Stretch Break Linux App Reminds You to Stop Pixel-Gawping
Stretch Break is a simple reminder app for Linux that prompts you to take a break, helping prevent eye strain and promote healthy screen habits. You're reading Stretch Break Linux App Reminds You to Stop Pixel-Gawping, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do ...
Sony’s NEWS UNIX workstations
The first prototype was ready in just six months. By October 1986, the project was announced, and in January 1987, the first NEWS workstation, the NWS 800 series, officially launched. It ran 4.2BSD UNIX and featured a Motorola 68020 CPU. Its performanc...
Speakers Set Course for openSUSE Conference
The openSUSE Conference 2025 in Nuremberg from June 26 - 28 is shaping up to be a great gathering for the open source software community. There are three packed days of presentations, workshops and discussion along with three keynotes. This year’s co...
3 keys to successful cloud migrations
Moving to the cloud is often portrayed as the key to embracing change and enhancing operational effectiveness. However, most companies approach cloud migration by focusing on immediate wins without fully grasping the profound strategic investments req...
Real-time analytics with StarTree Cloud and Apache Pinot
I started using APL for data analysis around 1972. The powerful language, based on a 1962 book by Ken Iverson, A Programming Language, was and is notable for three things: its use of Greek letters and mathematical symbols, requiring a special APL keyb...
3 cloud migration secrets
Moving to the cloud is often portrayed as the key to embracing change and enhancing operational effectiveness. However, most companies approach cloud migration by focusing on immediate wins without fully grasping the profound strategic investments req...
elementary OS 8 Updates Deliver New Dock Features
Developers working on elementary OS continue to issue pertinent fixes, new features and continued finesse through updates, as the latest set show. You're reading elementary OS 8 Updates Deliver New Dock Features, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not re...
Shop Talk Show episode 667
Check out this week’s episode of Shop Talk Show where we appeared to talk about Declarative Web Push, the future of form control styling, color contrast algorithms, accessibility standards, enhancements in color picker functionality, typography impro...
Audacious 4.5 Beta Brings New Plugins, Better PipeWire Support
The first beta of Audacious 4.5 is available for testing. It brings improved PipeWire support, better Qt/GTK parity, and a number of new plugins and skins. You're reading Audacious 4.5 Beta Brings New Plugins, Better PipeWire Support, a blog post from ...
Python CI on Fedora with GitHub Actions
As a Python developer you work hard to ensure code works correctly across different Python versions. You have to test against Python 3.11, 3.12, 3.13 and beyond, it can be tedious. But what if your continuous integration (CI) pipeline could handle it a...
