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Ferdium is a free web app manager for Linux desktops. In case you don't know, web apps are essentially websites you're ...

A new GNOME Shell extension rethinks the app grid (aka the app picker, app drawer, launcher screen – what do you call it?) by ...

After using Linux for nearly 30 years, I've created a list of the best Linux distributions I've used since the beginning. Here they are.

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Elementary OS 8.1 is out with Wayland enabled by default, new apps, animations and eye candy. Based on Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS ...

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Open Notebook is a free open-source project by Luis Noris, and it can do a lot of what NotebookLM can do in a privacy-focused ...

Blinko is a self-hosted notes app with AI search that finally matches the convenience of Notion without giving up control of your data.

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