A new Linux distro has appeared. Not surprisinhg. We get new Linux distributions almost every month, sometimes even every week. This one is based on Debian. Again, not surprising. Debian has long been the mother of countless Linux distros. But the interesting
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Kagi is best known for its privacy-focused search engine, but the company has been quietly building out a broader ecosystem of tools for people who would rather pay for software than be the product. One of those tools is Orion, a web
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Amidst all the chaos in the world, some significant moves are being orchestrated that could potentially have detrimental effects on people’s privacy and right to choose. Google’s Developer Verification program falls under the latter. Starting September 2026 (in certain regions), any app
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We all know Linux gives us a world of freedoms we couldn’t possibly have on Windows, but have you ever stopped to think about that freedom in real, qualitative terms? After all, when most people say they can’t switch to Linux, it’s
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If rumors and Reuters are to be believed, SUSE Linux us up for sale again. Again because it has changed owners several times in the past. IBM bought Red Hat Linux for $34 billion 6 years ago. It would be interesting to
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If Reuters report is to be believed, SUSE Linux is again up for sale in the market with a price tag of $6 billion. This is about enterprise-oriented SUSE Linux. openSUSE, on the other hand, is community-managed but heavily funded by SUSE.
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There is simply no shortage of terminals for Linux. And yet we keep on seeing new terminals coming up almost every year. The regular terminal works but then there are terminals like Kitty and Ghostty that provide modern features and customization. In
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Linux gaming has been getting some wins lately, and while most of it is thanks to the hard work of countless open source contributors and community members, Microslop, err, Microsoft’s unhealthy obsession has also been driving people towards the platform. There is
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I am of the belief that age verification laws are multiplying like a virus; these have seemingly popped up out of nowhere and are being lobbied for hard by many politicians and lawmakers. Brazil’s Digital Statute of the Child and Adolescent takes
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The US states of California, Colorado and Illinois are passing new age verification laws that require operating systems, including Linux and BSD distributions, to implement age attestation during account setup and provide an API for apps to query user age brackets. This
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