Features
Party On
Mail-merged party invitations with gLabels
Add an individual touch to invitations or cards to help your event start with a bang.
Wrapped
Encrypt files and folders with TruPax 9
The TruPax tool specializes in encrypting small datasets to safeguard your data from prying eyes.
The Email Upgrade
Social networking the FOSS way
Forget email: Bitmessage harnesses the power of public key cryptography to create a decentralized, trustless P2P communications protocol. Messages are virtually impossible to spoof or tap.
Taking Stock
Inventory software on Linux
As a network grows in size, it becomes increasingly difficult to keep track of hardware, software, licenses, and infrastructure. Inventory solutions can provide significant relief.
Exposure Time
Static galleries with Expose
Expose offers a wide range of configurable options for publishing static photo and video galleries in an easy-to-use tool.
Tutorials – WM Tiling
Master Your Desktop Be a Window Wizard
Regular window managers are so 2016 – install a tiling WM and work faster, smarter, and cooler.
Fifth Generation
New features in digiKam 5
The freshly released digiKam 5 boasts a number of new features, brings many improvements, and ditches some legacy ballast.
Clever Combination
Leaner surfing with the SeaMonkey Internet Suite
SeaMonkey is a lean and time-tested alternative for web, mail, IM, and address management that supports Firefox plugins.
Zoo Keeper
Graphical desktop front ends for KVM and Qemu
If you want to care for a zoo full of exotic KVM guest systems on your desktop, you could use a little help from a graphical front end.
Master Builder
Create your own Linux distribution
Linux systems out of the box are a dime a dozen. But if you want a customized system, you will certainly see the benefit of AryaLinux, which lets you put together an individualized system from the sources.
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Linux Mint Shares a Possible Kernel Cleanup Solution
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CachyOS Gets an Update
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The Linux Kernel Dev Staging Area Now Rejects AI-Generated Patches
Unless a kernel patch is a valid security fix, it will be rejected if it was created using AI.
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Linux Surpasses Double-Digit Market Share
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AI Helped Develop a Linux Exploit
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Yet Another Linux Kernel Vulnerability Discovered
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Ubuntu 26.10 to Include Ubuntu Certified Hardware Check
If you've ever wondered if your laptop or PC is officially certified to run Ubuntu, that curiosity will soon be met.
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Substantial Update to IPFire Now Available
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Gnome Working on Test Center App to Make Testing Easier
It's now possible to test experimental features on the Gnome desktop without worrying that you'll break things.
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New Vulnerability Discovered in Linux Kernel
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