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Upstart/Systemd war over - Ubuntu to switch to systemd

By Andrew Powell 15/02/2014 News

The popular but at times controversial init/system management daemon known as systemd looks to be becoming the de facto init standard in the Linux world as Ubuntu decides to switch to systemd in place of Upstart. Mark Shuttleworth revealed the upcoming changes in a blog post titled 'Losing…

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Immich 1.104 Brings Direct Editing and Email Notifications

The latest Immich 1.104 release allows editing and deleting assets directly in the UI, SMTP email notifications, bug fixes, and more.

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Snapdragon X Elite, The Apple Silicon Killer Readies Support for Linux

Worried about why Apple ARM chips don’t play nice with Linux? Qualcomm has you covered.

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Raspberry Pi 5 Official M.2 HAT Now Available for NVMe Drives and AI Accelerators

After a long wait, the Raspberry Pi Foundation announced today the general availability of the official Raspberry Pi M.2 HAT for the latest Raspberry Pi 5 single-board computer.

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Manjaro 24.0: Plasma 6, GNOME 46, LXQt 2.0, and More

Manjaro 24.0 Wynsdey: Now with Plasma 6, Gnome 46, and LxQT 2.0. Over 8K updates, including Linux 6.9 Kernel. Here’s more on that!

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PeaZip 9.8 Archive Manager Adds New CLI Switches, New UI Options, and Tux Theme

Highlights of PeaZip 9.8 include new Mac and Tux themes, a new “Always browse archives in flat view” option switch in Main Menu > Browse and the Navigation context menu item, a new “Comment, and Info functions” option in the status bar context menu, and an improved “Extract to” context menu for direct extraction of […]

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Jellyfin 10.9 Media Server Brings Tons of Improvements

Jellyfin 10.9 is now available, bringing enhanced features, bug fixes, and important changes for a superior media experience. Here’s what’s new!

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GNOME 47 Desktop Environment Release Date Slated for September 18th, 2024

An official release schedule for GNOME 47, which will be dubbed “Denver” after the host city of the GUADEC 2024 conference, was finally published today. According to the release schedule, the GNOME 47 alpha version will be available for public testing as soon as next month on June 29th.

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LibreOffice 7.6.7 Is Here as the Last Update in the Series, Upgrade to LibreOffice 24.2

While LibreOffice 24.2 is already available with its new features and enhancements, The Document Foundation still maintains the LibreOffice 7.6 branch, which is supported until June 12th, 2024, and LibreOffice 7.6.7 is here as another maintenance update that fixes more bugs.

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Rocky Linux 9.4 Released, Here’s What’s New

Rocky Linux 9.4: Improved image builds, Azure Community Gallery availability, and extensive security and software updates.

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Mozilla Firefox 126 Is Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New

The Mozilla Firefox 126 open-source web browser is now available for download ahead of its planned May 14th official launch, so it’s time to take a closer look at the new features and improvements implemented in this version.

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