AOSP or the Android Open Source Project has been one of the hallmarks of the open-source world. It is built on the Linux Kernel but is vastly different from the usual GNU/Linux-based systems. Google maintains the main AOSP versions and also forces the Manufacturers to release their kernel source code as per the GNU GPL …
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The Windows operating system is superior to Linux in certain aspects, although those ‘few’ fields can be a dealbreaker for anyone who wants to try Linux. More application support, HDR support for monitors, better fractional scaling on HiDPI displays, and Multiple displays with different fractional scaling are supported mostly out of the box on Windows …
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Torrenting is one of the internet’s guilty pleasures. The thrill of finding that obscure Linux distro or downloading the latest episode of your favorite show, all without paying a dime. But torrenting can sometimes require you to keep your laptop/computer running all day, waiting for seeders to join in. The solution – headless Bittorent clients …
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VLC, among others, is the most popular media player on Linux, as well as on the Windows operating system. It supports all the media codecs and users mostly have a plug-n-play experience using this application on any kind of Video or Audio format. And because this Video player is completely free and open-source, several developers …
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Linux offers a variety of media players like VLC, MPV, Haruna, and Celluloid. The last two of them are just front-ends to the stock MPV media player, and this highlights MPV’s versatility in supporting multiple front-ends And as we’ve already discussed before, you can do a lot of things using the MPV media player if …
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Linux distributions are generally considered safe for daily usage on desktops or on a server. That’s why there are not many viruses that affect Linux, and consequently, there are not many antivirus programs either. That’s mostly because in order to affect a system, any malicious code or person would have to get administrator privileges, and …
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Element is an open-source chatting application that uses the Matrix protocol at its core to offer an end-to-end messaging platform. You can Video call or voice call with the people who joined your server and also share files and videos in the chat. Think of it like Discord, but more secure and open-source. You can …
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Sometimes, the open-source community really surprises you with what it can offer. It can deliver things, sometimes you never expect. And of course, I’m talking about Puppy Linux. It is not just a single Linux distribution; instead, it is a family of Linux distributions that can be based upon any Linux distribution such as Ubuntu, …
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MX Linux is a unique Debian-based Linux distribution that has recently come up with version 23 of their Linux distribution. It is a unique one because the AntiX community and the former MEPIS Linux community maintain it jointly from the base of the Debian stable branch. It ships with the KDE Plasma and XFCE desktop …
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The first thing anyone does after booting into a custom PC that they built is to run a benchmark test. While running a benchmark test is simpler on Windows, every benchmarking website provides an EXE file that you can easily install and run the benchmark on your PC or laptop. On Linux, however, things are …