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Latest Posts
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Enable Zram on Linux For Better System Performance
zRAM is a Linux kernel module that allows the creation of Swap devices on memory. But the catch is that it does not just create them there; it also compresses them so that the system can store more data in memory, which allows accessing this data much faster than a traditional swap on SSD or […]
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Best Method to Limit Social Media Time on Your Browser
Social media addiction is a huge problem in many parts of the world. The average internet user now spends around 2:27 hours each day on social media, and this, in turn, causes a significant number of other psychological problems to human beings. You should start your own journey to get rid of that addiction, and we […]
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Run Multiple GNOME Virtual Boxes Parallelly on Linux
GNOME Boxes is a utility that easily allows you to create “virtual boxes” where you can run any operating system or Linux distribution virtually on your system. The utility is installed by default on many Linux distributions. If you don’t have it installed on your system, then you can run the following command (for Ubuntu) […]
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Bypassing Government Censorship Around NordVPN on Linux
Many governments around the world block access to VPN services so that their citizens don’t bypass their censorship. Most of the time they can’t block access entirely, but they can make it harder by blocking access to the main website of the VPN service, or the VPN servers which belong to it. In Turkiye for […]
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5 Ways a Linux User Can Make Use of ChatGPT
You probably have already heard about ChatGPT, the AI chatbot that took over the world faster than a Skynet apocalypse. There is no doubt that OpenAI researchers have achieved great progress in this model. However, there has been a lot of marketing hype about ChatGPT that caused it to become a buzzword in the tech […]
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Best Linux Distribution of 2022 Goes to Pop!_OS 22.04
It’s that time of the year again, where we have to choose the best Linux distribution released so far. As a reminder, each year at FOSS Post we select the best desktop Linux distribution released according to specific criteria, such as: There have been many good Linux distributions released in 2022, which satisfy many of […]
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Can Rocky Linux Be Used as a Desktop Workstation?
It has been two years now since Red Hat dropped the red letter for CentOS, and shifted focus towards CentOS Stream. The world has moved then to distributions like Rocky Linux, Ubuntu, Debian, openSUSE and others. All of these distributions are fairly good alternatives for CentOS in the server world, and perhaps Rocky Linux is the […]
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Install Redshift to Get Night Light on Linux
Looking to the default blue light emitted by computers all the time is not recommended; as it leads to eye strain and other health issues. You will notice this the most if you try to use your computer at night, and you will get blinded by the strong bright blue light coming out of it. […]