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Layers of Fear - more like Layers of Jumpscares

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Let's not beat around the bush, Layers of Fear is a horror title slash walking simulator that you'll probably either love or hate. Well actually, that's not totally true, because if you're like me, you'll find the game to be an enjoyable, fairly intelligent and psychological (also psychedelic)…

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FrankenPHP: A Modern PHP App Server in Go (Install + Use)

FrankenPHP is a modern PHP app server built on Go and C that comes with a Caddy server to redefine traditional PHP servers and outshine competitors. Here's how to install it.

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How I Turned My Raspberry Pi Into a Private Internet Archive

After the Internet Archive breach, I built my own private Internet archive using a Raspberry Pi and ArchiveBox. Here's how I did it.

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OpenELA Publishes Code for Devs Who Want to DIY RHEL 9.5

Wanna build your own RHEL clone? OpenELA’s got all the source code you need, ready to download for free.

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Major Security Audit of Critical FreeBSD Components Now Available

The FreeBSD Foundation, in partnership with the Alpha-Omega Project, has released the results of an extensive security audit of two critical FreeBSD components: the bhyve hypervisor and the Capsicum sandboxing framework.

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ScubaGear: Open-source tool to assess Microsoft 365 configurations for security gaps

In this article we'll talk about ScubaGear - an open-source tool the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) created to automatically evaluate Microsoft 365 (M365) configurations for potential security gaps.

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Rocky Linux 9.5 Released, Here’s What’s New

Rocky Linux 9.5 is now available for download, packed with updates like Podman 5.0, GCC 11.5, Node.js 22, and more.

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NVIDIA 550.135 Graphics Driver Released with Better Linux Kernel 6.11 Support

NVIDIA 550.135 is a small update that only improves support for distribution running the Linux 6.11 kernel series, which renamed drm_fbdev_generic to drm_fbdev_ttm, by using drm_fbdev_ttm when present to keep supporting direct framebuffer access on Wayland compositors to present content on newer kernels.

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FreeCAD 1.0 Open-Source 3D Parametric Modeler Released, Here’s What’s New

Highlights of FreeCAD 1.0 include a new built-in Assembly Workbench, the inclusion of the topological naming problem mitigation code, a new materials system for appearance properties, a new BIM workbench with better setup & management tools and better IFC support, as well as a new logo.

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Grep Command in Linux

Grep is a Linux command-line utility for searching files for specific patterns that match regular expressions. In this blog post, we will explain grep with real examples.

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Blender 4.3 Open-Source 3D Graphics App Introduces Experimental Vulkan Backend

Four months after Blender 4.2 LTS, the Blender 4.3 release introduces an experimental Vulkan backend on Linux and Windows systems to render the user interface. However, there are some limitations like lack of support for GPU subdivision and OpenXR, and slower performance compared to the OpenGL backend.

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