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How To Create Desktop Shortcuts on Kubuntu

This tutorial will show you how to create desktop shortcuts on Kubuntu. Kubuntu is a computer operating system based on Ubuntu with KDE Plasma Desktop technology. Here we use Kubuntu 24.04 LTS "Noble Numbat" which has been released this year. This covers making normal application shortcuts, as well as file, document and even custom command line ones on desktop area for quick access. Finally, we include examples and easy to follow procedures so you can practice it immediately on your computer. Happy computing with Kubuntu and we wish you success!

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MYIR Introduces Low-Cost SoM Powered by Allwinner T536 Processor

MYIR has introduced the MYC-LT536 SoM, powered by the Allwinner T536 quad-core Cortex-A55 processor, and designed for industrial and IoT applications. It is also supported by a compatible development board featuring dual GbE ports, NVMe PCIe support, and wireless connectivity.

DietPi August 2024 News (Version 9.7)

The December 23, 2024 release of DietPi v9.9 introduces several enhancements, new images for additional devices, and a range of bug fixes. This update improves support for single-board computers from Orange Pi and FriendlyELEC, enhances software tools, and addresses critical issues reported by the community.

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GNU Wget 1.24.5

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 30, 2024

Noteworthy changes in release 1.24.5 (2024-03-10) [stable]

Fix how subdomain matches are checked for HSTS. Fixes a minor issue where cookies may be leaked to the wrong domain
Wget will now also parse the srcset attribute in <source> HTML tags
Support reading fetchmail style "user" and "passwd" fields from netrc
In some cases, prevent the confusing "Cannot write to... (success)" error messages
Support extremely fast download speeds (TB/s). Previously this would cause Wget to crash when printing the speed
Improve portability on OpenBSD to run the test suite

Ensure that CSS URLs are corectly quoted (Bug: 64082)

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