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TrueNAS SCALE 24.10 (Electric Eel) debuts Docker-based apps, RAIDZ expansion, TrueCloud backup, and revamped UI with global search.

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OpenStreetMap tends to dominate the space for open mapping data, but it is not the only project working in this area. At the 2024 Open Source Summit Japan, Marc Prioleau presented the Overture Maps Foundation, which is building and distributing a set of worldwide maps under open licenses. Overture may have a similar goal to OpenStreetMap, but its approach and intended uses are significantly different.

October 2024 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.

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Pixel art is a form of digital art drawn with graphical software where images are built using pixels as the only building block. We recommend the best free and open source pixel art editors.

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GStreamer 1.24.9 multimedia framework is a bug-fix release delivering critical fixes for RTSP, latency, stream handling, and DRM.

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Based on the Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat) operating system series, Linux Lite 7.2 is powered by the upstream Linux 6.8 kernel, but it also supports installation of custom kernels from the Linux Lite repository up to Linux kernel 6.11 if you need support for newer hardware devices.

The post Linux Lite 7.2 Released with Lite Theme Manager, Based on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS appeared first on Linux Today.

Tails 6.9 privacy-focused Linux distro released with the latest Tor Browser 14.0.1, Tor client 0.4.8.13, and Thunderbird 115.16.

The post Tails 6.9 Now Available with Tor and Thunderbird Updates appeared first on Linux Today.

Kentik launched The Cloud Latency Map, a free public tool allowing anyone to explore the latencies measured between over 100 cloud regions worldwide. Users can identify recent changes in latencies globally between various public clouds and data center regions for the first time.

The post The Cloud Latency Map: Free Tool Measures Latency Across 100+ Cloud Regions appeared first on Linux Today.

Security updates have been issued by Debian (firefox-esr and openssl), Fedora (firefox, libarchive, micropython, NetworkManager-libreswan, and xorg-x11-server-Xwayland), Red Hat (nano), Slackware (mozilla-firefox, mozilla-thunderbird, tigervnc, and xorg), SUSE (389-ds, Botan, go1.21-openssl, govulncheck-vulndb, java-11-openjdk, lxc, python-Werkzeug, and uwsgi), and Ubuntu (firefox, libarchive, linux-azure-fde, linux-azure-fde-5.15, python-pip, and xorg-server, xorg-server-hwe-16.04, xorg-server-hwe-18.04).

The Linux Rolling release model can be daunting at first glance. Learn what makes them tick and the pros and cons of using a rolling Linux distro today.

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Which of the three sides are you on?

The post We Have an Official Open-Source AI Definition Now, but the Fight is Far from Over appeared first on Linux Today.

Learn how to install ttyd on Linux, find out the ttyd default port, create a ttyd systemd service, and access the server via HTTPS.

The post How to Share Your Linux Terminal Over the Web Using Ttyd appeared first on Linux Today.

Ubuntu 25.04 “Plucky Puffin” will be Canonical’s 42nd Ubuntu release and it’s an interim one that will be supported with software and security updates for only nine months, until January 2026. It will be a release for bleeding-edge Ubuntu users who are willing to trade Ubuntu LTS’s stability with the latest technologies.

The post Ubuntu 25.04 “Plucky Puffin” Is Slated for Release on April 17th, 2025 appeared first on Linux Today.

Audacity 3.7 is here three and a half months after Audacity 3.6 and promises to improve compatibility with Linux systems by addressing some issues with the AppImage bundle on Linux Mint 22 and Arch Linux, as well as another issue when building Audacity on Arch Linux.

The post Audacity 3.7 Open-Source Audio Editor Is Out to Improve Linux Compatibility appeared first on Linux Today.

Version:next-20241031 (linux-next) Released:2024-10-31

Regata OS is a Brazilian Linux distribution based on openSUSE, focusing on desktop and gaming needs. Its main characteristics include a Regata OS store for installing applications and games, out-of-the-box integration with Google Drive, support for a gaming mode via the Vulkan graphics API, an extensive library of games in the Regata OS Game Access portal, support for configuration of hybrid graphics in notebooks, and easy transfer of files between a computer and a smartphone. The distribution's user interface is KDE Plasma.

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Audacity 3.7 open-source audio editor boosts stability with improved Linux compatibility, MP3 export tweaks, and more.

The post Audacity 3.7 Rolls Out with Bug Fixes and Enhanced Linux Compatibility appeared first on Linux Today.

KDE started trick or treating early, and will continue after it’s late.

The post Repent Walpurgis! It’s KDE’s Big Halloween Fundraiser Special appeared first on Linux Today.

Need the newest Fedora Linux? Here’s our step-by-step guide to smoothly transitioning from Fedora 40 to 41.

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