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Free Connection
Exploring decentralized chat and microblogging platforms
Diaspora, Friendica, and Mastodon are free and decentralized microblogging platforms that keep you in control of your data.
Timetable
Managing time-triggered events with Zeit
Zeit offers a graphic front end for the crontab and at tools, making it easier to manage the time-controlled execution of programs, alarms, and timers.
Needle in a Haystack
Finding problems using unsupervised image categorization
The most tedious part of supervised machine learning is providing sufficient supervision. However, if the samples come from a restricted sample space, unsupervised learning might be fine for the task.
Cloning a Debian System with apt-clone
Debian Clone
Under the right circumstances, apt-clone can be a simple option for cloning your Debian system.
Dead End
Checking for broken links in directory structures
Broken links can wreak havoc in directory structures. This article shows you how to use scripts to avoid having your links lead to a dead end.
Serve It up Hot
Backing up a living system
The tools and strategies you use to back up files that are not being accessed won't work when you copy data that is currently in use by a busy application. This article explains the danger of employing common Linux utilities to back up living data and examines some alternatives.
Ducks in a Row
Aligning Text in LibreOffice Writer
To get professional publishing results, here are a few tips and tricks to get the most out of LibreOffice Writer’s alignment options.
We Need to Talk
How computers learn languages
Whether through voice assistants, chatbots, or the automatic analysis of documents, rapid developments in AI are helping speech technologies make inroads. But how does AI manage to understand the subtleties of human language?
Lightning Protection
Locking down the Thunderbolt interface
The Thunderbolt interface supports extremely fast data transfer rates, but be careful about what you plug into your port, because Thunderbolt devices access memory directly. We'll show you some Linux tools for locking down your Thunderbolt interface.
Convenient Downloads
A download manager for the shell
A few lines of shell code and the Gawk scripting language make downloading files off the web a breeze.
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News
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XZ Gets the All-Clear
The back door xz vulnerability has been officially reverted for Fedora 40 and versions 38 and 39 were never affected.
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Canonical Collaborates with Qualcomm on New Venture
This new joint effort is geared toward bringing Ubuntu and Ubuntu Core to Qualcomm-powered devices.
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Kodi 21.0 Open-Source Entertainment Hub Released
After a year of development, the award-winning Kodi cross-platform, media center software is now available with many new additions and improvements.
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Linux Usage Increases in Two Key Areas
If market share is your thing, you'll be happy to know that Linux is on the rise in two areas that, if they keep climbing, could have serious meaning for Linux's future.
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Vulnerability Discovered in xz Libraries
An urgent alert for Fedora 40 has been posted and users should pay attention.
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Canonical Bumps LTS Support to 12 years
If you're worried that your Ubuntu LTS release won't be supported long enough to last, Canonical has a surprise for you in the form of 12 years of security coverage.
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Fedora 40 Beta Released Soon
With the official release of Fedora 40 coming in April, it's almost time to download the beta and see what's new.
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New Pentesting Distribution to Compete with Kali Linux
SnoopGod is now available for your testing needs
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Juno Computers Launches Another Linux Laptop
If you're looking for a powerhouse laptop that runs Ubuntu, the Juno Computers Neptune 17 v6 should be on your radar.
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ZorinOS 17.1 Released, Includes Improved Windows App Support
If you need or desire to run Windows applications on Linux, there's one distribution intent on making that easier for you and its new release further improves that feature.