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LibreOffice 25.2.1 Office Suite Is Now Available for Download with 77 Bug Fixes

Linux News - Fri, 02/28/2025 - 22:20
The Document Foundation announced today the general availability of LibreOffice 25.2.1 as the first maintenance update to the latest LibreOffice 25.2 office suite series with various bug fixes.
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Linux Fu: USB Everywhere

Linux News - Fri, 02/28/2025 - 22:20
It is a common problem: I have a USB device on a computer out in the shop, and I want to use it from the comfort of my office. What to do? Well, you could remote desktop into the distant machine. But, honestly, I always find any remote desktop more than ssh clunky and somewhat undesirable.
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Implementing Bluetooth on embedded Linux: Open source BlueZ vs proprietary stacks

Linux News - Fri, 02/28/2025 - 22:20
Bluetooth connectivity is a key feature in many embedded Linux systems. When it comes to implementing Bluetooth support, you can choose between using the open source BlueZ stack or a proprietary Bluetooth stack. If you are considering deploying BlueZ on your embedded Linux device, the benefits in terms of flexibility, community support, and long-term maintainability make it a worthwhile investment.
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Mozilla Introduces Firefox’s First-Ever Terms of Use

Linux News - Fri, 02/28/2025 - 22:20
Mozilla introduced a Terms of Use and updated its Privacy Notice, ensuring that Firefox remains open source while offering more transparency regarding data collection and use.
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x86 32-bit Changes Look To Be Ready For Linux 6.15 - Drops Support For More Than 4GB RAM

Linux News - Fri, 02/28/2025 - 22:20
Over the past few months there's been an in-progress patch series by Arnd Bergmann for cleaning up the x86 32-bit kernel support for running on x86_64 CPUs. After the third iteration of the patches were posted this week, these x86 32-bit CPU clean-ups were shuffled into the tip/tip.git "x86/cpu" Git branch ahead of the upcoming Linux 6.15 merge window.
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7 Best Free and Open Source Drum Machines

Linux News - Fri, 02/28/2025 - 22:20
A drum machine is an electronic musical instrument that creates percussion sounds, drum beats, and patterns. We feature our recommended free and open source drum machines.
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FYI: An appeals court may kill a GNU GPL software license

Linux News - Fri, 02/28/2025 - 22:20
Defense of FOSS licensing rests on the shoulders of a guy in Virginia. At some point in the months ahead, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit will consider an effort to reverse a California federal district court's decision in Neo4j v. PureThink.
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Top 5 Linux Security Best Practices Every Admin Must Know

Linux News - Fri, 02/28/2025 - 22:20
This tutorial covers essential Linux security best practices, including securing remote access, keeping systems updated, configuring firewalls, implementing access controls, and monitoring logs.
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Understanding Common Port Numbers: A Beginner’s Guide to Networking

Linux News - Fri, 02/28/2025 - 22:20
In this guide, we’ll explain everything you need to know about port numbers, including commonly used port numbers and their uses.
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NVIDIA 570 Linux Graphics Driver Released with New Features and Improvements

Linux News - Fri, 02/28/2025 - 22:20
Today, NVIDIA published the stable version of the NVIDIA 570 graphics driver series for Linux, FreeBSD, and Solaris systems, with new features and performance improvements.
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Motion Control Subsystem Proposed For The Linux Kernel

Linux News - Fri, 02/28/2025 - 22:20
A set of patches posted to the Linux kernel mailing list today propose the introduction of a Linux Motion Control "LMC" subsystem for drivers that could control devices like CNC machines and 3D printers.
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Bash Script to Convert JSON to CSV

Linux News - Fri, 02/28/2025 - 22:20
In today’s data-driven world, converting data between formats is a common task. One such conversion that many developers face is changing JSON data into the more spreadsheet-friendly CSV format. This article provides a straightforward Bash script to perform this conversion efficiently. We will also explore a sample JSON data structure for clarity.
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openSUSE’s Agama Installer Gets a Major Overhaul

Linux News - Fri, 02/28/2025 - 22:20
The new openSUSE Agama v12 installer debuts with a revamped UI, improved storage setup, authentication changes, and more.
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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Progress Sitefinity

Linux News - Fri, 02/28/2025 - 22:20
Sitefinity CMS is a content management system (CMS) that you use to create, store, manage, and present content on your website. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives for Linux.
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Does terrible code drive you mad? Wait until you see what it does to OpenAI's GPT-4o

Linux News - Fri, 02/28/2025 - 22:20
Model was fine-tuned to write vulnerable software – then suggested enslaving humanity. Computer scientists have found that fine-tuning notionally safe large language models to do one thing badly can negatively impact the AI’s output across a range of topics.
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6 productivity apps you must install on Linux

Linux News - Thu, 02/27/2025 - 22:20
Linux is a powerful operating system and while there's still the pesky myth around the OS having no apps, there's a plethora of productivity tools available to get more done.
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FineIBT-BHI Looks To Be Ready Ahead Of Linux 6.15 To Provide Tougher Kernel Defenses

Linux News - Thu, 02/27/2025 - 22:20
FineIBT-BHI as a means of tougher kernel defenses for fending off Branch History Injection (BHI) looks like it will be ready for upstreaming in next month's Linux 6.15 merge window.
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A new Linux backdoor is hitting US universities and governments

Linux News - Thu, 02/27/2025 - 22:20
Universities and government offices in North America and Asia are being targeted by a brand new Linux backdoor called “Auto-color”, experts have claimed.
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What's new in Ubuntu 24.04.2? Kernel 6.11, better graphics, and more

Linux News - Thu, 02/27/2025 - 22:20
The latest point release of the LTS version of Ubuntu has been released with a new kernel and plenty of other improvements.
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This popular Android gaming handheld can now get better emulators, thanks to Linux

Linux News - Thu, 02/27/2025 - 22:20
This could be the start of something wonderful for Android gaming handhelds.
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