Avoiding environment conflicts with Kamal and Dotenv
We often use Dotenv in Rails for managing environment variables in development. But both Kamal and Dotenv works with .env files by default. Let’s see how to solve this conflict. …
SOTA Signal Reports Using 2m FM
Everyone wants to know how their signal sounds on the air and often the best way to find out is a signal report from other ham radio operators. The standard …
AMD and Copilot+ Set the Stage for Xbox AI
Let’s talk about what to expect when the AI Xbox comes to market next year, and we’ll close with my Product of the Week, a new AI-enabled processor from Intel …
9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: September 8th, 2024
The 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup for September 8th, 2024, brings news about Firefox 130, GNOME 47 RC, QEMU 9.1, KDE Slimbook Plasma VI laptop, Firefox 131 beta, Nitrux 3.6.1, as well …
What is Hugging Face?
When someone mentions ‘Hugging Face’ 🤗 in the world of AI, and machine learning, we go along with it even if we do not know what it is. We just …
DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 1087
The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. This week in DistroWatch Weekly: Review: COSMIC Desktop (Alpha) News: UBports highlights new apps, HardenedBSD offers work around for …
Fastfetch is the Perfect Replacement for Neofetch
When development on system info tool Neofetch was discontinued1 earlier this year a slew of forks, alternatives, and upstart projects sprung up to fill the void. Yet the Neofetch alternative …
GNOME 47 Release Candidate Is Now Available for Public Testing
GNOME 47 Release Candidate is now available for public testing with more new features and improvements ahead of the final release on September 14th, 2024. Here’s what’s new! The post …
ICQ Podcast Episode 438 – Huntsville Hamfest 2024
In this episode, we join Martin Butler M1MRB, Dan Romanchik KB6NU, Caryn Eve Murray KD2GUT, Colin Butler M6BOY and Ed Durrant DD5LP to discuss the latest Amateur / Ham Radio …
KDE Slimbook Plasma VI Linux Ultrabook Launches with AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS
KDE Slimbook Plasma VI Linux ultrabook is now available with AMD Ryzen 8845HS CPU, AMD Radeon 780M GPU, up to 96GB of RAM, full aluminum chassis, and KDE Plasma 6.1 …
KDE Slimbook VI – A Powerful Laptop for KDE Enthusiasts
Looking for a powerful new Linux laptop? The new KDE Slimbook VI may very well appeal. Unveiled at Akademy 2024, KDE’s annual community get-together, the KDE Slimbook VI marks a …
Amateur Radio Weekly – Issue 346
The highest sunspot number in 23 years Fall 2001 was the last time sunspot counts were this high. SpaceWeather.com APRS Foundation accepting members Becoming a member helps secure the future …
Taking Knowledge in My Own Hands By Self Hosting Wikipedia and Arch Wiki
In the wake of the Hachette vs. Internet Archive lawsuit, it’s becoming clearer how fragile access to knowledge can be. The fight over digital rights makes one thing certain: self-hosting …
Clone Existing Raspberry Pi OS to a Bigger (or smaller) SD Card
Here’s the scenario. You bought a Raspberry Pi and used a 16 GB or 32 GB micro SD card with it. Things look good but you realize that you are …
Distribution Release: rlxos 2.0
The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. rlxos is an independent Linux distribution which runs on an immutable filesystem and features the Xfce desktop. The project’s …
The Operation Market Garden Special Event Station
Commemorating 80 years An important stage in the liberation of Western EuropeOperation Market Garden was an Allied military operation during the Second World War fought in the German-occupied Netherlands from 17 …
New Alpha Release: Tor Browser 14.0a4
Tor Browser 14.0a4 is now available from the Tor Browser download page and also from our distribution directory. This version includes important security updates to Firefox. We would like to …
Upgrades to Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Paused Due to ‘Critical Bug’
Last week, the first point release of Ubuntu 24.04 LTS arrived, and upgrades from Ubuntu 22.04 LTS to the newest one officially enabled. However, those upgrades didn’t go smoothly for …
Long Duration M-Class Flare, and More (Livestream)
This livestream recording is from September 1, 2024 – the NW7US Radio Communications Channel Livestream. We do this livestream every Sunday at 21:15 UTC. Here is the link to the …
Ubuntu 24.10 Default Wallpaper & Mascot Revealed
The default wallpaper of Ubuntu 24.10 ‘Oracular Oriole’ (and its official mascot artwork) has been revealed — along with an extra-special 20th anniversary surprise! A visit to the nearest temple …