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Ubuntu is one of the most popular Linux distributions, well known for its ease of use and wide range of available software. In some cases, software comes in the form of .deb packages that need to be installed on your system. When faced with multiple .deb packages, especially when they have dependencies, installing them one by one can be time-consuming.

With Fedora 41 working its way to release toward the end of October, some early feature/change proposals for Fedora 42 are being filed for what will be the Fedora Linux release out next spring.

Ardour 8.7 Digital Audio Workstation rolls out new features, including track dragging, ruler changes, and enhanced MIDI scene markers.

Minor updates break clients 94% of the time, while version upgrades cause issues 95% of the time, according to Endor Labs researchers.

Programmers, the behind-the-scenes innovators driving technological progress, are honored on International Programmers' Day, observed on the 256th day of each year, to recognize their invaluable contributions.

The KDE Project released today KDE Gear 24.08.1 as the first point release to the latest KDE Gear 24.08 software suite with more bug fixes and improvements for your favorite KDE applications.

Cosmic Void developers of Twilight Oracle, Blood Nova and The Corruption Within have released their latest point and click adventure with Devil's Hideout. The developers did a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign earlier this year, where they managed to raise €11,458 to finish it. Available to buy on Steam with Native Linux support.

Managing a server is certainly not an easy job, especially for beginners. If you are busy managing various technical matters manually, then cron jobs are an excellent solution. Cron jobs are a feature in Linux OS that can help you automate the tasks on a server easily.

In this detailed introduction to Oracle VirtualBox tutorial, we'll learn what VirtualBox is, its history, use cases and the amazing features it offers.

Vim is a powerful, highly configurable text editor used primarily in Linux, macOS, and other Unix-based systems. Despite its widespread use, one of the most infamous challenges, especially for beginners, is figuring out how to exit Vim after editing a file. Unlike more modern text editors, Vim relies on keyboard commands rather than menus or buttons, which can be a hurdle for those unfamiliar with it.

VirtualBox 7.1 debuts with groundbreaking features, including ARM support, improved UI, cloud VM management, Wayland support, and more.

The Linux Mint project has at times forked various open-source projects to evolve them on their own such as the Cinnamon desktop starting out as forks of several GNOME 3 components. While their software forks and focus has mostly been at the desktop-level, they are going a bit further down the stack now to develop forks of several APT components that power package management on Debian/Ubuntu systems.

Docker images can take up significant disk space over time, especially if you frequently build and pull images. This guide will walk you through the process of deleting Docker images that are no longer needed.

Parallels Desktop 20 has been released for macOS. The virtualisation software introduces a number of buffs for Linux VMs running on macOS. The headline change in Parallels Desktop 20 is support for macOS Sequoia, both as host OS and as a guest — important given that Sequoia is due to be released in the next few weeks.

It's quite a long way from ready – but it's clearly visible in the distance. The latest version of System76's Ubuntu remix is available, but it's not finished by any means. The new Rust-based desktop is somewhat usable, though.

Valve released a new stable Steam Client update that brings numerous improvements and some new functionality to further enhance your gaming experience on Steam and bring compatibility for more Linux desktops.

Developed in collaboration with Behaviour Interactive, the new Stellaris: Cosmic Storms expansion and free 3.13 'Vela' update are out now. Stellaris has Native Linux support and you can buy it from: Fanatical, GOG, Humble Store, Steam.

Discover a step-by-step guide to installing, configuring, and hosting a Minecraft PaperMC server on Ubuntu with practical examples.

Raspberry Pi Imager 1.9, an easy-to-use SD card preparation tool by Raspberry Pi, arrives with Qt6, platform crypto, and Linux AppImages.

Early in the year we enjoyed seeing AMD Zen 5 "znver5" support upstreamed for the GCC 14 compiler in making it into that annual GNU Compiler Collection feature release. It was great seeing AMD Zen 5 support make it into this open-source compiler well ahead of any Zen 5 products being announced.