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At ATO AI, IBM Announces It’s Handing Three AI Projects to Linux Foundation

Wed, 03/26/2025 - 12:54

During a keynote address at All Things Open AI, IBM announced that three key AI tools it has developed are being donated to the Linux Foundation.

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How To Install FFmpeg 7.1.1 on Ubuntu 24.10, Ubuntu 24.04, Ubuntu 22.04 And Derivative Systems (Via PPA)

Wed, 03/26/2025 - 12:50

FFmpeg is a powerful and widely used open-source multimedia framework designed for recording, converting, streaming, and processing audio and video files. It supports a vast range of codecs and formats, making it an essential tool for developers, content creators, and system administrators working with multimedia.

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How To Install BlueFish Editor 2.2.16 On Ubuntu 24.10, Ubuntu 24.04, And Derivative Systems (via FlatPak)

Wed, 03/26/2025 - 12:48

Bluefish is a fast and lightweight code editor designed for programmers and web developers who need a powerful yet efficient tool for writing code. It supports a wide range of programming and markup languages, including HTML, CSS, PHP, Python, JavaScript, and more. With its intuitive interface and feature-rich environment, Bluefish is ideal for both beginners and advanced users looking for a robust alternative to heavy IDEs.

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Difference Between Su, Sudo Su, Sudo -i, and Sudo -s

Wed, 03/26/2025 - 12:43

There are tons of reasons to switch to another user’s or the root user’s account, however there are multiple ways to do so, which we are going to learn today.

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How To Install GNU Octave 9.4 on Ubuntu 24.10, Ubuntu 24.04, Ubuntu 22.04 And Derivative Systems

Wed, 03/26/2025 - 11:50

As you may already know, GNU Octave is a high-level programming language and numerical computing environment designed for scientific computing, data analysis, and machine learning. It provides a powerful interactive interface with extensive support for numerical operations, matrix manipulation, data visualization, and algorithm development. Octave is widely used in academia, research, and engineering fields as a free and open-source alternative to MATLAB.

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21 Best Free and Open Source DNS Servers

Wed, 03/26/2025 - 11:48

DNS is one of these things many take for granted that is critical to using the internet. Without DNS, the internet breaks. It’s critical that a DNS server keeps the internet working in a secure and stable manner. We pick the finest DNS servers.

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How to Create a Video from Images with FFmpeg (and Add Audio)

Wed, 03/26/2025 - 11:45

This guide will walk you through the steps to create a video from images and add a background audio for a professional touch.

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Immich 1.130 Released with Massive Speed Gains

Wed, 03/26/2025 - 11:40

Immich 1.130, a self-hosted photo and video backup solution, is here with a folder view for mobile, faster timelines, and massive external library scan speed boosts.

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Listing All Users in a Linux System

Wed, 03/26/2025 - 11:36

Explore various methods, including reading passwd file and using commands like awk and compgen, to efficiently list users in Linux.

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Dependency-Check: Open-source Software Composition Analysis (SCA) Tool

Tue, 03/25/2025 - 11:04

The tool analyzes dependencies for Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) identifiers. When a match is found, the tool generates a report with links to the relevant Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) entries, helping teams address security risks.

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Elementary OS 8.0.1 Brings Bug Fixes, UI Tweaks, and Performance Boosts

Tue, 03/25/2025 - 11:01

Ubuntu-based elementary OS 8.0.1 rolls out with faster search, better AppCenter handling, improved Files and Terminal features, and more.

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Vivaldi Browser 7.2 Boosts Performance with Faster Address Bar

Tue, 03/25/2025 - 10:56

Vivaldi 7.2 speeds up browsing with a faster address bar, improved page loading, and new customization tools.

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Java 24 Delivers Quantum Resistance, AI Enhancements, Easier Learning

Tue, 03/25/2025 - 10:53

Nearly 30 years after its first release, the open source Java programming language is continuing to improve.

Today Java 24 becomes generally available, bringing with it substantial improvements across language features, libraries, security, and runtime performance. The latest release contains exactly 24 Java Enhancement Proposals (JEPs), coincidentally matching the version number, along with approximately 3,500 additional fixes and improvements.

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Blender 4.4 Released with a Big Update for the Experimental Vulkan Backend

Tue, 03/25/2025 - 10:49

Coming four months after Blender 4.3, the Blender 4.4 release introduces support for integer sockets in the compositor, a much more accurate Fast Gaussian mode of the Blur node, a revamped Glare node for greater control and a better user experience, and support for rendering videos using the H.265/HEVC codec.

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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Citrix Wrike

Tue, 03/25/2025 - 10:30

Citrix Wrike is a collaborative work management solution. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives for Linux.

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Fedora Linux 42 Enters Public Beta Testing with Linux Kernel 6.14 and GNOME 48

Tue, 03/25/2025 - 10:26

Powered by the upcoming Linux 6.14 kernel series, the Fedora Linux 42 beta ships with the soon-to-be-released GNOME 48 desktop environment for the flagship Fedora Workstation edition, as well as the latest KDE Plasma 6.3 desktop environment on the Fedora KDE Spin, which was promoted to edition status.

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42 Excellent GNOME Shell Extensions

Tue, 03/25/2025 - 10:22

Add additional functionality to a GNOME desktop with these great GNOME extensions. This roundup showcases 42 cool GNOME extensions.

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11 Useful Bluetooth Tools for Linux

Tue, 03/25/2025 - 10:19

We recommend a variety of different Bluetooth tools besides BlueZ, the official implementation of the Bluetooth protocol stack.

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GIMP 3.0 Released: A Major Overhaul After Seven Years in Development

Tue, 03/25/2025 - 10:13

GIMP 3.0 is here with a modern GTK3 UI, non-destructive filters, improved file support, enhanced color management, and more.

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