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Kubuntu for 8 Months
I’ve Used Kubuntu for 8 Months: What I’ve Learned About This Linux Distro Ubuntu may get the limelight a lot in Linux circles, but it has several cousins. One of them is Kubuntu Linux, and it has some unique qualities that might lead you to make it your primary operating system. If you have trouble…
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Open Source Project Mgmt Tools
Six (6) best open-source options for project management. If you’ve got a dozen big projects on the go, juggling the tasks and responsibilities of each is nearly impossible without a good project management (PM) app. And while you could do all the planning in Excel or set up Kanban boards in Obsidian, nothing quite beats a fully featured PM…
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Kernel Attacks Aim At Older Sec Leaks
Linux kernel: Attackers attack older security leaks.The US IT security authority CISA warns of attacks on older security leaks in the Linux kernel. Vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel are being targeted by attackers and are being actively abused. The US IT security authority CISA is currently warning of this. Anyone still using an older kernel…
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New Intel Driver Improves RAM Use
Intel Linux Graphics Driver Will Now Be Less Restrictive Over RAM UseWritten by Michael Larabel A change merged yesterday to the Intel Mesa graphics driver code lessens a restriction around the amount of system memory (RAM) that can be used by processes for the Vulkan system heap. This will allow more games/apps to work with the…
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German State Govt Switches to Linux
German state government ditching MS Windows for Linux, with 30,000 workers migrating. Schleswig-Holstein looks to succeed where Munich failed. Schleswig-Holstein, one of Germany’s 16 states, on Wednesday confirmed plans to move tens of thousands of systems from Microsoft Windows to Linux. The announcement follows previously established plans to migrate the state government off Microsoft Office…
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Lesson from Open Source in Mexico
The adoption of open-source software in governments has had its ups and downs. While open source seems like a “no-brainer”, it turns out that governments can be surprisingly resistant to using FOSS for a variety of reasons. Federico González Waite spoke in the Open Government track at SCALE 22x in Pasadena, California to recount his experiences working with…
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