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Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jul 08, 2025
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Ethical Hacking Distro Parrot OS 6.4 Is Out with Linux Kernel 6.12 LTS, New Tools
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Parrot Security released Parrot OS 6.4 today as a new ISO snapshot of this Debian-based, security-oriented GNU/Linux distribution for penetration testing and ethical hacking.
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Welcome to Thunderbird 140 “Eclipse”
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The wait is over! Thunderbird 140 “Eclipse” has reached totality
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Geany 2.1 Lightweight IDE Brings Smoother UI, New Filetypes, and Theming Support
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Geany 2.1, a lightweight and user-friendly IDE
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Tux Machines Happy to Hear PCLinuxOS is Coming Back [original]
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Catastrophic event caused the sites to go offline with a lot of data destroyed
New
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OBS Studio 31.1 Released with Multitrack Video Support on Linux
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OBS Studio 31.1 has been released today for this powerful, open-source, cross-platform, and free software for video recording and live streaming on Linux.
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Android Leftovers
How I bulletproof my Android phone against theft
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openSUSE’s Agama 16 Installer Brings Wayland Support
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openSUSE's new Agama installer v16 now boots with Wayland instead of X11 and offers a new minimal Rescue Mode
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6 Alternative CLI Tools I Immediately Install on Linux
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The standard utilities on Linux are boring
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Free and Open Source Software, howtos and Installations
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There is a free and open source version
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TravelerOS – Linux distribution built for USB drives
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TravelerOS is a lightweight and stable Linux distribution based on Q4OS, which is Debian based
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Wayland vs X11 on an Nvidia hybrid graphics laptop
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Yo, remember when I did my Wayland vs X11 benchmarks on an AMD-powered machine
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Programming Leftovers
Development picks, only 3 for now
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Atlassian's "Clown Computing" Move and PostgreSQL Anonymizer 2.3
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postgres stuff
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GNU/Linux Leftovers
security and more
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Retro and Restoration (Also With GNU/Linux)
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3 stories
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Audiocasts/Shows: LINUX Unplugged, This Week in Linux
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2 new episodes
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Wayland 1.24 Is Now Available for Download with New Features and Improvements
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Wayland, an open-source replacement for the X11 window system protocol and architecture, has been updated to version 1.24 today with various new features and improvements.
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Linux Kernel and Graphics Drivers
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some kernel level updates
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Bug Threatens Disk Encryption (Bypass)
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in several distros
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today's howtos
Instructionals/Technical posts
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Linux 6.16-rc5
it's out now
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GNOME 49 Alpha Is Now Available for Public Testing, Disables X11 Session by Default
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Today, the GNOME Project announced the alpha version of the upcoming GNOME 49 desktop environment series for public testing, giving us a first taste of the new features and enhancements.
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Proprietary Pushers: WSL, DAWs, Packet, and Let’s Encrypt
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software and more
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LibreELEC Might Be the Best Linux Distro for Your Mini PC
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When everyone talks about minimalist Linux distros
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Tiling Shell makes Ubuntu multitasking feel just as good as Windows
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This GNOME extension quickly became one of the most important tools on my PC
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EMAC SoM-35D1F industrial SO-DIMM SoM features NuvoTon MA35D1 SoC, two GbE interfaces
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It supports Qt for GUI, all standard Linux interfaces for I/Os, and also features real-time control via the Cortex-M4 core
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GamerCard is a gift card-sized, Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W-powered handheld console with a 4-inch color display
The GamerCard can run thousands of games from various classic systems through emulators available on OS images such as Recalbox
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Free and Open Source Software
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This is free and open source software
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Review: GLF OS Omnislash Beta
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Developed by a French-speaking community called Gaming Linux FR (GLF)
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Kirigami Addons 1.9.0
Kirigami Addons is a collection of supplementary components for Kirigami applications
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PANZER-LITE93 with Ubuntu 24.04 Ready for Compact AIoT Edge Computing
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The platform ships with Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and a lightweight LXQt desktop environment
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Year two of freelancing
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It was exactly two years ago today that I left my day job as Engineering Manager of LXD at Canonical and went freelance
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Stable kernels: Linux 6.15.5, Linux 6.12.36, Linux 6.6.96, and Linux 6.1.143
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I'm announcing the release of the 6.15.5 kernel
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Today in Techrights
Some of the latest articles
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9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: July 6th, 2025
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The 247th installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending on July 6th, 2025.The corresponding text-only bulletin for Monday contains all the text.
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