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How FOSS Brought New Life To My Once Linux-Unfriendly Laptop

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Many of you can probably relate to this: that machine, whether it be a laptop or a desktop computer, that just seems to hate any Linux operating system you throw at it. Poor performance, inefficiency or non-working bits of hardware or functionalities seem the norm whenever you try your favourite…

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All AMD, No Intel: TUXEDO InfinityBook Pro 14 Gen10 Unveiled

Discover the TUXEDO InfinityBook Pro 14 Gen10, featuring all AMD components for exceptional performance.

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Meet Boardswarm, a New Open Source Tool for Board Management and Distributed Development

Discover Boardswarm, the innovative open-source tool designed for efficient board management and seamless distributed development.

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Notepad Next 0.12 Adds Custom Toolbars, Multi-Shortcuts

Discover the latest features in Notepad Next 0.12, including customizable toolbars and multi-shortcut support to enhance your productivity and workflow.

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Git 2.50 Lands: Say Goodbye to Recursive Merges

Discover Git 2.50's new features, including the end of recursive merges. Streamline your workflow and enhance collaboration with this powerful update.

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Yet Another European Government Is Ditching Microsoft for Linux – Here’s Why

Discover why a growing number of European governments are transitioning from Microsoft to Linux.

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Arch Linux Wine Gets a Pure WoW64 Upgrade

Arch Linux developer Peter Jung announced a significant transition for the Arch Linux wine and wine-staging packages to a "pure wow64 build".

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How to Install Java 21 on Debian 13

In this blog post, we will explain how to install Java 21 on Debian 13 OS in detail. Java is a high-level, object-oriented programming language with a syntax similar to C and C++.

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KDE Confirms Ongoing Plasma X11 Support, But the Future Is Clearly Wayland

With over 70% of Plasma users now on Wayland, KDE is preparing for an eventual transition away from X11 support.

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IceWM 3.8 Window Manager Released with Faster Theme Loading

IceWM 3.8 window manager for the X Window System improves performance with faster Themes menu loading, optimized resource graphs, and more.

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Set Up Incremental Backups with rsync and cron on Linux

In this guide, I’ll show you how to schedule incremental backups using rsync and cron.

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