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Almost a year after Richard Stallman, the founding president of Free Software Foundation, was forced to resign, FSF board has finally elected a new president. Geoffrey Knauth, a FSF veteran, is the new FSF president The new president is Geoffrey Knauth. As per Phoronix, Geoffrey is a computer science professor at Lycoming College, Pennsylvania state…
LibreOffice 7.0 is the latest major release after version 6.4. There are plenty of additions to improve the LibreOffice experience. In this article, I’ll share some details on the key changes on LibreOffice 7 and how to get it. LibreOffice 7: Key Changes As mentioned, LibreOffice 7 does not introduce major new features but several…
Raspberry Pi has been undoubtedly the way to go for inexpensive single-board computing. You can create Raspberry Pi projects for powering everything from robots to smart home devices. When the Raspberry Pi 4 launched in 2019, the performance amazed the Raspberry Pi enthusiasts. A more powerful CPU, USB 3.0 support, native Gigabit Ethernet, plus the…
Itch is a platform for independent digital creators with main focus on indie games. It was actually started as website to host, sell and download indie video games but these days, Itch also provides books, comics, tools, board games, soundtracks and more digital content from indie creators. As a user, you can download these digital…
Linux 5.8 is one of the biggest releases of all time as pointed out by Linus Torvalds. However, unlike other releases, you may not see a lot of eye candy changes for an average user to understand. Overall, the Linux kernel 5.8 release introduces a bunch of driver support, security improvements, and optimizations. Just to…
Manjaro or Arch Linux? If Manjaro is based on Arch, how come is it different from Arch? Read how Arch and Manjaro are different in this comparison article. Most of the beginner-friendly Linux distributions are based on Ubuntu. As Linux users gains more experience, some try their hands on the more ‘advanced distributions’, mostly in…
This quick tutorial shows how to install the latest version of HandBrake on Ubuntu-based distributions using its official PPA. HandBrake is one of the most popular open source video converter for Linux, Windows and macOS. This GUI application enables you to convert videos from one format to another in just a few clicks. You can…
Open source text editor GNU nano has reached the milestone of version 5.0. Take a look at what features this new release brings. There are plenty terminal-based text editors available for Linux. While editors like Emacs and Vim require a steep learning curve with bunch of unusual keyboard shortcuts, GNU nano is considered easier to…
Discord is a popular messaging application. It was originally intended for gamers but these days, it is considered a Slack alternative even for team and community communication. You can use it for text, voice and video messaging. Several open source project use it for communicating with project members and users. Discord is available on various…
Brief: BigBlueButton is an open-source tool for video conferencing tailored for online teaching. Let’s take a look at what it offers. In the year 2020, remote working from home is kind of the new normal. Of course, you cannot do everything remotely — but online teaching is something that’s possible. Even though a lot of…
Brief: A step-by-step beginner’s tutorial showing how to install Google chrome in Arch, Manjaro and other Arch-based Linux distributions. Google Chrome is undeniably the most popular web browser. It is not open source software and this is why you won’t see it preinstalled in Linux distributions you use. You won’t even find Chrome in the…
Adobe Dreamweaver is a popular tool for professionals to design websites. Even though it enjoyed all its glory in the past decade, it’s no longer the most popular tool out there (at least, as far as I’m aware of). Its expensive subscription plans and the availability of free and open-source alternatives has left an impact…
Now that Fedora 33 has landed, considering the feature changes, it looks to be one of the biggest release ever. Fedora 33 brings in the latest and greatest of open source software offering to the table. Let’s see what are these changes that make Fedora 33 worth trying out. New features in Fedora 33 Btrfs…
Brief: Linux Foundation, the official organization behind Linux project, has launched a 6 months online training program to turn system administrators into cloud administrators as the demand for cloud-skilled people grows in the IT industry. Last month, Linux Foundation launched the Cloud Engineer Bootcamp program. This one was focused on preparing candidates for entry level jobs as…
The Raspberry Pi Zero and the Raspberry Pi Zero W were added to the line up of Raspberry Pi’s in the last few years. These ua-small form-factor SBC’s have been a big hit and continue to be a part of Raspberry Pi projects from the maker and DIY communities. Due to the smaller form factor…
Brief: A dead simple tool to trim videos quickly without re-encoding it. Here, we take a look at what it offers. You probably are already aware of some of the best free video editors for Linux but not everyone needs all the features offered. Sometimes you just want to perform a single operation quickly, for…
BTW, I use Arch! You may have come across this term in Linux forums, discussion or in memes. You might wonder why Arch Linux is so popular? Why people like it so much when there are easier to use, if not better, Arch-based distributions available. Read moreKali Linux 2021.3 Release (OpenSSL, Kali-Tools, Kali Live VM…
Ubuntu 19.10 Eoan Ermine has reached end of life. That it means it won’t get any security or maintenance updates. Continue using Ubuntu 19.10 would be risky as your system may be vulnerable in future for the lack of security updates. You should upgrade to Ubuntu 20.04. Ubuntu 19.10 was released in October 2019 bringing…
In the vast field of artificial intelligence, computer vision and image recognition is perhaps what most people take interest in. Computer Vision is how the machine analyzes the images and videos If you are interested in this field, you must have heard of OpenCV. OpenCV is a popular open source project aimed at real-time computer…
Riot is/was a decentralized instant messaging app based on the open source Matrix protocol. In late June, Riot (the instant messaging client) announced that they would be changing their name. Yesterday, they revealed that their new name is Element. Let’s see more details on why Riot changed its name and what else is being changed….