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Latest Posts
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5 Systems To Use For Data Backup, Recovery and Erasure
Drives of all types fail sometimes. That’s why it’s important to have regular backups and data snapshots so that recovery remains possible. In case you are looking for a way to restore your lost data on disk drives, or if you are looking for a tool that enables disk cloning for your entire disk collection…
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OnlyOffice 8.0 and the Dream of a Microsoft Office Alternative
OnlyOffice is an open source office suite licensed under the AGPL 3.0 license, and works on Windows and Linux systems. It features editor programs for documents, spreadsheets and presentations. Version 8.0 of the software was released just a few weeks ago, and it is said that many improvements were brought program. It has been a…
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How To Install & Use QEMU To Virtually Set up Operating Systems
QEMU is a virtualization technology emulator that allows you to run operating systems and Linux distributions easily on your current system. It is like VMware or VirtualBox, but it is also free and open source, and uses open technologies to make virtualization possible. You can use it to emulate running any operating system you want…
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7 Methods to Get Linux Apps and Software
The Linux ecosystem is more grown and mature today than ever before. We have tons of Linux apps which are useful for users in all different categories and for all use cases. However, the ways to download and install these Linux apps are not the same. Each software application may have its own method of…
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How to Install Firefox as a DEB Package on Ubuntu and Debian
The most notable change you’ll notice in Ubuntu 22.04+ is that the Firefox browser is no longer installed on the system as a traditional DEB package. Instead, it is now being installed as a Snap package. From developers point of view, this eases the update process and ensures that all Ubuntu users are using the…
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The Best Linux Distribution of 2023 was… The Linux Desktop
We are here today to reflect on what Linux distributions released in 2023 were the finest as a Linux desktop driver for the average Joe. Previously, we have nominated the following Linux distributions to fill this position: Today, we are happy to announce that the 2023 winner of that title, according to our humble view,…