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XPipe is a desktop application designed for managing your entire server infrastructure directly from a local machine.

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As you may know, GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is a free and open-source image editing software used a lot on Linux systems, as a free alternative of Adobe Photoshop (that can be used hand-in-hand with Inkscape).

It is widely used by photographers, graphic designers, illustrators and digital artists, providing a set of tools for tasks like photo retouching, image composition, and graphic design. It also includes layer masking, color corection and digital painting, making the tool very powerful.

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The two biggest corporate open-source foundations are merging.

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As you may already know, Darktable is a free and open-source photography workflow application for image editing (that be used hand-in-hand with GIMP) with good support for Linux, Mac OSX, Solaris and Windows. It’s main purpose is to enhance a photographer’s workflow, permitting you to manage and adjust a large number of images efficient and easy.

Darktable operates in two modes: Lighttable (which allows you to export, sort and rename images) and Darkroom (which permits editing photos and raw files). The GUI looks very similar to Lightroom Classic, so if you have used that already, you might feel at home.

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PeerTube 7.1 open-source decentralized video platform released with improved podcast support, better playback stability, and more.

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There is a Linux client for Discord but it’s proprietary software.

For open source enthusiasts there are viable alternatives which we explore.

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Highlights of GIMP 3.0 include a much-refined interface written in GTK3 that allows the use of the mouse scroll wheel to flip through different dockable dialogue tabs, along with a new slash screen and logo, as well as improvements to the legacy icon theme to look great on HiDPI screens.

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IntelMQ is an open-source solution designed to help IT security teams (including CERTs, CSIRTs, SOCs, and abuse departments) streamline the collection and processing of security feeds using a message queuing protocol.

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Enlightenment 0.27.1 is the first point release in the Enlightenment 0.27 series improving the Battery module to limit charging to 100% and not over, adding the ability to use the mouse wheel on the Mixer module, and updating the client menu to no longer show the “Create Keyboard Shortcut” if the client has no desktop file associated.

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MuseScore Studio 4.5 open-source notation app brings faster dynamics input, a new percussion panel, engraving upgrades, and more.

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MangoHud is an open-source project available on GitHub, which was created to provide a simple and customizable way to monitor system performance while running Vulkan and OpenGL applications. The overlay is designed to be lightweight, meaning it doesn’t use much of your system’s resources, so it won’t interfere with your gaming or other tasks.

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NetBird is an open-source solution that integrates a configuration-free peer-to-peer private network with centralized access control, providing a single platform to build secure private networks for your organization or home.

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In this article, you will learn how to check the log or history of a user’s failed login attempts using the lastb command on Linux.

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Highlights of GStreamer 1.26 include H.266 Versatile Video Coding (VVC) codec support, Low Complexity Enhancement Video Coding (LCEVC) support, H.264/H.265 extractor/inserter for closed captions, H.266 video and rotation tag support for Matroska, and JPEG XS image codec support.

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Actual Budget is an open-source finance management software focused on privacy and built on top of “Envelope Style Budgeting”. In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to install the Actual Budgeting System on the Debian 12 server.

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Using Mesa 25.1, Nouveau users will default to Zink+NVK instead of the old OpenGL driver, shifting towards an OpenGL on Vulkan.

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KDE Plasma 6.3.3 arrives with improvements to the UI, system, and apps, including better DRM handling, smoother updates, and refined animations.

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Kitty 0.40 GPU-accelerated terminal emulator brings font size flexibility, better underline rendering, and more.

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The biggest change in the new IPFire release is the switch to the latest LTS (Long-Term Support) kernel branch, namely Linux 6.12 LTS, a major update from the Linux 6.6 LTS kernel series used until now, along with a new driver for Realtek 8812au chips, a set of firmware for Raspberry Pi SBCs, and U-Boot 2024.10.

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LXQt 2.2 desktop environment is coming with better Wayland support, improved QTerminal, and fixes across the board.

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