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Learn how to find and count the total number of file and directory occurrences in a specific directory using the find and wc commands.

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Learn how to use wildcards in Linux, including *, ?, [], and {}, to match filenames efficiently and simplify file searching and management.

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The Framework Desktop is a tiny 4.5L Mini-ITX machine powered by the AMD Ryzen AI Max “Strix Halo” processors with discrete-level Radeon 8060S graphics and 16 CPU cores at 5.1GHz boost clock, up to 128GB LPDDR5x RAM, up to 16TB of storage, and a semi-custom 400W power supply with FSP in a standard Flex ATX form factor.

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Believe it or not, to celebrate its 20th anniversary, VLC—the renowned media player used by millions worldwide—has announced a truly out-of-this-world project: sending user-submitted videos to the Moon.

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Coming only a week after KDE Plasma 6.3.1, the KDE Plasma 6.3.2 release adds animated WebP and GIF support to the Spectacle screenshot tool, along with a warning notification when WebP support is missing and a prompt that notifies users that WebP is better than GIF.

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Tableau is a visual analytics platform transforming the way we use data to solve problems.

Tableau is proprietary software. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives for Linux.

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With the launch of Hub 10, Nextcloud demonstrates that open source is a viable alternative for secure, enterprise-grade collaboration. The new release improves integration, security, and performance, offering organizations a self-hosted alternative.

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Gentoo Linux offers bootable QCOW2 disk images for amd64 and arm64 architectures, designed for cloud environments and easy testing with QEMU.

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What is virtualization, and how does it benefit your server? In computing, virtualization divides physical computer resources into individual virtual machines called virtual private servers (VPS). Server virtualization masks server resources from server users into individual virtual private servers with their own operating system. Servers get isolated from the OS of the other servers hosted on the master physical machine known as the host. So, what is virtualization? In simple terms, virtualization is a process that partitions one big server into multiple smaller servers.

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There’s a good range of QR tools available for Linux. Here’s our verdict captured in a legendary LinuxLinks-style ratings chart.

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Apache NetBeans 25 open-source IDE updates Gradle, Maven, and Java tooling, refining dependency resolution, test execution, and UI stability.

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

The source code is hosted on GitHub: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi
The main website can be found at: https://dietpi.com/
Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/DietPi

The project released the new version DietPi v9.11 on February 23rd, 2025.

The highlights of this version are:

• Pi-hole: Support for Pi-hole v6 added. This was the relevant change to issue the v9.11 release quick after the v9.10
• Initial boot / Firstboot: Fixes for Quartz64/Star64/VisionFive 2 and WiFi connected hardware
• Fixes for Fail2Ban

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It’s been a long road for Wayland’s recently landed color management extension. We take a brief look back at how this latest feature was formed.

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Armbian 25.2 is here almost three months after Armbian 24.11 featuring the long-term supported Linux 6.12 LTS kernel series for most of the supported boards, with extensive refinements in all areas, as well as support for new boards including Rock 2A and 2F, NanoPi R3S, Retroid Pocket RP5, RPMini, Rock 5T, GenBook, MKS-PI, SKIPR, Armsom CM5, NextThing C.H.I.P, and Magicsee C400 Plus.

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Misconfig Mapper is an open-source CLI tool built in Golang that discovers and enumerates instances of services used within your organization. It performs large-scale detection and misconfiguration assessments, leveraging customizable templates with detection and misconfiguration fingerprints to identify potential security risks in widely used third-party software and services.

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Ntopng is an open-source network traffic monitoring tool for traffic analysis and real-time visualization. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to install the Ntopng Network Monitoring Tool on the Debian 12 server.

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Jan is a ChatGPT-alternative that runs 100% offline on your desktop. The aim of the project is to make it easy for anyone to run LLMs and use AI yet retain full control and privacy.

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Docker Hub remains free of pull consumption charges, with improved pull limits and delayed storage fees to support developers.

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Magento is a free and open-source e-commerce platform written in PHP. It is simple, easy to use, customizable, and allows you to host your online store within a few minutes. In this post, we will show you how to install Magento 2 with Apache and Let’s Encrypt SSL on AlmaLinux.

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This article recommends the finest free and open source software that lets you dive into responsive design using CSS.

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