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Mon, 08/19/2024 - 22:20
Do you like the idea of using the same profile picture for your Ubuntu user account as your Gravatar? If you do, there’s a GNOME Shell extension that can do this. It automatically makes your Gravatar profile picture your GNOME Shell user account icon, which is shown on the login screen, and on the lock screen password shield.
Mon, 08/19/2024 - 22:20
...it's about time for another good ol' fashioned OS install on the 98 PC - and this time around, we're checking out SUSE 7.0...
Mon, 08/19/2024 - 22:20
Code assistants have gained considerable attention as an early use case for generative AI – especially following the launch of Microsoft's GitHub Copilot. But, if you don't relish the idea of letting Microsoft loose on your code or paying $10/month for the privilege, you can always build your own.
Mon, 08/19/2024 - 22:20
We have compiled a list of 5 best Nim static site generators. All of these tools are released under a freely distributable license.
Mon, 08/19/2024 - 22:20
The August 2024 ISO snapshot of the Arch Linux-based CachyOS distribution is now available for download with various improvements, support for new technologies, and updated components.
Mon, 08/19/2024 - 22:20
Earlier this month, M5Stack introduced the M5Stamp Fly and M5Atom Joystick, both powered by the ESP32-S3 System-on-Chip. These open-source devices, comprising a quadcopter kit and a dual-joystick remote controller, are engineered to offer a comprehensive and programmable solution for a variety of applications, including drone control and educational projects.
Mon, 08/19/2024 - 22:20
In this article, you will learn how to find similarities and differences between two files in Linux with practical examples from the CLI and GUI methods.
Mon, 08/19/2024 - 22:20
Jnv is a navigational JSON processor and offers an interactive JSON viewer that works almost like jq and could be the best choice for a sysadmin.
Sun, 08/18/2024 - 22:20
Your step-by-step guide to effortlessly install Linkwarden, a self-hosted bookmark manager that preserves webpages, with Docker Compose.
Sun, 08/18/2024 - 22:20
KDE developer Nate Graham is out with his weekly recap that highlights all of the interesting KDE desktop changes to have landed over the past week.
Sun, 08/18/2024 - 22:20
Being able to achieve 100% percent productivity is a myth, but that doesn't mean that one shouldn't try to be organized in their lives, be it personal or work.
Sun, 08/18/2024 - 22:20
Chrome’s "Insecure Download Blocked" warning is meant to protect you, but it can also disrupt legitimate downloads. In this guide, we help you safely bypass this feature and access the files you need without compromising your online security.
Sun, 08/18/2024 - 22:20
The shell is a program that takes commands from the keyboard and gives them to the operating system to perform. We recommend the finest free and open source shells.
Sun, 08/18/2024 - 22:20
They do the same to operating systems with UEFI 'secure boot' - an assault on everybody's freedom
Sun, 08/18/2024 - 22:20
Here's how you can install COSMIC desktop (alpha) in Fedora Workstation edition.
Sun, 08/18/2024 - 22:20
Godot 4.3, a free and open-source game engine, introduces new node types, quality-of-life changes, Linux Wayland support, and more.
Sun, 08/18/2024 - 22:20
With all of my AMD Ryzen 9900X and 9950X Linux benchmarking and Ryzen 5 9600X and Ryzen 7 9700X reviews as well, many have wondered if AMD Zen 5 is just really great on Linux, if Windows 11 is in particularly poor shape for these new AMD Ryzen 9000 series processors, if it's just the different/diverse benchmarks being run, or simply why are these new desktop CPUs running so well on Linux but less so with Windows?
Sun, 08/18/2024 - 22:20
DongshanPI recently featured the R128-DevKit, a compact development platform equipped with the XuanTie C906 RISC-V processor. This kit is designed for AI-based speech recognition and multimedia applications, featuring a suite of high-performance components.
Sun, 08/18/2024 - 22:20
A list of recommendations and a comparison of the best gamepads (controllers) for Linux. All are compatible and PnP.
Sun, 08/18/2024 - 22:20
Archinstall 2.8.2 has been released today as the latest version of the official menu-based installer for the Arch Linux distribution bringing some performance improvements and bug fixes.