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Debian Linux

Updated Debian 12: 12.2 released

The Debian project is pleased to announce the second update of its stable distribution Debian 12 (codename bookworm). This point release mainly adds corrections for security issues, along with a few...

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Debian Linux

Updated Debian 12: 12.1 released

The Debian project is pleased to announce the first update of its stable distribution Debian 12 (codename bookworm). This point release mainly adds corrections...

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Integrating with Google

Where once all roads led to Rome, it now seems as if virtually all data leads to Google, or Google compatibility at any rate. Orbit Communicator advanced...

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Going into Orbit

A download of our preview release of Orbit Communicator is now available from the download page and there are a couple of introductory video’s available...

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Orbit Communicator

We are about to launch a new, free, integrated Email / Calendaring system initially for Linux and called Orbit Communicator. Although developed as a reference...

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Raspberry Pi 400

This is a brief review of the Raspberry Pi 400 that landed under my tree on the 25th of December. I have to admit that the Pi 400 is something I’ve been...

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What’s in your Cloud?

I continue to be both amazed and confused by the Cloud Market. On the one hand there is a good selection of vendors and features available. On the other, a few...

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Linux and Zimbra

I forget how many times I’ve switched email client over the years, but I seem to have cycled over the options I’m aware of at least twice. Each...

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Printing from Linux

I’m not sure that printing problems are particular to Linux, indeed I can remember struggling with printers as far back in the 80’s, working with...

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KDE Plasma Desktop 5.19

As Plasma 5.20 is about to be released, I thought I’d do a quick piece on 5.19 as it’s readily available for anyone who wants to take it for a spin...

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Unix: A History and a Memoir

While I didn’t grow up with Unix, I used Unix throughout my academic and professional career. I first used SunOS Unix when I was a physics student at...

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Analytics

For anyone hosting a website, analytics will play a part in knowing how effective the site is in terms of how many visitors there are, which pages are being...

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Protecting your Website

It’s relatively easy using current technology to set up your own blog or website, and if you use an online hosting platform then typically they will take...

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What is WSL2?

Once upon a time there was a software company who had the world wide Operating System market all sewn up. Then one day, along came a baby penguin, no great...

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Seafile storage solution

If you’ve ever worked in technical support, you will probably be familiar with the query; “I accidentally deleted the file I just spent all day...

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Borg Backups

There are many ways to backup your files, and you’re probably familiar with some of them, but in current climate of data protection, GDPR, hackers...

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Unreal Engine version 5

Whether you’re a gamer or not, Unreal Engine and associated tools is an incredible feat of engineering and if you’ve ever wondered how game...

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Linux on the Desktop

The expression a Linux Desktop means different things to different people, to the technical community is means reliability, flexibility, speed, ease of use, to...