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Category: Blog

Windows fatigue continues to push thousands of gamers to switch to Bazzite Linux distro

2025-12-232025-12-23 Danie
A sleek, purple display with the "bazzite" logo, promoting the next generation of Linux gaming.

“Bazzite, a Linux distro that has a lot in common with Valve’s SteamOS, is designed specifically with gaming in mind, offering a console-like experience that ditches the majority of Windows 11’s most annoying features. In […]

Bloggaming, linux, opensource, technology, windows11

GreyNoise launches a free scanner to check if you’re part of a botnet

2025-12-202025-12-20 Danie
A magnifying glass focuses on colorful digital data streams, symbolizing analysis and exploration of information.

“GreyNoise Labs has launched a free tool called GreyNoise IP Check that lets users check if their IP address has been observed in malicious scanning operations, like botnet and residential proxy networks. The threat monitoring […]

Blogbotnets, privacy, technology

Portmaster is an open source application firewall built to monitor and control network activity on Windows and Linux

2025-12-202025-12-20 Danie
Dark-themed application interface showing network connections for Firefox, with details on active sessions and security status.

“Every packet is visible to the service, and any packet can be stopped before it leaves the system. The software matches traffic to the app that created it by using eBPF and the proc filesystem […]

Blogopensource, security, technology

Decentralized YouTube Alternative PeerTube Adds Creator Mode

2025-12-192025-12-19 Danie
Image promoting PeerTube 8.0, featuring a smartphone displaying the app interface against a colorful gradient background.

“PeerTube is a free and open source video hosting platform that serves as an alternative to YouTube. Unlike centralized platforms, it allows anyone to create their own video hosting instance while connecting with others through […]

Blogopensource, Peertube, technology

Affinity, as an alternative to Photoshop, runs as an AppImage on Linux

2025-12-192025-12-19 Danie
A laptop displays a blue screen with app icons, flanked by "Nintendo World Championships" and "Zelda" game boxes on a wooden table.

“Canva, after acquiring the team behind Affinity Photo, Designer, and Publisher, launched the free Affinity app that brings together all three of the aforementioned apps. And while it doesn’t officially support Linux, the community has […]

Bloglinux, photoediting, technology

AA Browser is a WebView browser experience for Android Auto head units

2025-12-192025-12-19 Danie
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Transform your driving experience with a sleek, modern browser designed specifically for the road. Built with cutting-edge Material 3 design and optimised for automotive interfaces. This browser will work on Android Auto head units, but […]

Blogandroidauto, browsers, opensource, technology

Hacker Busts Startup Running Huge Web of AI-Generated “Influencers” on TikTok

2025-12-182025-12-18 Danie
Text overlay reads "robots have YOUR EYES," with a cracked and distorted background featuring a digital eye graphic.

“404 Media reports in an explosive scoop that Doublespeed has been hacked. This wasn’t just one account associated with the startup, but the entire backend used to manage its phone farm — so it provides […]

Blogsocialnetworks, technology

Chrome and Edge browser extensions with 8 million users, collect extended AI conversations

2025-12-172025-12-17 Danie
A large cartoon eyeball looms over a woman sitting at a desk, working on a computer, symbolizing surveillance or oversight.

“Security firm Koi discovered the eight extensions, which as of late Tuesday night remained available in both Google’s and Microsoft’s extension stores. Seven of them carry “Featured” badges, which are endorsements meant to signal that […]

Blogbrowsers, privacy, technology

Easier Than Nano! Fresh is a Fresh New Rust-based Terminal Editor

2025-12-172025-12-17 Danie
A code editor displaying a README.md file, featuring sections on medication tracking, reminders, and dosage management.

“Fresh is a new Rust-based terminal text editor that takes a different approach. It uses standard keybindings like Ctrl+S for saving, Ctrl+F for searching, and Ctrl+Z for undoing. It works like a GUI editor but […]

Blogopensource, technology, texteditors

Valve Has the Secret to Playing Your Games Everywhere, and It’s Not Streaming

2025-12-162025-12-16 Danie
A person sits with a game controller, immersed in a virtual gaming interface showcasing various video game titles outdoors.

“Last month, Valve showed off the Steam Machine, a console-like box with PC guts, along with a Steam Frame VR headset. The secret sauce of the headset is down to its Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen […]

Bloggaming, opensource, technology

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