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Experimental package management with Nix and NixOS

IN-DEPTH: Brand New Package

Improving Linux package management

IN-DEPTH: Delivery Service

A command-line task manager

NEWS: Best Laid Plans

Secure decoupled messaging with DANE and the TLSA resource record

IN-DEPTH: Decoupled and Secure

Decoding videos in Firefox with VA-API

IN-DEPTH: Full Potential

Secure online communication with MOFO Linux

REVIEWS: Speak Freely

BeeBEEP open source office messenger

LINUX VOICE: Messenger Bee

Search for processes by start time

IN-DEPTH: Ghost Hunter

Testing Waterfox, a Firefox alternative

LINUX VOICE: Browsing Options

The Status of Universal Package Systems

Competing Standards

30.03.2020

Billed as the future of package management, universal package systems like Snappy and Flatpak have failed to live up to their promise.

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