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Germany’s Sovereign Tech Fund Injects €686,400 into FreeBSD

Wed, 08/28/2024 - 22:20
Germany's STF funds FreeBSD with €686,400 to advance zero trust builds & SBOM tooling for enhanced security.
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Check Laptop Battery Health in Ubuntu from the Command Line

Tue, 08/27/2024 - 22:20
Want to check your battery health in Ubuntu from the command-line, no need to install anything extra?
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Fzf: Quick Search via Fuzzy Finder on Linux (Install + Use)

Tue, 08/27/2024 - 22:20
Fzf is a superfast command-line tool to quickly locate files in an interactive session and append the result to other commands by piping.
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What Microsoft’s Borking of Grub Says About Redmond’s ‘Love’ of Linux

Tue, 08/27/2024 - 22:20
Windows might not rule the day at Microsoft anymore, but it’s still a moneymaker and desktop Linux is still the competition.
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GParted Celebrates 20 Years of Partition Management Excellence

Tue, 08/27/2024 - 22:20
From 2004 to 2024, GParted celebrates 20 impactful years in tech, with 34M downloads and global usage in 250 countries.
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Encryption, Trust, and the Hidden Dangers of Vendor-Controlled Data

Tue, 08/27/2024 - 22:20
When the keys are controlled by vendors like Google or Apple, what does that mean for user privacy? This article explores the hidden dangers of vendor-controlled encryption and the trust gap it creates, particularly for open-source users and developers.
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A quick guide to tool-calling in large language models

Tue, 08/27/2024 - 22:20
Let's say you're tasked with solving a math problem like 4,242 x 1,977. Some of you might be able to do this in your head, but most of us would probably be reaching for a calculator right about now, not only because it's faster, but also to minimize the potential for error.
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AmpereOne A192-32X Benchmarks: 192 Core ARM Server Performance & Power Efficiency

Tue, 08/27/2024 - 22:20
Last week an AmpereOne server finally arrived at Phoronix! Ampere Computing sent over a reviewer server of the AmpereOne A192-32X flagship AArch64 server processor with 192 custom cores and using a Supermicro ARS-211M-NR R13SPD platform.
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12 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based Image Viewers

Tue, 08/27/2024 - 22:20
Viewing images direct in a terminal used to come at a serious disadvantage. The vast majority of terminal emulators display images using block-characters. Images can be displayed using half blocks or quarter blocks, the former offers the ability to display pixels with colour-accuracy.
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Comparison of Raspberry Pi 5 with 2GB and 8GB RAM – Hardware, benchmarks, and power consumption

Tue, 08/27/2024 - 22:20
The Raspberry Pi 5 with 2GB RAM was launched last week, and since I got a sample for review, I decided to compare it to the Raspberry Pi 5 with 8GB RAM to see if I could find any noticeable differences between the two boards.
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Mysterious narrative first-person climbing platformer Lorn's Lure release date announced

Tue, 08/27/2024 - 22:20
Ready for something a bit different? Lorn's Lure is a 3D atmospheric narrative first-person parkour platformer with an interesting climbing system. The developer recently revealed that it's going to release on September 20th.
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These 14 Linux Commands Helped Me Become a Better Troubleshooter

Tue, 08/27/2024 - 22:20
Using Linux, especially as a server, often means dealing with new errors and resolving them. Most of them are easy to fix with just a web search. But some errors may require that you do some digging.
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CoreELEC 21.1 JeOS for Kodi Released with Enhanced Hardware Support, 3D Playback

Tue, 08/27/2024 - 22:20
CoreELEC 21.1 ‘Just enough OS’ (JeOS) Linux distro for Amlogic hardware based on the award-winning Kodi media center software is now available with improved hardware support and new functionality.
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Sovereign Tech Fund Announces Significant Investment Into FreeBSD

Tue, 08/27/2024 - 22:20
In addition to the recent news of AMD and FreeBSD Foundation collaborating over improvements, some more good news for this leading BSD open-source project is the Sovereign Tech Fund (STF) now beginning to invest in FreeBSD.
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LibreELEC 12.0.1 Rolls Out with Kodi 21.1 Upgrade

Tue, 08/27/2024 - 22:20
LibreELEC 12.0.1 media center is out! Transition to aarch64 for Raspberry Pi 4/5. Here's more on that.
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How to change the time-zone on Debian Linux

Tue, 08/27/2024 - 22:20
The time zone on Debian is a system-wide setting that determines the local time for the system and its applications. This tutorial will show you how to set the time zone on Debian Linux.
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Fakespot’s guide to trending back-to-school products

Tue, 08/27/2024 - 22:20
Back-to-school season is here, and TikTok is teeming with viral product recommendations. Gone are the days of battling crowded aisles and long checkout lines at big box stores. Now, with just a few clicks, you can have almost anything you want delivered to your door before classes start, thanks to the convenience of two-day shipping from Amazon and other online retailers.
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GameCube and Wii emulator Dolphin getting an official Flatpak for Linux and Steam Deck

Tue, 08/27/2024 - 22:20
Emulation fans might like this! The GameCube and Wii emulator Dolphin, is going to finally get an official package for Linux Desktop and Steam Deck.
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I Ran Linux on My Smartphone, It's Still Held Back By Hardware

Tue, 08/27/2024 - 22:20
I once daily drove a Linux phone, the Librem 5, for a spell. I ended up selling it due to issues that primarily had to do with hardware. I like the idea of using a Linux phone, but since no newer options have come out, the experience looks even less appealing now than it did then.
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Almost a Week Later Microsoft Openly Admits the Sabotage of GNU/Linux PCs Was Its Own Fault

Tue, 08/27/2024 - 22:20
Why are the abuses directed at the people who opposed this mess rather than the perpetrators of this mess? Is it OK to send death threats to men and women who object to "secure" boot?
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