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Tor Browser is a customized version of Firefox that routes the web traffic through the Tor network, making it private and anonymous. When you browse the Internet with the Tor Browser, the connection to the website you are viewing is encrypted and protected from network surveillance and traffic analysis. This article describes how to install the Tor web browser on Ubuntu 20.04.

The Mageia development team announced today the availability of the beta version of the upcoming Mageia 8 operating system series, due for release later this year.

Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS the first point release is available now and you can immediately download or upgrade.

"Corporate-backed lies run the world, and the FSF used to get in the way."

Open source software is now mainstream; long gone are the days when open source projects attracted developers alone. Nowadays, users across numerous industries are active consumers of open source software, and you can't expect everyone to know how to use the software just by reading the code.

The developers behind elementary OS revealed today some of the upcoming features to be included in the next major release of their Ubuntu-based operating system, elementary OS 6.

With Microsoft abandoning PC-based office software, if you don't want to use cloud-based office suites such as Microsoft 365 or G Suite, LibreOffice 7 will be your best desktop office suite choice.

AMD released Radeon Software for Linux 20.30, a new version of its proprietary graphics driver for AMD Radeon GPUs with support for new GNU/Linux distributions.

Like getting indie video games from Itch? Get additional features like automatic updates for games by installing Itch desktop client on Linux.

Red Hat is extending your soon to expire certifications and has launched a new online certification testing program for its top four certifications.

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.