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How To Import and Export Email Contacts on Thunderbird

This tutorial will help you move address book from one Thunderbird instance to another. This can be accomplished by export and importing it as files. Finally, you might want to to this because you have multiple computers with Ubuntu then you want contacts from the older computer with a lot of addresses (your family, friends, colleagues, community, teams) to be available in the new one. Now let's try it out!

Baobab - Intro to Ubuntu Disk Usage Analyzer Program

Baobab (also called Disk Usage Analyzer) is a utility program default to Ubuntu that serves the purpose of disk usage analyzer that is showing ranking of directories in the filesystem based on used capacity in megabytes. With Baobab, you know which folder takes up how much space in comparison to other folders in a complete list. Further, this is very useful for example if you plan to remove some unused folders to free disk space but don't know which folders are safe to remove. And to Ubuntu users, Baobab fills the same purposes as KDE Filelight to Kubuntu users as well as WinDirStat (GNU GPL) to Windows users. Now let's start reading!

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(Updated) Olimex’s Open Source iMX8MPlus SOM & EVB for Industrial, ML, and Vision Applications with 2.3 TOPS NPU

The iMX8MP-SOM-4GB-IND is a system on module developed by Olimex, designed for use in industrial applications, machine learning, and machine vision. It operates within an industrial-grade temperature range of -45 to +85°C, which makes it suitable for environments with extreme conditions.

BPI R4 Lite is in Development with Wi-Fi 7 and High Speed Networking

The Banana Pi team is developing a new router board, the BPI-R4 Lite, which is expected to support Wi-Fi 7 and high-speed networking. The design is based on the MediaTek MT7987A quad-core Arm Cortex-A53 processor and includes multiple connectivity and expansion options.

Sipeed Previews Compact, Low-Cost NanoCluster for Multi-SOM Computing

The NanoCluster is a compact computing platform designed for multi-SOM configurations, offering a balance between size and functionality. It supports up to seven system-on-modules, including the LM3H, CM4, CM5, and M4N, making it adaptable for various applications requiring distributed computing.

Industrial Embedded Computing with FET3506J S SoM and Linux Compatibility

The FET3506J-S System on Module is designed for industrial environments that require stable performance and a range of connectivity options. It supports Linux and various industrial interfaces, making it adaptable to applications in automation, healthcare, power systems, and communication technologies.

(Updated) Comet GL-RM1 Enables Remote Control with 2K Video Resolution

Comet (GL-RM1) is a hardware-based remote KVM solution for remote computer access and control. Its open-source design enables hardware-level interaction, making it useful for remote work, IT maintenance, and server management. It allows full control over offline computers, including BIOS access, troubleshooting, and boot failure recovery.

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Blender 4.4 Released with a Big Update for the Experimental Vulkan Backend

Coming four months after Blender 4.3, the Blender 4.4 release introduces support for integer sockets in the compositor, a much more accurate Fast Gaussian mode of the Blur node, a revamped Glare node for greater control and a better user experience, and support for rendering videos using the H.265/HEVC codec.

Fedora Linux 42 Enters Public Beta Testing with Linux Kernel 6.14 and GNOME 48

Powered by the upcoming Linux 6.14 kernel series, the Fedora Linux 42 beta ships with the soon-to-be-released GNOME 48 desktop environment for the flagship Fedora Workstation edition, as well as the latest KDE Plasma 6.3 desktop environment on the Fedora KDE Spin, which was promoted to edition status.

Enlightenment 0.27.1 Desktop Is Out to Improve the CPUFreq and Battery Modules

Enlightenment 0.27.1 is the first point release in the Enlightenment 0.27 series improving the Battery module to limit charging to 100% and not over, adding the ability to use the mouse wheel on the Mixer module, and updating the client menu to no longer show the “Create Keyboard Shortcut” if the client has no desktop file associated.

GIMP 3.0 Image Editor Is Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New

Highlights of GIMP 3.0 include a much-refined interface written in GTK3 that allows the use of the mouse scroll wheel to flip through different dockable dialogue tabs, along with a new slash screen and logo, as well as improvements to the legacy icon theme to look great on HiDPI screens.

9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: March 16th, 2025

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The Steam Deck Is Our Path To Ending Microsoft’s Death Grip On Personal Computers

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 14, 2025

Valve, the company best-known for developing beloved games like "Half-Life" and "Counter-Strike," absolutely dominates the world of PC gaming with its Steam marketplace, but over 96 percent of its users are running Windows, which, at the end of the day, is owned by another company fighting for the same customer's wallet.

Heck, most PC games only ship with Windows support; don't even hope for Mac or Linux versions. But thanks to Valve's success in portable gaming, Microsoft's dominance of the PC market could very well get shaken up.

About a decade ago, Valve flirted with pushing for Linux-based gaming with its own SteamOS and co-branded PCs called "Steam Machines" (that ran its free operating system instead of Microsoft's proprietary Windows OS.) That certainly didn't take off, but Valve didn't give up on the idea of decoupling its store from Microsoft's platform.

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