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Neofetch, the famous terminal information tool, is no longer being maintained: https://github.com/dylanaraps/neofetch Luckily, there are many community forks that you can use, such as fastfetch and screenFetch.

Systemd wants to expand to include a sudo replacement https://outpost.fosspost.org/d/19-systemd-wants-to-expand-to-include-a-sudo-replacement

Phew! Ubuntu release week is always full of work! 🐧 Here is a set of articles we published for Ubuntu 24.04: - Things to do after installation: https://fosspost.org/things-to-do-after-installing-ubuntu - How to get Firefox as a DEB instead of Snap: https://fosspost.org/how-to-install-firefox-as-a-deb-package-on-ubuntu - How to get Chromium as DEB instead of Snap: https://fosspost.org/chromium-deb-package-ubuntu - How to enable Ubuntu Pro for 12 years of updates on Ubuntu LTS: https://fosspost.org/extend-ubuntu-updates-free-ubuntu-pro

KDE Neon developers talk about some of the issues they had with Plasma 6.0 and how they will handle it in the future: https://blog.neon.kde.org/2024/04/29/kde-neon-post-plasma-6-updates-review/

How to Install Chromium as a DEB Package on Ubuntu 24.04 https://fosspost.org/chromium-deb-package-ubuntu

So, this is a little bit embarrassing.😂 We have uncovered an issue with our email settings for our forum that prevented sending the verification message for new users after registration, which in turn, prevented anyone from posting for a long period of time. We have solved this issue now and we welcome all of you to post in our forums. 😄 https://outpost.fosspost.org/

17 things you can do after installing Fedora 40. https://fosspost.org/things-to-do-after-installing-fedora

An independent verifier has contributed to the reproducible builds effort of Arch Linux. Check the results from ⬇️ https://outpost.fosspost.org/d/18-research-paper-tests-how-many-arch-linux-packages-are-reproducible

Microsoft opens the source code for MS-DOS 4.0: https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/opensource/2024/04/25/open-sourcing-ms-dos-4-0/

Have an old computer around? Read this detailed review on antiX, and how it can be used to revive old computers and make them full of life again. https://fosspost.org/revive-old-computer-antix-linux

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS has been released. https://ubuntu.com/blog/canonical-releases-ubuntu-24-04-noble-numbat It will be supported all the way up until 2034, and for enterprise customers for 2036. * We are preparing a set of detailed reviews for most Ubuntu flavors, and will publish them in the coming days.