A contributor named Faeiz Mahrus put forward a change proposal for Fedora 45 that would change how per-user environment variables are managed on the system. Right now, Fedora handles this through shell-specific RC files: ~/.bashrc for Bash users, ~/.zshrc for Zsh users.
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Almost two weeks ago, someone on GNOME’s Discourse forum asked whether the missing Google Drive support in GNOME 50 was a bug or a deliberate decision. GNOME developer Emmanuele Bassi replied, confirming that Drive was no longer supported. He went on saying
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Arch Linux needs no introduction around here. It is the distro people flock to for its no-nonsense, rolling release approach and, of course, the right to say “I use Arch, btw” at every given opportunity. Setting it up used to mean having
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There is a new open source office suite. It’s called Euro-Office. As the name suggests, it is a European effort and is primarily meant for European organizations and governments. Before you get too excited, let me clarify that it is not your
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When it comes to open-source office suites, we’re not short on options, despite what it may seem at first glance. Yet, without a doubt, two names stand head and shoulders above all others. LibreOffice and ONLYOFFICE sit unchallenged as the most popular
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Ubuntu MATE creator Martin Wimpress has announced that he no longer has the passion he once had, nor the time, to work on the project: As another development cycle passes, I find myself lacking the time I once had to work on
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Ubuntu 26.04 LTS “Resolute Raccoon” is not out yet, but its release notes have an unexpected change that missed my eyes completely. Canonical has bumped the minimum RAM requirement for Ubuntu Desktop to 6 GB for this upcoming LTS release. While it
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PINE64 has built a reputation for delivering open source hardware to people who actually care about what runs on their devices. From single-board computers like the ROCKPro64 and the RISC-V powered STAR64 to Linux smartphones like the PinePhone, the company has been
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If you’ve recently dipped your toes into the world of immutable Linux distributions like Fedora Silverblue, openSUSE MicroOS, or even the Steam Deck, you’ll encounter this issue eventually. You try to perform a basic task, like adding a custom script to /usr/bin
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There is a new merge on the Wayland GitLab repo. This new merge (of an old pull request) adds xdg-session-management protocol to Wayland. This is a big development and certainly a feature Linux users will enjoy. As per the brief message in
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