Better Things To Do After Installing Ubuntu 22.04 Ubuntu releases a new version every six months. However, most of the stuff you may need to do after installing the new version are generally the same. This article will guide you through enhancing your new system. No matter what supported version of Ubuntu you use, you can follow those steps. Please don’t look at […] April 24, 2022January 7, 2024
Easily Set up Remote Backups With Open Source Duplicati Backups are crucial in modern times, where data security is vulnerable to hacking or loss due to various factors. Losing valuable data is undesirable; hence, having a backup plan is essential to mitigate such risks. There are so many open source backup software out there, each with different features, but have you ever thought that […] March 29, 2022October 31, 2023
Extend Ubuntu LTS Support Period to 10 Years With Ubuntu Advantage Historically, Ubuntu Long-term support (LTS) versions were always supported with updates for 5 years after the release date. So for example, Ubuntu 12.04 LTS was supported with updates from 2012 to 2017. However, Canonical announced last year that it is going to extend this support period up to 10 years for Ubuntu Advantage users. Ubuntu […] March 13, 2022March 13, 2022
F-Droid is a Google Play Alternative for Open Source Apps It is true that many open source apps are available in the Google’s Play Store, but most of them don’t like to be there. After all, Google Play is a proprietary software and fully controlled by the biggest advertisement company on the planet. That’s why open source app developers have been looking for a better […] March 3, 2022March 3, 2022
NewPipe Is Your Alternative YouTube Client For Android The official YouTube client for android is full of ads and other tracking scripts. If you use it, then you will be forced to watch tens of intrusive ads from video to video, and your privacy will be under attack because of Google’s tracking activities. Luckily, you don’t have to go through all this. You […] February 27, 2022March 15, 2022
Tune Your Galaxy Buds With This Open Source Desktop App Bluetooth earbuds are quite common these days, and there have been many companies making them. One of them is Samsung, which makes the Buds, Buds Live, Buds+ and Buds Pro earbuds. Sadly Samsung does not provide a universal desktop application to adjust the settings of these earbuds for users, and hence, they are stuck with […] February 17, 2022January 17, 2024
Survey Shows 60% Of VFX Designers Are Using Linux VES (Visual Effects Society) is an organization that represents visual effects designers, animators, studios, film makers and other related stakeholders from many different countries around the world. They have thousands of members from many different companies specialized in VFX field, some of which have made the most iconic films in the world. VES has published […] January 14, 2022January 14, 2022
Firefox Is Currently Facing A Major Bug In Connection [Fixed] Users of the open source web browser have started to report a bug on various online communities where the browser simply can’t establish a connection to any website they wish to visit. Even when they try to close the browser, it hangs and keeps running in the background. No official statement from Mozilla is released […] January 13, 2022January 14, 2022
Adjusting NordVPN Settings on Linux NordVPN is one of the most common VPN providers in the world. They have a Linux version which works on both RPM-based and Debian-based distributions. Sadly, they do not provide a GUI client for Linux, only a command line interface. That’s why it could be tricky to adjust NordVPN settings on Linux. How to Adjust […] January 12, 2022March 21, 2023
MX Linux 21 Is The Best Linux Distribution Of 2021 As is tradition, each year at FOSS Post we take a tour around Linux distributions released during the year, and compare them to see which one was best suited for Linux desktop users. There is no universal “best”, of course, and things are quite subjective and debatable around that term. But in our selection, we […] January 1, 2022January 2, 2022
Linux vs macOS: 5 Reasons To Choose Linux Over macOS macOS is the default operating system for desktop and laptop computers from Apple. It is a proprietary operating system that only works on Apple hardware by default. Users, however, can choose to install Linux on their Apple computers if they wish to. The process is so simple and straightforward, and almost identical to installing Linux […] December 28, 2021June 6, 2023
Best 7 Open Source eCommerce Platforms Open source software have been fantastic in solving a lot of business use cases. For example, we have open source ERP solutions, open source project management tools, open source survey software and much more other use cases. All of these cases share the same benefits open source brought to them, and in today’s article we’ll […] December 21, 2021February 19, 2024
People Should Really Be Thankful For Open Source Software Developers Users don’t usually realize the value of open source software they get for free. Things like Linux, LibreOffice, Firefox and basically every programming library may be essential in the daily life of each of us. However, we may not actually feel “pleasure” for those software developers who provided us with all of this. They may […] December 16, 2021December 16, 2021
Open Access: What is it & Why It’s Important For Science Open Access is a publication model that allows anyone to use and access scientific papers produced by an academic journal or publication. Historically, interested readers (Researchers, students… etc) need to pay for a subscription if they want to access the scientific papers produced by an academic publication, or they may need to pay the access […] December 13, 2021December 25, 2023