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In this article, we will see some of these useful alternative map applications for Android and how you can install them.
Block Ads on Android in Apps and Games With AdAway
Luckily, you can easily disable ads in all Android apps and games with this open-source application.
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.
Fix Boot Problems on Ubuntu with “Boot Repair”
Boot Repair is a graphical open-source program to fix bootloader and Grub issues on Ubuntu.
Creating a modern open-source forum in 2024
This is a small guide on what tools and extensions we used to create the FOSS Outpost forum. It could be helpful for any folks out there who want to create a modern forum suitable for 2024 standards, all using open-source software.
5 Recovery & Clone Systems To Save Your Disk Data
In this article, we present several Linux distributions that can be booted into a CD/USB drive and then used as a way to either clone or recover lost disk data on any operating system.
OnlyOffice 8.0 and the Dream of a Microsoft Office Alternative
In this thorough tour, we will explore how well can OnlyOffice 8.0 be used as a good drop-in replacement for Microsoft Office.
How to Get Linux Apps: The 7 Ways To Do It
This is a detailed article we created for new users on how they can get apps and software on their favourite Linux distribution.
Top 10 Open Source Digital Twin Platforms
Are you working in an industrial sector and looking for open source digital twin platforms? This helpful list can get you started.
The Best Linux Distribution of 2023 was… The Linux Desktop
Today, we are happy to announce that the 2023 winner of that title, according to our humble view, is the Linux desktop.
Google Slows Down Firefox Users When Watching YouTube
If you are using the open source Firefox web browser to browse YouTube and watch its videos, then you might have noticed that there is an artificial delay that was added recently whenever you try to watch a video.
Firefox Has Lost around 70M Users in Last 5 Years
As of August 2023, the number of active Firefox users around the world has dropped to 176 million users. A far cry from the end of 2018 when it had 244 million active users.
Fedora Wants to Add Telemetry To its Linux Distribution
A proposal by a Red Hat engineer is causing controversy in the Fedora community, which is related to the addition of opt-out telemetry to the Fedora desktop workstation edition.
Red Hat is Shooting Itself in the Foot, Again
Red Hat announced that it would start locking the source code for CentOS packages behind a subscription paywall, making it very much harder to build derivative and RHEL-compatible distributions like Rocky Linux and others.
How to View and Remove File Metadata on Linux
This article will show you how you can see file metadata on Linux, and how to strip and remove them as well if you wish to for more privacy.
Meet Kali Purple: The Defensive Security Linux Distribution
On the 13th of March, 2023, the Kali Linux team announced the availability of a new version of their security-focused Linux distribution, named “Kali Linux Purple”.
Enable Zram on Linux For Better System Performance
In this article, we will see how we can enable zRAM on various Linux distributions, which should give you a better system performance.
Funding Open Source Software is an NP-Complete Problem
The biggest news story last week in the open source world was about core-js, and its maintainer Denis Pushkarev. Very little funding for an invaluable effort.
Run parallel Gnome virtual boxes on Linux
Quick tip on how to run parallel GNOME virtual boxes at the same time on Linux.
Bypassing Government Censorship Around NordVPN on Linux
We will explain in this article how you can bypass government censorship on NordVPN on Linux, so that you can use the VPN service once again.