer
• Node-RED: Fixed installation/update problem
• Fixes for DietPi-Banner, DietPi-Drive_Manager, DietPi-Dashboard, Fail2Ban

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Zed open-source code editor built in Rust with a GPU-accelerated renderer has been officially launched for Linux.

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AlmaLinux is turning into the RHEL clone with a difference, by patching RHEL security holes that are given a low priority by Red Hat.

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Colin Percival, FreeBSD release engineering lead, has recently announced changes to FreeBSD release schedule and support period.

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Coming about five weeks after the LibreOffice 24.2.4 update, LibreOffice 24.2.5 is here to introduce more fixes for those annoying issues, bugs, crashes, regression, and other problems reported by users in the latest LibreOffice 24.2 series. In numbers, the LibreOffice 24.2.5 point release addresses a total of 78 bugs.

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New Exim 4.98 MTA addresses critical SMTP vulnerabilities. Includes crucial updates for DKIM handling and SMTP security.

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BunkerWeb is an open-source Web Application Firewall (WAF) distributed under the AGPLv3 free license. The solution’s core code is entirely auditable by a third party and the community.

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Bottles 51.12: Now supporting D3D8 via DXVK, enhanced GNOME runtime, and bug fixes for a smoother experience.

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It’s final! Fedora moves to Wayland-only GNOME, dropping X11 from its media to enhance user experience. Here’s more on that.

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