New story! Andreas Tille Is the New Debian Project Leader

  • Linuxiac.com; By Bobby Borisov (Posted by bobolin on Apr 20, 2024 10:56 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Debian
After democratically held elections, Jonathan Carter stepped down as the Debian project leader, passing the role to Andreas Tille.

New story! Rebuilding and Modifying Debian Packages

This article delves deep into the process of rebuilding and modifying existing Debian packages, offering a guide for those who need to tailor software packages to their precise requirements.

New story! FIREBAT T8 Plus Mini PC Running Linux: Installing and Configuring EndeavourOS

  • LinuxLinks.com; By Steve Emms (Posted by sde on Apr 20, 2024 7:19 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Reviews; Groups: Linux
For this article in the series, we explore installing and configuring EndeavourOS on the FIREBAT. EndeavourOS is an Arch-based Linux distribution which provides an Arch experience without the hassle of installing it manually.

New story! Video Microsoft Got Its Systems Cracked (Breached) Again, This Time by Russia, and It Uses Its Moles in the Press and So-called 'Linux' Foundation to Change the Subject

The sad thing is that a group of Microsoft employees inside the Linux Foundation (LF) more or less 'spams' the media, googlebombing 'linux' and bringing up 'Xz' again

New story! Fedora 42 Change Proposal Wants To Make KDE Plasma The Default Over GNOME

Joshua Strobl known for his work on the Budgie desktop and Solus Linux along with Fedora developers Alessandro Astone, Marc Deop i Argemí,Steve Cossette, and Red Hat's Troy Dawson have submitted this change proposal on making Fedora Plasma Workstation the default for next year's Fedora 42 release.

New story! How to Install WordPress on Ubuntu 24.04

WordPress is a free and open-source content management system (CMS) that allows users to create and manage websites, blogs, and online stores. It is built on PHP and uses a MySQL database, providing a user-friendly interface for managing website content, themes, plugins, and other aspects of the site. WordPress’s key features are its flexibility and extensibility, allowing users to customize their websites with themes and plugins to meet their specific needs.

New story! How to Install IDM on Ubuntu (and Other Linux Distro's)

Discover how to install the best Internet Download Manager (IDM), a top download manager in the market, on your preferred Linux distribution.

New story! Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Adobe Photoshop Express

  • LinuxLinks.com; By Steve Emms (Posted by sde on Apr 19, 2024 10:35 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Roundups; Groups: Linux
Adobe Photoshop Express is a mobile and Windows app made for all-in-one photo editing and sharing. Photoshop Express is proprietary software. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives for Linux.

New story! Linus Torvalds Addresses Malicious Developers, Hardware Errors and More at Open Source Summit

At The Linux Foundation's Open Source Summit North America , Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux, discussed various topics related to Linux development and the challenges the open-source community faces. Torvalds addressed hardware errors, malicious developers, and the hype surrounding Artificial Intelligence (AI).

New story! 7 Best Free and Open Source Graphical MPD Clients

To provide an insight into the quality of software that is available, we have compiled a list of 7 graphical MPD clients. Hopefully, there will be something of interest here for anyone who wants to listen to their music collection via MPD.

New story! Mozilla Firefox 125 Is Now Available for Download, This Is What’s New

Today, Mozilla published the final build of Firefox 125 as the latest stable release for their popular open-source and cross-platform web browser that introduces new features and many improvements.

New story! Linux-Compatible DEBIX Infinity with PCIe x1 & Dual GbE Ports

Linux ready Debix Infinity with PCIe x1 & Dual GbE ports At Embedded World 2024, OKdo and DEBIX unveiled the DEBIX Infinity Industrial Single Board Computer, featuring the NXP i.MX 8M Plus Quad Lite processor. This device is designed for a variety of industrial applications such as smart robotics, Industry 4.0, edge computing, IoT gateways, and security systems.

New story! Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Google Tasks

  • LinuxLinks.com; By LinuxLinks (Posted by sde on Apr 19, 2024 1:31 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Roundups; Groups: Linux
Google Tasks is a task management application which lets users manage, capture, and edit their tasks. It’s included with Google Workspace.

New story! LXQt 2.0 Desktop Environment Officially Released, This Is What’s New

  • 9to5linux.com; By Marius Nestor (Posted by hanuca on Apr 19, 2024 11:43 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Linux
The LXQt 2.0 desktop environment has been released today as a major milestone bringing Qt 6 support and advancing support for the Wayland display protocol to more components.

