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Category: Blog

Cairo-Dock 3.6 Released With Wayland Support and HiDPI Display Handling

2025-10-042025-10-04 Danie
Screenshot of a desktop interface showing a Cairo-Dock with various application icons, including LibreOffice and a music player menu.

“Cairo-Dock 3.6 is ported to Wayland to mark the project’s return to relevance now in 2025 in working with the many Wayland-focused desktops. Cairo-Dock 3.6 is working with the likes of the Wayfire, KDE KWin, […]

Blogcairodock, linux, opensource, technology, wayland

Linux 6.18 Will Be A Big Improvement For Servers Encountering DDoS Attacks

2025-10-032025-10-03 Danie
Close-up of a computer server interior, featuring RAM modules, heatsinks, and cooling fans, showcasing intricate wiring and components.

“A set of patches merged via the networking pull request for the Linux 6.18 will help servers better cope with distributed denial of service “DDoS” attacks. Thanks to a Google engineer there are some significant […]

Bloglinux, opensource, technology

Austria’s military has switched from Microsoft Office to LibreOffice

2025-09-292025-09-29 Danie
A majestic statue of a goddess holds a spear, adorned with a golden crown and robes, against a bright blue sky and Austrian flag.

“Austria’s military has completed a major IT overhaul, replacing Microsoft Office with the open-source LibreOffice suite across all its desktop systems. The change, finalised this month, affects approximately 16,000 workstations in the Austrian Armed Forces. […]

BlogAustria, digitalsovereignty, opensource, technology

Why Molten Salt Won’t Be the Future of Industrial Heat Storage

2025-09-282025-09-28 Danie
Graphic comparing molten salt tanks and simpler solid storage, featuring workers, storage methods, and financial symbols.

“Molten salt has long been positioned as the workhorse of high temperature thermal storage. Its story began with research in the 1980s and early deployment in Spanish parabolic trough plants in the 2000s. The technology […]

Blogenvironment, greentechnology, technology

Which browsers with integrated AIs collect the most user data

2025-09-272025-09-27 Danie
Bar graph comparing data types collected by five browsers: Gemini, Copilot, Perplexity, Opera, and Brave, with distinct color coding.

The big thing with using integrated AI within browsers is that you are potentially giving a lot more access to your user metadata versus just visiting the AIs webpage and doing a search there. The […]

BlogAI, privacy, technology

Steam Client Adds Advanced Options to the In-Game Overlay for AMD & NVIDIA GPUs on Linux

2025-09-272025-09-27 Danie
Screenshot of the Steam client displaying patch notes for the September 9th update, focusing on accessibility and in-game overlay improvements.

“The big news for Linux gamers is the implementation of advanced options for the in-game performance overlay for AMD and NVIDIA GPUs, improved Steam UI scaling in XWayland, improved system display scale in the in-game […]

Bloggaming, linux, opensource, technology

TCL’s 8-inch Nxtpaper Android tablet could lure you away from the colour Kindle

2025-09-272025-09-27 Danie
A person holds a tablet displaying a split-screen image of ancient ruins in Ink Mode and Color Paper Mode.

“Nxtpaper isn’t a reflective display technology like E Ink which relies on little drops of ink moving around, but it does feature several upgrades over standard LCD panels. The Tab 8’s glass screen is etched […]

Blogeink, ereader, technology

Tecmint’s 6 Best Linux Distros for Gaming and Playing Windows Games

2025-09-262025-09-26 Danie
A cartoon penguin wearing a headset gaming excitedly at a colorful desktop, featuring Linux distribution logos and gaming tools.

“The good news is that gaming on Linux has improved dramatically in recent years. Besides the many native Linux titles already available, you can also play a huge selection of Windows-only games using compatibility tools […]

Bloggaming, linux, technology

FOSS Force Asked LibreOffice and Collabora: Why Aren’t They in Schools Instead of Word and Google Docs?

2025-09-262025-09-26 Danie
A speaker gestures while presenting in front of an audience, wearing a beige jacket and a name badge. The background is a soft blue. Featured is The Document Foundation co-founder Italo Vignoli.

“Much free and open source software helps its users save money as possible — on both hardware and software — while protecting their privacy. It also often makes it easy for them to learn how […]

Blogeducation, opensource, technology

A Step-by-Step Guide to Switch from Rootful Docker to Rootless Docker in Debian and Ubuntu

2025-09-262025-09-26 Danie
Colorful shipping containers stacked, featuring "ROOTLESS DOCKER" text, along with Debian and Ubuntu logos and a Docker whale icon.

“Docker is a fantastic tool that lets you run applications in neat, isolated boxes called containers. This makes developing and shipping software much faster and more consistent. But there’s a small catch you should know […]

Blogdocker, linux, technology

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