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The recent GRUB2 updates that patched some serious security vulnerabilities also caused boot failure issues for some users, so fixes for these regressions have started appearing for some distros, including Debian and Ubuntu.

The old Microsoft Paint was a great program and it was good for basic image editing in a quicker way. But like other Microsoft products, it is available for Windows only. Here comes Pinta. Pinta is an alternative to the MS Paint drawing program (mostly the latest Paint.NET) for Linux distributions. This guide explains the steps required to install the latest Pinta software in Ubuntu and other Linux distributions such as Linux Mint, Fedora, and others.

Learn to convert videos to GIF in Linux. Both the command line and GUI methods have been discussed in this beginner’s tutorial.

As an open community evolves, so does the way it expresses its identity to others. And having open conversations about how you'd like your community to be recognized is an important component of community engagement. Simply put, your community's brand is what people (especially potential contributors) see first when they encounter you. So you want to make sure your brand reflects your community—its values, its principles, and its spirit.

The Redo Rescue backup and recovery live system has been updated today to version 2.0.4, a maintenance update that adds a couple of new features and various improvements.

Collaborating on an open source software project is inherently an online experience. For me, almost all of my interaction has been via email. I'll send someone a patch, and they'll review it and reply to me. Or a user will file a bug, and I'll respond to it via the bug tracker. More commonly, developers in the open source community will discuss ideas via the email list. read more

You can also buy the Odyssey without the Windows 10 license if you prefer a Linux desktop.

CoreELEC, a community fork of the LibreELEC Linux distribution for SBCs (single-board computers) built around the open-source Kodi media center, has been updated to version 9.2.4 after several months in development.

Komorebi is an application used to set wallpaper on a computer. Users can add videos to a wallpaper using Komorebi. In this discussion, I want to write the steps for making a video wallpaper on the gallery on Komorebi on Xubuntu 20.04. Please follow the steps at the point below!.

A new version of Scrcpy was released few days ago, so we’ve decided to put our hands on it and see what an average android user can expect from it. We’ll review scrcpy and examine its features.

Canonical, Nextcloud and Collabora Productivity announced today a joint collaboration to integrate the Collabora Online open-source, LibreOffice-based office suite into the Nextcloud Ubuntu Appliance.

The first release of patches to the Linux BootHole came with a show-stopping problem. The fixed machines wouldn't boot. For the most part, that problem has been solved.

Linux is so flexible that you often can achieve the same results in several different ways. One of the joys we all share is our daily interaction with Linux terminals and the command line. Terminals and command lines play a significant role in almost every Linux admin’s life. There are many advantages to using terminal shortcuts. Here are 10 great ones, plus a bonus tip.

Aaeon and Kontron are prepping 3.5-inch SBCs — and Advantech will offer a 2.5-incher — that debut Intel’s 11th Gen, 10nm Tiger Lake CPUs. The 15-28W TDP Tiger Lake offers better graphics than Ice Lake, including support for up to 4x 4K displays. Intel’s recent announcement of an additional six months delay in delivering 7nm […]

This article explains how to install Sublime Text 3 on Ubuntu 20.04. Installing Sublime on Ubuntu is fairly straightforward. We’ll enable the Sublime repository, import the repository GPG key, and install the editor. The same instructions should work on any other Debian-based distribution.

Although it's been a long time since Linux was more difficult to use than Windows, most companies have been reluctant to deploy Linux workstations to its employees. That might be changing.

Axiomtek’s rugged, IP40-protected “eBOX626-311-FL” embedded PC runs Linux or Win 10 on Apollo Lake with 2x GbE, 6x USB, 3x serial, SATA, mSATA dual mini-PCIe, and wide range power. Axiomtek announced a fanless, Intel Apollo Lake based embedded computer that supports Linux, Win 10 IoT, and the company’s AMS.AXView remote monitoring software. The eBOX626-311-FL is […]

In this tutorial you will learn how to install Linux kernel 5.8 on the Ubuntu or Linux Mint operating systems.

Officially launched by the Linux Foundation in March 2019, the CD Foundation includes in its project portfolio some of the most widely used and deployed CI/CD tools, including Jenkins, Spinnaker and Tekton. The open source Jenkins CI/CD project gains more community participation and a roadmap for future improvements.

In this article, we will first explain how to install PlayOnLinux on a Debian system using both the command line and the graphical way. We will then cover how to use the PlayOnLinux for installing a Windows program in a Debian system.