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How Free Software Got Its Fonts
A History of Open Source Fonts
With the advent of free software for non-programmers, users ran into a licensing dilemma in a world of proprietary fonts.
Krita: Coming Attractions
Krita 3.0
Krita, a free sketching and painting program, has new features and improvements in version 3.0.
Choosing a Spam Filter
Spam Filter Mechanics
Spam filters have different modes of operation. Understanding how they work can help you choose which one to use.
Customizing KDE Plasma
Beyond Wallpaper
The KDE Plasma desktop environment has so many configuration options, it scares some users away. We look at some of the options to get you started.
RetroShare
Is a private network useful for privacy and security?
RetroShare helps you create a private, decentralized friends-to-friends network with encrypted communications, but how much does that increase security and privacy?
Qubes OS: Build in Security with Virtualization
Bulkheads on the Desktop
Qubes OS compartmentalizes every activity on your desktop in its own VM.
Pi-Top: The Missing Manual
Pop the Top
Follow along as we assemble, customize, and accessorize a Pi-Top kit – the do-it-yourself laptop for the Raspberry Pi.
Conditional Formatting in LibreOffice Spreadsheets
Conditional Formatting
Integrate graphical information beside the data it represents with conditional formatting and sparklines.
Crowd Supply Boosts Open Hardware
Crowd Supply
A small crowdfunding site is helping to boost the growth of open hardware businesses.
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Linux Kernel 6.16 Released with Minor Fixes
The latest Linux kernel doesn't really include any big-ticket features, just a lot of lines of code.
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EU Sovereign Tech Fund Gains Traction
OpenForum Europe recently released a report regarding a sovereign tech fund with backing from several significant entities.
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FreeBSD Promises a Full Desktop Installer
FreeBSD has lacked an option to include a full desktop environment during installation.
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Linux Hits an Important Milestone
If you pay attention to the news in the Linux-sphere, you've probably heard that the open source operating system recently crashed through a ceiling no one thought possible.
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Plasma Bigscreen Returns
A developer discovered that the Plasma Bigscreen feature had been sitting untouched, so he decided to do something about it.
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CachyOS Now Lets Users Choose Their Shell
Imagine getting the opportunity to select which shell you want during the installation of your favorite Linux distribution. That's now a thing.
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Wayland 1.24 Released with Fixes and New Features
Wayland continues to move forward, while X11 slowly vanishes into the shadows, and the latest release includes plenty of improvements.
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Bugs Found in sudo
Two critical flaws allow users to gain access to root privileges.
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Fedora Continues 32-Bit Support
In a move that should come as a relief to some portions of the Linux community, Fedora will continue supporting 32-bit architecture.
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Linux Kernel 6.17 Drops bcachefs
After a clash over some late fixes and disagreements between bcachefs's lead developer and Linus Torvalds, bachefs is out.