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How to Run Diablo II with the GLIDE-to-OpenGL Wrapper

By Andrew Powell 20/11/2017 Game-Fixes

Diablo II is usually a breeze to run on Linux, thanks to WINE and so often times you need no special tricks. However, if you're like me and experience a few glitches and washed out colours in the standard fullscreen mode, you have two options: run the game in windowed mode and go without…

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Getting Divinity: Original Sin to Run on AMD Graphics

By Andrew Powell 05/08/2017 Game-Fixes

If you're running an AMD graphics card with Mesa (open source) drivers and tried playing the great RPG Divinity: Original Sin, chances are you simply ran into a crash upon launching the game. Thankfully, the community comes to the rescue and there is a work around. Here's how. To be perfectly…

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Fixing Screen Resolution in The Book of Unwritten Tales 2

By Andrew Powell 21/06/2017 Game-Fixes

KING Art's point-and-click adventure, The Book of Unwritten Tales 2, is a beautiful game. But you might have a hard time seeing much of the game properly if you ran into the problem I did - a wonky, improper fullscreen resolution that meant I couldn't even browse the settings menu and actually…

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Getting Baldurs Gate 2 Enhanced Edition to run on Linux (GOG Games)

By Andrew Powell 19/03/2017 Game-Fixes

If you are fortunate enough, your new shiny install of Baldurs Gate 2 Enhanced Edition will Just Work™. If you're on a fairly, what I call "late-model" distribution such as Arch Linux or OpenSUSE Tumbleweed or even one of the latest (non-LTS) versions of Ubuntu, you might run into…

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How to Install and Use MariaDB on Ubuntu 22.04

MariaDB is a free, open-source, and powerful database management system used to store application data. It is a stable and relational database management system, and fork of the popular MySQL database system. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install MariaDB 10.6 on Ubuntu 22.04 server.

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How to Install ModSecurity 3 with Nginx on AlmaLinux 9

ModSecurity, often referred to as Modsec, is a free, open-source web application firewall (WAF). In the following tutorial, you will learn how to install ModSecurity 3 & OWASP Core Rule Set with Nginx on AlmaLinux 9 with example configurations from start to finish.

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How to Install Vivaldi Browser on Linux Mint 21 LTS

Vivaldi is a unique web browser designed specifically for power users. Learn how to install Vivaldi browser on Linux Mint 21 LTS here.

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Grsync: A Simple Graphical Frontend for Rsync

This guide explains Grsync, its features, and how to complete various tasks with files and folders using Grsync in Linux.

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How to Autostart Podman Containers

Podman has a daemon-less architecture that allows an unprivileged user to run containers without root access. Learn how to autostart Podman containers here.

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Businesses Should Dump Windows for the Linux Desktop

If you care about security, then Linux should be your business desktop.

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How to Clone Disks with Linux dd Command

In this tutorial, we’ll refer to a practical example of the Linux dd command that can be used to migrate or clone a Windows Operating System.

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How to Install Drupal on Ubuntu 22.04

Drupal is a free and open-source CMS (Content Management System) written in PHP. Learn how to install Drupal on Ubuntu 22.04 here.

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Malicious PyPI Packages Drop Ransomware, Fileless Malware

Ax Sharma, Senior Security Researcher at Sonatype, discusses newly found PyPI packages that pack ransomware in this article.

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Heroic Games Launcher 2.4.0 Released With Epic Overlay, Other Features

Heroic Games Launcher 2.4.0 has been released with solid features for Linux gamers. If you haven’t used it yet, try out its new release.

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