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KDE Plasma 6.5 Is Here With New Linux Desktop Features

KDE announced the full release of Plasma 6.5 on Monday night. This major update to the desktop environment for Linux distributions and BSDs comes with several new features and improvements, including fuzzy search functions and programmable theme transitions. When I wrote about the Plasma 6.5 beta back in September, one of my favorite new features […]

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Open Source Streaming Server Jellyfin Just Dropped a Big Update

The developers of Jellyfin announced the full release of Jellyfin server version 10.11.0 on Sunday, October 19. The major update brings several improvements for the self-hosted media streaming platform I’m excited to see, including a system backup and a startup interface for administrators. A lot of the updates arriving with this Jellyfin release make the […]

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My Homelab Was Never More Valuable Than It Was This Weekend

This weekend, and continuing into the beginning of the week, many online services were dysfunctional or totally inaccessible. That happened because of a DNS bug on the part of Amazon. I avoided some of the issues though thanks to the homelabbing I do, meaning my hard work has paid off more than usual. My Services […]

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KDE’s Image Manager Makes Bluring Backgrounds A Snap

DigiKam, KDE’s popular open source photo and image manager, just hit version 8.8.0. It brings a fantastic new tool that lets you easily blur the background or subject in a photo, and a ton of other improvements you’ll want to check out. The star of the show in digiKam 8.8.0 is definitely the new enhancement […]

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Why NumPy is the Foundation of Python Data Analysis

You may have heard about NumPy and wondered why it seems so essential to data analysis in Python. What makes NumPy seemingly end up everywhere in statistical calculations with Python? Here are some good reasons. NumPy Makes It Easy to Create Multidimensional Arrays Science and engineering, including statistics and data science, rely heavily on linear […]

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Stop Using Docker and Try One of These 4 Alternatives Instead

Are you looking for an alternative to Docker that’s fully open source and doesn’t have any vendor-lock in? Well, there are four tools that you can use which are completely free of Docker’s influence. Each tool has its own pros and cons, but thanks to the open source community and the Open Container Initiative (OCI), […]

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I Wish I’d Discovered This Ultra-Simple File Server a Long Time Ago

Are you looking for the easiest way to launch a file server for either internal or external access? Copyparty is what you’ve been looking for. With the ability to launch with zero configuration, Copyparty gets you a file server up and running in seconds. What Is Copyparty? I love living in the modern open source […]

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Tired of LibreOffice? The Open Source ONLYOFFICE Just Got a Big Update

The open source office application ONLYOFFICE had its first point release since June on Wednesday, and it comes with a bevy of new features for its “Desktop Editors” suite of apps. They include a document recovery function, faster spreadsheet functions, and PDF annotation tools. In its release announcement blog post, ONLYOFFICE showed off the new […]

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