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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.

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.

The Debian project has announced 10.13 and 11.5 updates to its “Buster” and “Bullseye” series, which mainly address security issues.

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.

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.

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, 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.

When working from commandline, you might have run some Linux commands multiple times. In this brief guide, we will learn how to avoid duplicate entries in Bash history in Linux.

Containerd is a high-level container runtime that supports OCI Image Spec and OCI Runtime Spec (Open Container Initiative). This tutorial will go over how to install the Containerd Container Runtime on an Ubuntu 22.04 server. This tutorial will go over two different methods for installing Containerd, manually by downloading the binary package or and installing Containerd via the APT repository.

DebugPoint Weekly Roundup #22.04: Salix 15 release, elementary OS 7 dev updates, Fedora 37 beta is a GO and more.

A detailed review and benchmark of Linux Mint 21 "Vanessa" Cinnamon Edition in terms of features, performance and user feedback.

Python packaging has evolved a lot. The latest ("beta") uses one file, pyproject.toml, to control the package. A minimal pyproject.toml might look like this...

Arch2appimage (inspired by Arch-Deployer) is a free and open-source script or tool written in Python with the goal of converting Arch Linux packages either from the official Arch Linux Repositories or from the AUR into Appimage.

In this post, I show you how to make the most of the base Ubuntu images while building your own Docker images.

The Document Foundation released today LibreOffice 7.3.6 as the sixth maintenance update to the LibreOffice 7.3 office suite series to add yet another layer of bug fixes and improvements.

This tutorial describes three methods to configure static IP address in Linux and Unix operating systems from command line.

Nowadays, self-hosting web-facing services and applications is a popular hobby among open-source software enthusiasts. Raspberry Pi is one of the best platforms to accomplish this. This article provides you with the best and most popular applications by categories that you can self-host on your Raspberry Pi device.

The first article in this series recommended you use a power meter to establish how many Wh your computer uses. In this article we’ll explore a few ways you can reduce this footprint without sacrificing your productivity or workflow.

There are instances where Linux fails to detect proper screen sizes. Learn how you can manually change your resolution in Ubuntu.