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Rushing Toward Rewrite

Wed, 04/09/2025 - 10:25

Former CEO I worked under used to love saying: “Be fast or be perfect. And since no one’s perfect, you better be fast.” Sounds cool until you realize it was just a free pass to skip code reviews, bypass security controls, and YOLO prod deployments. “Speed” became a shield to ignore due diligence. PRs got rushed, on-call was a tire fire, and postmortems turned into recurring meetings with new names.

My favorite part was engineers asking for admin access “to move faster.” (Spoiler: they didn’t need it)

The real issue was that we weren’t a scrappy startup anymore. We were playing enterprise dress-up with a startup mindset. Speed was costing us everything from tech debt to fragility, rework, and burnout. Then I changed jobs and landed back in actual startup mode. Heard the same “move fast” mantra again. But this time, it clicked differently. Because here’s the thing: you can move fast without lighting your future self on fire. Good teams know when to slam the brakes, take a breath, and make decisions that won’t age like milk. Move fast, sure—but maybe don’t bulldoze the foundation while you’re at it.

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FSF’s Memorabilia Auction Successful: GNU Head Drawing Brings $40K Bid

Wed, 04/09/2025 - 10:10

The auction was part of the Free Software Foundation’s way of celebrating its 40th Anniversary. Coming up in May will be LibreLocal community meetups around the globe, and later perhaps, another memorabilia auction.

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Cloudflare open sources OPKSSH to bring Single Sign-On to SSH

Wed, 04/09/2025 - 10:00

OPKSSH (OpenPubkey SSH) makes it easy to authenticate to servers over SSH using OpenID Connect (OIDC), allowing developers to ditch manually configured SSH keys in favor of identity provider-based access.

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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Google Messages

Tue, 04/08/2025 - 06:49

Google Messages is a text messaging software application developed for its Android and Wear OS mobile operating systems. We recommend the best FOSS alternatives for Linux.

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Calibre 8.1 Boosts macOS Support, Adds FreeBSD Device Connectivity

Tue, 04/08/2025 - 06:42

Calibre 8.1 ebook manager adds external cover editing, locks virtual library tabs, and introduces FreeBSD device support.

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Akamai Becomes the Official Distributor of the Linux Kernel

Tue, 04/08/2025 - 06:34

Someone needs to host the Linux kernel code, and going forward, it will be the content delivery network Akamai.

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Ubuntu 25.04 “Plucky Puffin” Enters Public Beta Testing with Linux 6.14, GNOME 48

Tue, 04/08/2025 - 06:25

Powered by the recently released Linux 6.14 kernel and featuring the latest and greatest GNOME 48 desktop environment, Ubuntu 25.04 (codename Plucky Puffin) promises many goodies like the triple buffering feature from Ubuntu, Papers as the default document viewer replacing Evince, and BeaconDB-powered geolocation services.

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Want to Learn Linux From Legends? This Mentorship Pairs You With Top Developers

Tue, 04/08/2025 - 06:21

You’ll get priceless Linux experience from developers such as Linux Foundation Fellow Shuah Khan and kernel stable maintainer Greg Kroah-Hartman. Here’s how to apply.

 

 

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openSUSE’s Zypper Package Manager Gets an Exciting New Feature

Tue, 04/08/2025 - 06:15

openSUSE’s Zypper package manager introduces optional parallel downloads and backend enhancements with up to 50% time savings in benchmarked scenarios.

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422 Error Unprocessable Content and How to Fix It

Tue, 04/08/2025 - 06:10

In this post, we explain the HTTP 422 Error Unprocessable Content. What is it, and how can you fix it? The HTTP 422 Error belongs to the 4xx status codes and is a client-side error. It indicates that the server understood the request content, the syntax was okay, but its instructions could not be processed. This error appears in particular cases involving API interactions, so it is not a standard HTTP 4xx error.

In the following paragraphs, we will explain this error, teach you how to troubleshoot it, and how to fix it. Let’s get started!

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LibreOffice 25.2.2 Office Suite Is Now Available for Download with 83 Bug Fixes

Tue, 04/08/2025 - 06:06

Coming a month after LibreOffice 25.2.1, the LibreOffice 25.2.2 point release is here to address various bugs, crashes, and other annoyances reported by users in an attempt to improve the overall stability and reliability of this popular open-source, free, and cross-platform office suite.

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Linux for Windows Users? There’s No Such Thing!

Tue, 04/08/2025 - 06:01

Want Linux to feel like Windows? Here’s why that won’t work—and what you should really expect when crossing over to the Linux side.

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8 Useful Free Books to Learn About Deep Learning

Tue, 04/08/2025 - 05:54

Deep Learning is a subset of Machine Learning that uses multi-layers artificial neural networks to deliver state-of-the-art accuracy in tasks such as object detection, speech recognition, language translation and others. This roundup picks some useful books to learn about Deep Learning.

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Firefox 138 Is Out for Public Beta Testing with New Contrast Control Settings

Mon, 04/07/2025 - 09:55

With vertical tabs and tab groups now available to everyone, Firefox 138 looks like a smaller update promising only support for copying links for background tabs using the tabstrip context menu on Linux and macOS systems, as well as an improved address and credit card autofill feature that better handles dynamically updated forms.

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Steam Rolls Out April Update with Fixes and UI Improvements

Mon, 04/07/2025 - 09:53

Steam’s latest update fixes UI bugs, improve download estimates and enhances controller support, HDR rendering, and Remote Play functionality.

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Valve’s Latest Steam Client Release Brings Faster Download of Updates on Linux

Mon, 04/07/2025 - 09:52

For Linux users, the new Steam Client update improves the download speed of Steam client updates, fixes a rare issue on Linux where non-steam Protons could get assigned an incorrect compatibility tool, and no longer applies compatibility tool filtering to shortcuts.

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Best Free and Open Source Software: March 2025 Updates

Mon, 04/07/2025 - 09:49

March 2025 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.

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Fixing PPA Error: Repository Does Not Have a Release File on Ubuntu

Mon, 04/07/2025 - 09:44

When managing software packages on Debian/Ubuntu-based systems, it’s common to add external repositories or Personal Package Archives (PPAs) to install software that isn’t available in the default repositories.

However, sometimes you might encounter an error like this:

E: The repository ‘http://ppa.launchpad.net/xyz/ubuntu focal Release’ does not have a Release file.

This error can prevent the apt command from installing or updating packages from that source.

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Incus 6.11 Container & Virtual Machine Manager Released

Mon, 04/07/2025 - 09:41

Incus 6.11 container & virtual machine manager is out with initial Linstor support, improved VM and OCI container features, enhanced network options, and more.

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How to Install Portainer Server on Linux or WSL

Mon, 04/07/2025 - 09:36

Discover how to install the Portainer Server container on Linux or WSL with the kickstart guide that will help you on your Portainer journey.

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