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Quick Tip: Mount DVD to Fix Playback Issues

By Andrew Powell 18/06/2017 Tutorials

Popped in a DVD on your Linux box and started playing the disc directly, only to encounter weird playback issues such as stuttering, skipping or even flat-out stopping? It's a strange, hard to explain issue, but the fix is often quite simple. I believe this is mostly with encrypted, copy-protected…

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Top 7 Free Odoo Apps for Linux Users in 2025

This guide focuses on open-source tools that you can get and install for free.

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Kopia: Open-source encrypted backup tool for Windows, macOS, Linux

Kopia is an open-source backup and restore tool that lets you create encrypted snapshots of your files and store them in cloud storage

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9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: August 24th, 2025

I tell you all about what’s coming in Firefox 143 and warn you about the end of life of Linux kernel 6.15

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CachyOS August 2025 Release Brings Package Dashboard, LTS Kernel

Arch-based CachyOS's August 2025 update adds a package dashboard, switches the ISO to an LTS kernel, and improves stability with new bootloader fixes.

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Calibre 8.9 E-Book Manager Adds Support for Embedded Fonts to HTMLZ Output

Calibre 8.9 is here to add support for embedded fonts to HTMLZ output, a color swatch in the results list of the Annotations browser to make seeing the type of highlight easier

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CachyOS ISO Snapshot for August 2025 Introduces a New Package Dashboard

With this release, the CachyOS devs introduce a brand-new, web-based dashboard for finding packages across all CachyOS repositories and viewing details about the latest updates.

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DietPi 9.16 Brings Debian Trixie Compatibility, Early Forky Support

DietPi 9.16 improves SBC support, adds Debian 13 Trixie and Forky testing compatibility, introduces faster updates, and fixes Raspberry Pi issues.

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Is It Really Open Source? How to Tell if a Project Walks the Walk

Not all open source is created equal, argues open source advocate, Nextcloud co-founder, and FOSS Force guest writer Jos Poortvliet.

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PowerDNS Authoritative Server 5.0 Released with BIND-Style Views

PowerDNS Authoritative Server 5.0 adds BIND-style views, better API features, Lua upgrades, webserver Unix socket support, and more.

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FFmpeg 8.0 Arrives With Whisper Filter, Vulkan Encoders

FFmpeg 8.0 video and audio converter adds Whisper filter, Vulkan AV1 encoder, ProRes RAW support, and expanded codec handling.

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