Features
Snowflake
Building reproducible development environments
Nix flakes modernize the Nix package manager's promise of reproducible builds with structured project definitions and built-in dependency locking, making Nix code more shareable across projects.
Mesh Marvel
Messaging off the grid with Meshtastic
Want to communicate without relying on mobile networks? Meshtastic lets you create your own off-the-grid wireless mesh network with an inexpensive LoRa device and an Android phone.
Chatterbox
Real-time communication with Python
A beginner-friendly guide to building a chat client-server with sockets and multithreading.
Manage Your Audio Life
The de facto Linux sound-mixing system
PipeWire lets you transparently handle ALSA, JACK, and PulseAudio applications, making it useful for both general and professional audio users.
Super CoW
A next-gen CoW filesystem enters the mainline
Bcachefs is a next-generation Linux filesystem that merges into the kernel, offering a feature-complete, high-performance copy-on-write design for scalable, reliable storage.
Dashboard Delight
Organize self-hosted services with Homepage
Simplify the chaos of self-hosted services with Homepage, a customizable dashboard with widgets that put service statistics at your fingertips.
Rethinking the Terminal
An AI coding and terminal agent
The Warp AI agent takes the guesswork out of working at the command line. We show you how to build a simple website with one prompt.
The Watcher
Integrated security with Wazuh
This versatile security app checks for vulnerabilities, watches logs, and acts as a single interface for other tools.
Ship It!
How Flatpak, AppImage, and Snap are changing software distribution
Modern-day package systems solve some problems posed by classic formats like DEB and RPM. We look at Flatpak, AppImage, and Snap and describe how they differ.
Non-Destructive Fun
New features in Gimp 3
It's been a long wait, but the latest Gimp release offers a non-destructive workflow and an improved codebase that promises future enhancements.
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Substantial Update to IPFire Now Available
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