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Meerkat Mini PC Supports Linux with Intel Core Ultra and Quad Display Output

Linux News - Fri, 01/31/2025 - 22:20
The Meerkat is a compact mini PC designed to deliver high performance while maintaining a small physical footprint. It is powered by Intel Core Ultra processors and features Intel Arc graphics. The system supports multiple Linux operating systems, including Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, among others.
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GCompris 25.0 Open-Source Educational Suite Released with Five New Activities

Linux News - Fri, 01/31/2025 - 22:20
GCompris 25.0 has been released today as a major update to this open-source and cross-platform educational software suite suitable for children aged 2 to 10 with new activities and updated translations.
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How To List All Running Daemons In Linux

Linux News - Fri, 01/31/2025 - 22:20
A daemon is a background process that runs without direct user interaction. This tutorial explains how to list all running daemons in Linux.
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Linuxs Sole Wireless/WiFi Driver Maintainer Is Stepping Down

Linux News - Fri, 01/31/2025 - 22:20
Days after a DRM driver developer orphaned his drivers due to health reasons in stepping down, the sole maintainer at large of the Linux wireless (WiFi) drivers is stepping down and without any immediate replacement.
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GStreamer 1.24.12 Improves Performance Across Platforms

Linux News - Fri, 01/31/2025 - 22:20
GStreamer 1.24.12 multimedia framework is a bug-fix release that resolves crashes, improves compatibility, and enhances reliability across platforms.
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10 Best Free and Open Source Linux Speed Reading Tools

Linux News - Fri, 01/31/2025 - 22:20
The software featured in this group test is based on spritzing. Read text without moving your eyes, and therefore rapidly increase your reading speed.
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Tiny Linux kernel tweak could cut datacenter power use by 30%, boffins say

Linux News - Fri, 01/31/2025 - 22:20
Not bad for 30 lines of code. Hardware keeps getting faster, but it's still worth taking a step back periodically and revisiting your code. You might just uncover a little tweak that wrings out more efficiency or extra throughput than you'd expect.
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Simplify Restic Backups with Backrest: A Step-by-Step Tutorial

Linux News - Fri, 01/31/2025 - 22:20
In a previous article, we learned how to create secure and efficient backups with Restic on Linux. Restic works on multiple platforms, but comes without a GUI. In this article, we learn how to install and use Backrest, a free and open source, user-friendly web-based interface for Restic.
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Linux Support for Windows ‘Copilot Key’ Brings Potential Security Risks

Linux News - Fri, 01/31/2025 - 22:20
This spring, the Linux kernel will begin supporting the “Copilot key” which Microsoft added to Windows machines about a year ago.
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NVIDIA 570 Linux Graphics Driver Promises VRR Support on Multi-Monitor Setups

Linux News - Fri, 01/31/2025 - 22:20
NVIDIA published today the beta version of the upcoming NVIDIA 570 graphics driver for Linux, FreeBSD, and Solaris systems promising several new features and performance improvements.
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Wine Merge Request Opened For NTSYNC In-Process Synchronization With Linux 6.14+

Linux News - Fri, 01/31/2025 - 22:20
Now that the full-functioning NTSYNC driver is ready for Linux 6.14 for better emulating the Windows NT synchronization primitives on Linux, the merge request has been opened for upstream Wine to land the NTSYNC integration on its side for in-process synchronization.
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V-Link leverages GMSL2 to extend Raspberry Pi camera with up to 15-meter cable (Crowdfunding)

Linux News - Fri, 01/31/2025 - 22:20
Videtronic’s V-Link is a compact solution designed to extend the range of Raspberry Pi MIPI DSI cameras using GMSL2 (Gigabit Multimedia Serial Link v2) technology with up to 15-meter cables.
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Here's the easiest thing Linux developers can do to win more users

Linux News - Fri, 01/31/2025 - 22:20
Many Linux distribution development teams overlook this issue, and by considering it, they might be better able to bring new users into the fold.
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Facebook censors Linux posts, calls FOSS project "cybersecurity threat" with mysterious inconsistency

Linux News - Fri, 01/31/2025 - 22:20
Facebook's parent company, Meta, has blocked posts mentioning Linux, citing cybersecurity concerns. Meta confirmed after manual review that Linux is on the list of cybersecurity-related topics, and it will seemingly remain so until further notice.
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Kubuntu 24.04 third review - It's shaping up nicely

Linux News - Fri, 01/31/2025 - 22:20
My first encounter with Kubuntu 24.04 was not very successful. Retro, but not in a good way. Since then, I've persevered with the distro, testing it every few months, usually after a nice, big round of updates. Overall, there's a solid, positive trend. It's getting better.
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Plank-Reloaded – The Simplest Dock that’s Fully Functional

Linux News - Thu, 01/30/2025 - 22:20
Plank is a 14 years old application that provides an iOS bottom bar style dock app launcher, that’s great for lightweight Linux Desktops. The goal is to provide just what a dock needs and absolutely nothing more.
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Apple’s macOS UNIX certification is a lie

Linux News - Thu, 01/30/2025 - 22:20
As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a someone mentioning macOS is a UNIX approaches 1. In fact, it was only late last year that The Open Group announced that macOS 15.0 was, once again, certified as UNIX, continuing Apple’s long-standing tradition of certifying macOS releases as “real” UNIX®. What does any of this actually, mean, though?
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GNU C Library 2.41 Released With New C23 Features, Intel / AMD / Arm CPU Optimizations

Linux News - Thu, 01/30/2025 - 22:20
As expected, GNU C Library "glibc" 2.41 is now available as the newest half-year feature release to this important C library for Linux systems and other environments.
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With Wine 10 update, run your Windows app on Linux better than ever

Linux News - Thu, 01/30/2025 - 22:20
The latest version of Wine features better graphics and videos. Gamers will be especially pleased.
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