Linux Mint 22 was just released yesterday with some interesting changes and new features. The distribution is based on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, and will be supported with updates […]
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Would Linux Have Helped to Avoid the CrowdStrike Catastrophe?
Opinion: Millions of critical computers and servers around the world went down because CrowdStrike, a major cybersecurity firm that offers enterprise services, pushed a faulty Windows update to […]
Top 7 Open Source CAD Software & AutoCAD Alternatives
Computer-aided design (CAD) software are industry-oriented software that help engineers and designers with their work to design objects and shapes. It is one of the most important software categories […]
Top 5 Open Source WAFs (Web Application Firewalls)
WAF or Web Application Firewall is a software that provides additional protection to the working web application or web server from possible attacks when it becomes connected to […]
Top 7 Maintained Open Source RAT Tools
RAT or Remote Administration Tool is a piece of software that allows a user on one computer or smartphone to access another one and manage it remotely. Historically, […]
What’s Come of openSUSE As of Its Leap 15.6 Release?
The openSUSE Project announced the release of their Leap 15.6 distribution on June 12th, 2024. openSUSE has been a quite special Linux distribution in the Linux distributions family […]
Replace Android System Apps With Open Source Alternatives
Android is a fantastic smartphone system, many parts of it are open source, and it is not vendor-locked-in like iOS from Apple. However, almost all Android smartphones come […]
Open Source Android Email Clients to Replace Gmail
You may wish to be notified about every email message that your inbox receives across various email servers/services that you may be using. On Android, this is done […]
There Has Never Been a Better Time to Switch to Linux
Linux and its family of distributions have been around for 33 years now. Despite its popular success on smartphones and servers where it controls more than 70% of […]
How to Change Libadwaita App Theme in Ubuntu 24.04 (or Linux)
Since the introduction of the GTK 4 toolkit for building UI apps on Linux, a library called libadwaita has also been introduced. libadwaita is a set of ready […]
How to get VMware Workstation Pro for Free on Linux
On May 13, 2024, VMware announced that it is no longer requiring a subscription fee to use its Workstation Pro virtual machine program for personal use. VMware Workstation […]
How to Disable CPU Mitigations on Linux
In the last few years, a family of new security vulnerabilities was discovered affecting many CPUs made by all major CPU makers. Sadly, patching these vulnerabilities had the […]
Better Things To Do After Installing Ubuntu 24.04
Ubuntu releases a new version every six months. However, most of the stuff you may need to do after installing any new version is generally the same. This […]
Extend Ubuntu LTS Updates for 12 Years with Free Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu Pro is a package of additional software updates and services offered by Canonical for its enterprise customers. It includes things like: Originally, Ubuntu LTS versions are supported […]
How to Install Chromium as a DEB Package on Ubuntu 24.04
Since Ubuntu version 20.04, the Chromium browser in Ubuntu no longer ships as a DEB package. Instead, if you try to run apt install chromium-browser it will install […]
Revive that Old Computer with antiX Linux
There are a lot of Linux distributions out there suitable for old computers or computers with low hardware resources, but one particular distribution has been repeatedly mentioned in […]
Open Source Google Maps Alternatives for Android
Google Maps is one of the most useful applications that one can use on Android. Without it, one may find himself/herself lost in some jungle instead of heading […]
Block Ads on Android in Apps and Games With AdAway
Android is a very functional and extendable operating system, and at the end of the day, it remains a Linux distribution. Currently, it powers an estimated number of […]
Create Your Custom Linux Distribution Based on Ubuntu
There are a lot of Linux distributions out there, each suited for a different goal and purpose. Linux being an open-source OS allows anyone from any place around […]
Fix Boot Problems on Ubuntu with “Boot Repair”
Sometimes you may break your Ubuntu installation by accident in many different ways. One of the most common ways is having issues with the Grub bootloader, which may prevent you from booting up your Ubuntu system. Grub is the default bootloader for most Linux distributions as well as Ubuntu. Its job is to load the …
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