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Applications and Software: Hugin and More
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Barry Kauler ☛ Gmail app-password with Claws
I have been evaluating Claws-Mail as a possible builtin replacement for SeaMonkey Mail. I was not able to get Oath2 authentication to work with Claws, though it was extremely simple with SM; the latter just caused a notification on my phone “Is that you?” and then I was in. Claws on the otherhand, the instructions for Oath2 are horrendous, and for me didn’t work -- the problem was failure to obtain an "authorization code".
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Ubuntu Handbook ☛ Hugin 2025.0.0 Released with New GUI Tool (Ubuntu PPA Updated)
Hugin, the free open-source panorama photo stitching and HDR merging program, release new 2025.0.0 version few days ago. The new version of this yearly release software, introduced new GUI tool called Hugin Toolbox, which provides a graphical user interface for enfuse and simple perspective correction.
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Survey Surfaces Myriad Kubernetes Networking Challenges
New survey data shows Kubernetes networking complexity rising, with teams struggling across observability, egress, multi-cluster security, and tool sprawl—highlighting the growing need for platform engineering and unified networking approaches.
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Linux.org ☛ SD Card Formatter for Linux
In a previous article, SD Card Basics, I covered the different SD Cards and their abilities. The member 'aeiou' commented that the SD Card Association has an SD Card Formatter for Linux. There is one for backdoored Windows and Mac as well, but we'll look at the GNU/Linux version.