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Systemd is a core part of most Linux distributions today, but managing services from the command line with systemctl can feel intimidating, especially for newer users. That’s where a promising new project caught my attention: systemd-manager-tui. ...

Ubuntu has taken another step that, honestly, leaves me scratching my head. While most distributions try to offer as many convenient GUI tools as possible to help users manage every part of their system, Ubuntu… apparently sees things a bit differently. ...

The XFS filesystem could gain exciting new features, and more specifically, autonomous self-healing capabilities in the upcoming Linux kernel 7.0 cycle, following a pull request submitted by XFS maintainer Darrick J. Wong. ...

Over a month after the previous 6.22 release, KDE announced the launch of Frameworks 6.23, expanding its collection of add-on libraries for Qt and enhancing functionality for developers across various platforms. ...

7-Zip, a popular open-source tool for compressing and extracting files, has released version 26.0. This update refreshes the internal code for several archive formats, such as ZIP, CPIO, RAR, UDF, QCOW, and Compound. ...

IPFire has launched IPFire DBL (Domain Blocklist), a community-driven system that lets administrators fine-tune network filtering policies. ...

Parrot OS, a Debian-based Linux distribution for ethical hackers and cybersecurity professionals, has released version 7.1 less than two months after the major 7.0 launch. This is the first maintenance update in the 7.x series. ...

Parrot OS, a Debian-based Linux distribution for ethical hackers and cybersecurity professionals, has released version 7.1 less than two months after the major 7.0 launch. This is the first maintenance update in the 7.x series. ...

MOS is a new open-source project for homelabs and small servers. Instead of being a traditional, storage-focused NAS, it aims to be more like a general-purpose server platform managed through a web-based UI. ...

Here’s a new tool with strong potential that will appeal to advanced Arch users, especially those who miss a NixOS-style approach to system management (or who are DevOps-oriented). I’m talking about Decman, which has reached its first stable 1.0 release. ...

Ntfy, a self-hosted open-source notification service for sending and receiving push notifications through HTTP requests, has released version 2.17. ...

Kdenlive 25.12.2 open-source video editor, is now available with new stability fixes, better monitor performance, and workflow improvements.

Kdenlive 25.12.2 has been released as part of the wider KDE Gear 25.12 application bundle as the second maintenance update in the 25.12 series for this open-source video editor. ...

A new open-source tool, traur, written in Rust, has emerged for Arch users, aiming to improve security awareness in Arch Linux’s user-maintained software ecosystem by introducing automated trust scoring for AUR packages. ...

As we all know, file copying on Linux has long relied on the classic cp command, which remains reliable but offers little feedback and limited control over long or complex operations. ...

A recent development in the VirtualBox source tree introduces an early but usable KVM backend for Linux hosts. According to a comment by contributor Alexander Eichner, the new backend is now in a workable state, or at least when running modern guest operating systems. Older or more unusual guests, such as DOS, have not yet been ...

“Hey, man, is that GNU/Linux on your computer?”, “Yes.”, “Great, but I use Microsoft Windows.” You get the idea. A “heavy” academic exchange like that would sound comical, to say the least. And that’s exactly the point of this article. One of the long-running debates in the Linux ecosystem: whether the system ...

Fish, a popular user-friendly command-line shell, has announced version 4.4, a new release that builds on the 4.0 series. ...

Ardour 9.0 has been released as one of the most substantial updates to this open-source digital audio workstation. A central change is the expansion of clip-based workflows. The Cue page now allows direct editing of both MIDI and audio cues, with MIDI clips opening a full pianoroll editor that mirrors the capabilities of the ...

Samsung Smart TV owners can now use Jellyfin natively, as the open-source media server is now available on the Tizen platform.

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