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If you've ever made a lot of commits locally and wish there was a way to smash them all down into a single commit, you're in luck. Git calls this concept "squashing commits." I discovered the concept while working on documentation. It took me over a dozen commits to finally get a bit of markdown just right. The repo maintainer didn't want to see all my attempts cluttering up the project's history, so I was told to "just git squash your commits." Squashing sounded like a solid plan. There was just one issue. I didn't know how to do it.

As users migrate away from Twitter, many wonder what the equivalent of the famous blue checkmark is on Mastodon. Ignoring debates about how anyone can be sure of anyone's true identity online, it's easy to verify yourself on Mastodon when you have a WordPress site.

Fedora Workstation 37 is the latest version of the Fedora Project’s desktop operating system, made by a worldwide community dedicated to pushing forward innovation in open source. This article describes some of the new user-facing features in Fedora Workstation 37. Upgrade today from GNOME Software, or by using dnf system-upgrade in your favourite terminal emulator! […]

SeeedStudio launched this week a compact router powered by the quad-core Rockchip RK3568. The LinkStar-H68K-1432 router offers dual 2.5 GbE ports, dual GbE ports, one HDMI port and SATA 3.0 support via USB Type-C. According to the product page, the LinkStar-H68K features the Rockchip RK3568 at its core.  Rockchip RK3568 — Quad-core 64-bit Cortex-A55 (up […]

Mageia’s devs just released an alpha version of the upcoming Mageia 9, giving a good idea of what to expect from the final release.

The Linux Mint team quietly released the Cinnamon 5.6 desktop environment, a major update that will be included by default in the upcoming Linux Mint 21.1 “Vera” operating system this Christmas.

How to install Apache OpenOffice suite in Ubuntu and related distribution with step-by-step guide and instructions.

Red Hat announced today Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.1 as the first update to its latest and greatest Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 operating system series adding various new features, improvements, and updated components.

Jami is a powerful and secure peer-to-peer communication that offers voice, video, and chat capabilities. The following tutorial will demonstrate three installation methods using the command line terminal.

Valve released today a new stable update to its Steam Client for all supported platforms that introduces the highly anticipated Big Picture mode from the Steam Deck UI, as well as other improvements.

Akaunting is an open-source and self-hosted accounting software application for small businesses and freelancers. In this tutorial, I will show you how to install Akaunting with Apache and Let's Encrypt SSL on Ubuntu 22.04.

Users choose lightweight Linux distributions because they can bring aging hardware back to life or simply because they offer a lightning-fast desktop environment. Six years after its last R10 release, the lightweight Linux distribution wattOS 12 arrived rebased to the stable Debian 11 branch.

Keyboards are necessary to work with a computer system whether it's for coding, writing, or moving around items in a spreadsheet. They allow access to a computer's peripherals and are used to get deep into the operating system of any computer. Keyboards come in all shapes and sizes. Some are more comfortable to use than others. We asked our community members to share the best (and the worst) keyboard they'd ever used. Some of the answers might surprise you!

The latest, next-generation version of RHEL 9 is here.

Here's a list of the best 3 MS Paint alternative drawing programs which are free to download and install with feature highlights.

With the Firefox 107 release hitting the streets earlier this week, Mozilla has promoted the next version of its open-source web browser, Firefox 108, to the beta channel for public testing.

Tutorial on how to install VMware Tools on Kali Linux

Comprehensive details about how to download, install and update Mozilla Firefox - all editions: Stable, Dev, Nightly in Linux.

Git has become the default way to store and transport code in the DevOps generation. Over 93% of developers report that Git is their primary version control system. Almost anyone who has used version control is familiar with git add, git commit, and git push. For most users, that’s all they ever plan to do with Git, and they're comfortable with that. It just works for their needs.

The AlmaLinux Foundation informs 9to5Linux.com today about the general availability of AlmaLinux 9.1 as the first minor update to the latest and greatest AlmaLinux 9 operating systems for those who want a free and open-source alternative to RHEL 9 or CentOS Stream 9.