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itsfoss.com > immurok-review

This Tiny Fingerprint Key Unlocks Linux, Approves SSH and AI Agents

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (1767+ words) A laptop fingerprint sensor unlocks the laptop and usually stops there. Immurok wants to do quite a bit more than that. It is a tiny wireless box that can unlock your desktop session, approve a sudo command, authenticate via polkit,…...

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itsfoss.com > ai-focused-linux-distros

5 Linux Distros Bringing AI to Your Desktop

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (1054+ words) Seeing all the hype surrounding AI in the Linux ecosystem, you might've asked yourself, What makes a Linux distro "AI-focused"? If you go looking for an answer, you will get all kinds of results depending on which project you look…...

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itsfoss.com > privacy-notes

Privacy Notes: Markdown Editor With Built-in Encrypted Vault

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (1503+ words) There is no dearth of note taking apps for Linux. There are tools like Obsidian that are local first, tools like Joplin that are both local and cloud but not encrypted. There are also collaborative tools like Etherpad that put…...

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itsfoss.com > freecore-truenas-core-fork

FreeCORE is What Your TrueNAS CORE Box Should Have

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (551+ words) iXsystems put TrueNAS CORE into what it called a sustaining engineering phase back in 2024. Under this, the open source NAS operating system would only receive security and stability fixes, with new features going to the Linux-based SCALE branch instead. Even…...

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itsfoss.com > news > ikey-doherty-barney

Ikey Doherty vs Omarchy: Why He’s Building Barney Instead of Another Distro

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (494+ words) Ikey Doherty is out of retirement, and Omarchy's funding is why. Omarchy's Omacom Foundation has already crossed $13 million in pledges since its August launch, when eight tech executives, including Michael Dell, put in a million each. The run has drawn…...

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itsfoss.com > flyline

I Tried This Rust Tool, and It Immediately Made Bash Modern

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1463+ words) Most Linux users benefit from GNU Readline without realizing it. It is the library responsible for Bash's interactive command-line editing, providing familiar features like cursor movement, command history, and basic tab completion. While Readline is highly configurable, Readline's completion remains…...

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itsfoss.com > news > cern-debian-push

Good News! CERN is Migrating Over 2,200 Control Systems to Debian 13

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (522+ words) Debian has gotten some good press thanks to Federico Vaga and Nikos Tsipinakis, who presented a talk at MiniDebConf Winterthur this past weekend. The two CERN engineers laid out why the organization is moving its particle accelerator control computers onto…...

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itsfoss.com > news > for-honor-drops-linux-support

An Honorless Move! Ubisoft Decides Linux isn't Worth the Effort

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (566+ words) Gaming on Linux keeps getting better, Wine and the Proton compatibility layer keep opening up more of the Windows catalog, and community projects continue filling the gaps that big publishers leave behind. Take Xodus, for instance. The open source effort…...

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itsfoss.com > news > the-ur-project-appears

This Dev Spent 8 Years on Intel's Clear Linux, Now He's Undoing Its Biggest Mistake

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (581+ words) Auke Kok spent eight years working on Clear Linux OS at Intel. Now he thinks he knows exactly what broke it, and he's trying to fix that by himself. In a LinkedIn post this week, Auke, now a Linux Distribution…...

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itsfoss.com > news > firefox-155-faster-page-loads

Firefox 155 Adds 2 New Changes for Faster Web Browsing

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (705+ words) In a very low-key manner, Firefox 155 has arrived as the latest stable release for the popular privacy-focused web browser. While there are a range of refinements with this release, we will be focusing on two technical ones that change how…...