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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Progress ShareFile

Mon, 03/24/2025 - 10:55

ShareFile is a secure content collaboration, file sharing and sync software. It’s designed to handle document workflows for any size team. It has built-in security features to protect files.

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Debian 12.10 Rolls Out with Security and Stability Improvements

Sun, 03/23/2025 - 10:15

Debian 12 “Bookworm” receives its tenth refresh (12.10), featuring 66 bug fixes and 43 security updates. Here’s more on that!

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digiKam 8.6 Released with Many Face Management Updates and Improvements

Sun, 03/23/2025 - 10:00

Coming four months after digiKam 8.5, the digiKam 8.6 release is here to improve the application’s face management feature using cutting-edge AI technology by completely rewriting it, including the Face Classifier and Face Pipeline implementations. This leads to 25%-50% faster operation when using the full CPU.

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8 Best Free and Open Source Linux Anti-Spam Tools

Sat, 03/22/2025 - 10:10

There are a number of techniques that help fight the tide of spam. These include whitelisting, spam buckets, Bayesian filtering, fuzzy logic techniques, and attachment scanning. We pick our favorite open source solutions to counter spam.

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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Apple Zoom

Sat, 03/22/2025 - 10:00

On a Mac, the Zoom settings for accessibility makes everything on the screen larger or enlarges just the area where the pointer is located. Zoom is part of macOS and is proprietary software. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.

 

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6 Best Free and Open Source PHP Microframeworks

Fri, 03/21/2025 - 11:34

This article examines the best PHP microframeworks. Micro means the framework is small, with little or no tools and libraries. Microframeworks are designed with extensibility in mind.

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Debian 12.10 “Bookworm” Released with 66 Bug Fixes and 43 Security Updates

Fri, 03/21/2025 - 11:31

Debian 12.10 is here a little over two months after Debian 12.9 as the ninth point release of Debian Bookworm. Yes, ninth, because Debian 12.3 was never released due to an issue in the EXT4 file system leading to data corruption, which means that it doesn’t count as a point release.

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11 Best Free and Open Source Graphical Email Clients

Fri, 03/21/2025 - 11:24

We’ve surveyed all of the graphical email clients that run under Linux and make our picks.

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SystemRescue 12 Released with Bcachefs Support

Fri, 03/21/2025 - 11:18

Arch-based SystemRescue 12, designed for file recovery, backups, and OS repairs, brings kernel 6.12 LTS, bcachefs support, and more.

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How To Replace Text In Multiple Files Using A Bash Script In Linux

Fri, 03/21/2025 - 11:14

In this guide, we will learn how to replace text across multiple files efficiently using a Bash script in Linux.

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Purpose of /dev/sda on Linux (When to Use It with an Example)

Fri, 03/21/2025 - 10:55

This article will teach you about the different types of files on Linux, what the root directory is, what the /dev directory is for, and what the /dev/sda device files are.

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Fixing the “wget: command not found” Error in Linux

Fri, 03/21/2025 - 10:49

Learn how to fix the “wget command not found” error in Linux by installing wget, configuring the system PATH, or using alternatives like curl.

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uBlock Origin is the Most Popular Firefox Add-on

Fri, 03/21/2025 - 10:44

Firefox’s most popular top 10 add-ons are heavily dominated by ad blockers, revealing a strong user preference for ad-free browsing.

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SUSE Displays Enhanced Enterprise Linux at SUSECON

Fri, 03/21/2025 - 10:39

Besides readying releases of its own latest Linux distributions, SUSE announced new support options for obsolete Red Hat Enterprise Linux and CentOS.

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KDE Frameworks 6.12 Released with Various Improvements and Bug Fixes

Fri, 03/21/2025 - 10:34

KDE Frameworks 6.12 continues the monthly KDE Frameworks releases with a background for the navigation bar of the Dolphin file manager and Gwenview image viewer, support for the kded6 daemon to restart automatically in the background when it crashes, and MIME-type icons for Kdenlive project files in the Breeze icon theme.

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How to Install and Use Nessus Vulnerability Scanner on Ubuntu 24.04

Thu, 03/20/2025 - 11:14

Nessus is a network scanning tool and vulnerability scanner developed by Tenable. It is used for vulnerability assessments, penetration testing, and ethical hacking. In this guide, you’ll learn how to install Nessus on Ubuntu 24.04 server.

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Best Free and Open Source Visual Automation Tools

Thu, 03/20/2025 - 11:10

This article looks at software which provides a graphical user interface for automating desktop tasks.

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PipeWire 1.4.1 Brings Bug Fixes and Stability Improvements

Thu, 03/20/2025 - 11:02

PipeWire 1.4.1 is a bugfix update that improves MIDI support on older kernels, fixes audio crashes, and enhances Bluetooth stability.

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8 Tiny Utilities to Make Your Linux Experience Even Better

Thu, 03/20/2025 - 10:58

Linux is an operating system that you can customize to your needs. Learn how to use these tiny Linux utilities to improve your system performance.

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DXVK 2.6 Adds NVIDIA Reflex Support, Improvements for Many Games

Thu, 03/20/2025 - 10:55

Hightlights of DXVK 2.6 NVIDIA Reflex support for D3D11 games that support this feature, such as God of War, Overwatch 2, and Quake Champions, more robust Vulkan swapchain implementation, and improved efficiency of multisample resolves on tiling GPUs.

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