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Gnome Recipes
À la Carte
Cutting recipes out of magazines and attaching them to the fridge is a thing of the past. Today, Gnome Recipes is your friendly kitchen helper.
Tutorial – USB/IP
Finders, Keepers
The Linux kernel has many interesting but unknown services. USB/IP, in particular, is one that you'll probably wonder why you have never encountered. USB/IP lets you use USB devices connected to other machines on your network as if they were plugged directly into your computer.
Mermaid
Drawing on Command
Mermaid lets you create diagrams from simple text-based statements.
soundKonverter and fre:ac
Refound Sound
Transfer the contents of audio CDs to your PC and convert the contents of music folders with soundKonverter and fre:ac.
Open Source Prosthetics
The Hidden Revolution
Open source software and hardware quietly transforms the field of human prosthetics.
Treasure Chest
Anonymous communication with PirateBox
PirateBox provides an easily accessible server for files, chats, and forum posts for meetings of all kinds. The system works without logins and protocols, so users remain anonymous.
Tutorials – Minetest
Building your own nodes and mods in Minetest
Minetest is much more than a clone of a certain popular proprietary game. It offers infinite customization that allows you to create blocks, objects, fun educational exercises, and even games within the game, dishing up features well beyond those of any other closed source alternative.
Programming Snapshot – Probability
Shared birthdays among party guests
At a party with 23 guests, having two guests with the same birthday in more than 50 percent of cases may sound fairly unlikely to amateur mathematicians. Armed with statistical methods, party animal Mike Schilli sets out to prove this claim.
Three in One
Red Hat's Jim Perrin contrasts the company's three sponsored Linux projects
Swapnil sorts through the complex relationships of CentOS, Fedora, and RHEL with Red Hat's Jim Perrin.
Choosing an Ebook Manager
Buka, Calibre, and Lucidor
When it comes to organizing your online reading materials, the three main contenders on Linux are Buka, Calibre, and Lucidor. Read on to find out which one is right for you.
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Kernel 6.10 Available for General Usage
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Linux Mint 22 Stable Delayed
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Nitrux 3.5.1 Available for Install
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