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Internet Exchange Points in Argentina: Network Infrastructure Improves the Balance of Trade

Suppose Internet User A and User B have hired services from two different companies and want to talk to each other. User A sends a message to B, but if they are using different companies, how does the data get there? That’s what the Internet was made for.

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OBS Studio 31.0 Promises NVIDIA Blur Filter/Background Blur, Refactored NVENC

OBS Studio 31.0 promises several new features including NVIDIA Blur Filter and Background Blur, preview scrollbars, v210 format support for AJA device capture, Amazon IVS service integration, QSV AV1 screen content coding, and support for first-party YouTube Chat features.

openSUSE Leap Micro 6.0 Launches with Self-Install and Full Disk Encryption Images

After being in development for the past several months, openSUSE Leap Micro 6.0 delivers a new self-install image that replaces the traditional installer. The self-install image writes a preconfigured image to the disk and then it enlarges the root partition.

Tails 6.8 Introduces File System Repair When Unlocking Persistent Storage

Tails 6.8 introduces a new file system repair feature when unlocking the Persistent Storage and there are errors. As such, Tails will prompt users to repair the file system from the Welcome Screen. The Tails devs also wrote comprehensive documentation on recovering data from the Persistent Storage.

KDE Plasma 6.2 Desktop Environment Officially Released, Here’s What’s New

Highlights of KDE Plasma 6.2 include new and improved power management features like per-monitor brightness control, the ability to override apps that are blocking sleep or screen locking, the ability to cycle between power profiles with the Meta+B keyboard shortcut, a power profile badge for the Battery Monitor widget’s icon, along with the ability for the Battery Monitor widget to stay visible while the computer is charging.

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Calcure Is the Terminal-Based Calendar and Task Manager You Never Knew You Needed

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 22, 2023

Organize your life and make sure you're always ready for important events by installing Calcure, a terminal-based calendar and task manager for Linux.

Keeping track of what you're supposed to be doing, and when, is a challenge which has dogged humanity since the dawn of civilization.

If pen and paper is too archaic for you, and you don't want to use a managed online calendar to organize your virtual book of days, Calcure is the terminal-based calendar and task manager you've been looking for.

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