New story! 7 Best Free and Open Source IRC Servers

  • LinuxLinks.com; By LinuxLinks (Posted by sde on Apr 19, 2024 9:54 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Roundups; Groups: Linux
Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is a form of real-time Internet text messaging (chat) or synchronous conferencing. IRC was born during summer 1988 when Jarkko Oikarinen wrote the first IRC client and server

New story! MPV 0.38.0 Launches with Advanced Video and Audio Upgrades

MPV 0.38.0 video player rolls out with new scripting options, enhanced macOS functionality, and Vulkan support.

New story! Grsync - graphical user interface for rsync

  • LinuxLinks.com; By LinuxLinks (Posted by sde on Apr 19, 2024 6:17 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Reviews; Groups: GNOME, Linux
Grsync is a graphical frontend for rsync. This GTK tool is designed to provide the most commonly used rsync options.

New story! Linus Torvalds takes on evil developers, hardware errors and AI hype

  • ZDNET | open-source RSS; By Steven Vaughan-Nichols (Posted by bob on Apr 19, 2024 4:28 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Kernel, Linux
While all is 'calm and steady and boring' with the next kernel, Linux creator Torvalds tells an Open Source Summit crowd exactly how he feels about almost everything else.

New story! Clonezilla Live Is Now Patched Against the XZ Backdoor, Powered by Linux 6.7

Steven Shiau released today a new version of his Clonezilla Live system for disk cloning/imaging based on the powerful Clonezilla software, Clonezilla Live 3.1.2-22, which adds a newer kernel and patches the live system against the latest XZ backdoor.

New story! Flatpak Patch Addresses Major Sandbox Escape Flaw

Critical CVE-2024-32462 exposed in Flatpak, allowing unauthorized code execution. Update urgently to fixed versions 1.14.6 and above.

New story! Finn Myrstad reflects on holding tech companies accountable and ensuring that human rights are respected

  • The Mozilla Blog; By Aron Yohannes (Posted by bob on Apr 18, 2024 11:02 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Interview; Groups: Mozilla
At Mozilla, we know we can’t create a better future alone, that is why each year we will be highlighting the work of 25 digital leaders using technology to amplify voices, effect change, and build new technologies globally through our Rise 25 Awards. These storytellers, innovators, activists, advocates, builders and artists are helping make the internet more diverse, […]

New story! Pop!_OS’s COSMIC Pre-Alpha Shows Impressive Progress

Exciting updates for Pop!_OS and the COSMIC desktop environment, including new features and performance boosts. Here's more on that!

New story! Mastering Directory Search in Linux with the find Command

This detailed tutorial explains how to use the powerful find command in Linux to search for directories by name, modified date, size, permissions, and more.

New story! Installing ReactOS in 2024 but Everything Goes Wrong...

It's about time we take another look at ReactOS - the open source OS designed to be binary compatible with Windows programs.

New story! Debian spices up APT package manager with a dash of color, squishes ancient bug

  • The Register (Posted by bob on Apr 18, 2024 3:48 PM EDT)
  • Groups: Debian; Story Type: News Story
2.9 gives a taste of what's to come Major updates to Debian's Advanced Packaging Tool don't come along very often, but APT 2.9 is here with a significant facelift.…

New story! Create Your Custom Linux Distribution Based on Ubuntu

The process of building a customized Linux distribution, as we will see, is not as hard as it sounds. Instead, there are special programs and tools that we can use to fulfill that purpose easily.

New story! How to Fix: Too Many Levels of Symbolic Links Error

  • linuxconfig.org; By Lubos Rendek (Posted by linuxer on Apr 18, 2024 12:10 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Tutorial; Groups: Linux
The error “Too many levels of symbolic links” typically indicates a problem where a symbolic link points back to itself directly or indirectly, creating an infinite loop. This loop prevents the completion of operations involving the symlink such as reading or listing contents. Understanding how to properly use the ln command in Linux to create symbolic links is crucial for preventing this error.

New story! Gentoo Council Implements Ban on AI-Assisted Contributions

Gentoo Council forbids AI-generated content from being made in contributions due to copyright and quality concerns.

New story! Fedora Chat: Your Gateway to Matrix

What is Matrix? Matrix is an open protocol for decentralized, secure communications built on the principles of interoperability and decentralization. You can create an account on a home server and then join channels across different home servers. This means if you have an account through Matrix.org, you can use it to join our community spaces! […]

New story! NetBSD 10 proves old tech can still kick apps and take names three decades later

  • The Register (Posted by bob on Apr 18, 2024 7:03 AM EDT)
  • Groups: Linux; Story Type: News Story
Proper old-school Unix, not like those lazy, decadent Linux types FOSDEM 2024 NetBSD 10 marks a new level of maturity for this venerable open source Unix system, which somehow manages to be both modern and retro at the same time.…

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