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Compiling Kodi 18 Leia (git) on OpenSUSE Tumbleweed

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Being a rolling release distribution that touts the ability to have the latest stuff, you'll often find the very latest software in OpenSUSE Tumbleweed. In the official repos, anyway. Certain software that is procured from external repositories such as Packman, however, this is not always the case.…

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Fix Flatpak Update Errors: Corrupted File Object Issue

Flatpak is a popular package management system, but sometimes updates fail due to corrupted files.

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23 Best Free and Open Source Linux Bioinformatics Tools

Bioinformatics has been defined in many different ways, but it is common ground to regard this discipline as the application of mathematics, computing and statistics to the analysis of biological information.

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How to Install and Use uv Python Package Manager on Linux

uv is an incredibly fast Python package installer and resolver written in Rust, currently the fastest among others like Pip and Pipx. It's backed by Astral, the creators of Ruff, and so far, it's my default choice for installing or managing any new package in Python.

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5 Ways to Play Wordle on your Linux PC

Wordle is a popular web-based word puzzle game where players try to guess a hidden word within six attempts. It’s simple yet addictive, combining logic, vocabulary, and deduction. Wordle was played nearly 5 billion times during 2023.

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Shotcut 25.03 Video Editor Brings New Filters, Smarter UI, and Fixes

Shotcut 25.03 video editor adds filter overlays, new video modes, UI enhancements, and fixes critical crashes and timeline bugs.

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KaOS 2025.03 Launches with Plasma 6.3 and Full Qt6 Integration

KaOS 2025.03 is out with Linux kernel 6.13, Plasma 6.3.3, KDE Gear 24.12.3, and major scaling, graphics, and system info updates.

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Shotcut 25.03 Open-Source Video Editor Released with Various New Features

This release adds ‘Copy Current’ and ‘Copy All’ options to filters and a ‘Toggle Filter Overlay’ option to the Player menu.

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Rushing Toward Rewrite

This is part three of my microblog series exploring the subtle dysfunctions that plague engineering organizations.

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FSF’s Memorabilia Auction Successful: GNU Head Drawing Brings $40K Bid

The auction was part of the Free Software Foundation’s way of celebrating its 40th Anniversary. Coming up in May will be LibreLocal community meetups around the globe, and later perhaps, another memorabilia auction.

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Cloudflare open sources OPKSSH to bring Single Sign-On to SSH

OPKSSH (OpenPubkey SSH) makes it easy to authenticate to servers over SSH using OpenID Connect (OIDC), allowing developers to ditch manually configured SSH keys in favor of identity provider-based access.

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