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Backups - Intro to Ubuntu Backup Utility

Backups (also known as Deja Dup) is the default Ubuntu backup utility. It helps you handle scheduling backups and restoring in easy ways on your Ubuntu computers. It is simple by look but rich by feature as it includes ability to save your backups into both network storages as well as online storages such as Nextcloud, Google Drive or OneDrive. To Ubuntu user, Backups fills the purpose of KBackup to Kubuntu users and Windows Backup to Microsoft users. This article is part of our published compilation List of Ubuntu Default Applications and Their Purposes. We hope this helps everyone including you Ubuntu beginners. Now let's start sharing Free Software together once again!

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MX Linux 23.5 Released with Xfce 4.20 and Linux 6.12 LTS, Based on Debian 12.9

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How to Switch Primary GPU to NVIDIA on Wayland for KDE Plasma and GNOME

I’ve tested this tutorial on the GNOME and KDE Plasma desktop environments using Wayland since they’re the most popular amongst Linux users, but it should work on other desktops if they use either Plasma’s KWin or GNOME’s Mutter window and composite managers.

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Cubie A5E with 4K Video Support and M.2 NVMe SSD Now Available for Preorder

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NVIDIA 550.135 Graphics Driver Released with Better Linux Kernel 6.11 Support

posted by Marius Nestor on Nov 19, 2024,
updated Nov 20, 2024

NVIDIA 550.135 is a small update that only improves support for distribution running the Linux 6.11 kernel series, which renamed drm_fbdev_generic to drm_fbdev_ttm, by using drm_fbdev_ttm when present to keep supporting direct framebuffer access on Wayland compositors to present content on newer kernels.

This release also adds support for enumerating modes on hotplug events through the DRM fbdev API to ensure the driver can compile with newer Linux kernels that remove the output_poll_changed from struct drm_mode_config_funcs.

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Update (by Roy)

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NVIDIA stable driver 550.135 released for Linux

While NVIDIA continues working on new features for their 565 Beta series, and they have their current new-feature branch 560.35.03, they also have the slightly older and stable version that just updated to version 550.135.

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