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How To Change User Password In Linux
This guide explains how to change user password in Linux and how to allow an user to change the password of certain other users via sudo.
Announcing Carlos Torres, Mozilla’s new Chief Legal Officer
I am pleased to announce that starting today, September 12, Carlos Torres has joined Mozilla as our Chief Legal Officer. In this role Carlos will be responsible for leading our global legal and public policy teams, developing legal, regulatory and policy strategies that support Mozilla’s mission. He will also manage all regulatory issues and serve […]
Amberol Is a Gorgeous Music Player Aimed At GNOME Users
Amberol is the ultimate simplified Linux music player built using GTK4 and Rust, tightly integrated with GNOME, and does nothing but play your locally stored music files.
How a Command Prompt and Edlin Made Me a Computer Enthusiast
In which our heroine learns to park the heads on a Kaypro “portable,” experiences word processing on a dumb terminal, and figures out how to keep her IBM XT from being rude to her.
Patent troll attacks against open source projects are up 100% since last year. Heres why
In recent years, patent trolls have started attacking open-source developers and companies. But, the open-source community is fighting back.
KDE Plasma 5.26: Top New Features and Release Details
A list of new features of KDE Plasma 5.26 release that includes animated wallpaper, improvements in Kwin and many such features.
PyTorch gets lit under The Linux Foundation
Independent management aims to ensure openness and transparency
Meta is shifting the management of PyTorch, a deep learning framework developed by Meta subsidiary Facebook, to the newly formed PyTorch Foundation, which in turn will be under the oversight of The Linux Foundation.…
Welcoming PyTorch to the Linux Foundation
Today we are more than thrilled to welcome PyTorch to the Linux Foundation. Honestly, it’s hard to capture how big a deal this is for us in a single post but I’ll try. TL;DR — PyTorch is one of the most important and successful machine learning software projects in the world today. We are excited
KDE Gear 22.08 Gets First Point Release to Further Improve Your Favorite KDE Apps
The KDE Project released today KDE Gear 22.08.1 as the first point release to the latest and greatest KDE Gear 22.08 software suite series for the KDE Plasma desktop environment and other projects.
Retrieving Emails From Remote Servers With fetchmail on Debian
Retrieving Emails From Remote Servers With fetchmail on Debian Linux. Fetchmail is a program for retrieving emails from remote servers. Imagine you have five email accounts on five different servers. Of course, you don't want to connect to each of them to get your emails. This is where fetchmail comes into play. If you have a user account on a Linux server, you can make fetchmail download emails from remote servers and put them into just one mailbox (the one of your Linux user), from where you can retrieve them with your email client (e.g. Thunderbird or Outlook).
Open 3D Foundation Welcomes New Members OPPO and Heroic Labs as Community Optimizes Software to Embrace Mobile-First Gaming
Foundation growth driven by organizations seeing new use cases that require modular solutions to build the future of 3D technology SAN FRANCISCO – September 7, 2022 – As gaming increasingly becomes a mobile-first experience, OPPO and Heroic Labs are joining as Premier and General members, respectively, of the Open 3D Foundation (O3DF). The two companies […]
GNOME Shell on Mobile Is Shaping Up Nicely, Gets New Navigation Gestures, Quick Settings
It’s been more than three months since GNOME developer Jonas Dreßler teased us with what was done and what’s coming to the GNOME Shell for mobile devices, and now we have a new report to share with you.
FOSS News Quiz for September 9, 2022
How closely did you follow the news about Linux and free and open source software this week? You can get an idea about how well informed you are (and have some fun in the process) by taking our weekly FOSS News Quiz.
Debian GNU/Linux 11.5 “Bullseye” Released with 53 Security Updates and 58 Bug Fixes
The Debian Project announced today the general availability of Debian GNU/Linux 11.5 as the fifth point release to the Debian GNU/Linux 11 “Bullseye” operating system series.
5 ways to resize and optimize images for the web on Linux
There was a time when 5 MB was the reasonable maximum size for an email attachment. Today, it's easily possible for a single photo to be 5 MB. Accordingly, the maximum attachment size has increased to, say, 25 MB. But of course file sizes are getting bigger and bigger too, and so eventually the attachment limit will go up too. It's an endless cycle, common in the digital world: the tools are built for today's data, and today's data increases in complexity and size until the tools are revised and improved. You have to contain data, preferably in the smallest packaging possible, so that sharing it online goes faster for everyone. Here are five ways to optimize images for the Internet.
Debian 10.13 and Debian 11.5 Are Available as Bugfix Releases
The Debian project has announced 10.13 and 11.5 updates to its “Buster” and “Bullseye” series, which mainly address security issues.
First Look at Crystal Linux, an Arch Linux-Based Distro Focused on Ease of Use and Usability
Today I am introducing you to Crystal Linux, an Arch Linux-based distribution focused on ease of use and out-of-the-box usability and accessibility for those who want to use Arch Linux.
What is a CDN and Why You Need It?
A Content Delivery Network is a distribution of servers that lets your website’s content load much quicker for all users worldwide, regardless of their location.
Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Apple Screenshot
Apple Screenshot is a small utility that’s part of macOS. Screenshot is proprietary software and not available for Linux. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives to Apple Screenshot.
Fedora Devs Plans to Replace DNF with DNF5 in Fedora Linux 39
Fedora, as we all know, has always excelled in its pursuit of innovation and offering its users the most cutting-edge Linux technology. There is a proposal for Fedora 39 to use DNF5 for software package management to improve performance and user experience.
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