Sunday, July 20, 2025

Multiple Linux Articles I've Been Saving

Multiple Linux Articles I've Been Saving:


 xda-developers.com: This free and open-source tool is great for monitoring your network traffic with ease: https://www.xda-developers.com/this-free-open-source-tool-great-for-monitoring-network-traffic-with-ease/


PCWorld: Windows 10’s end of life looms. A security pro dissects your only options: https://www.pcworld.com/article/2849972/windows-10s-end-of-life-looms-a-security-pro-dissects-your-only-options.html


XDA: 3 free OBS plugins I use that turn it into the perfect webcam management software: https://www.xda-developers.com/obs-plugins-to-manage-webcam/

Another blow for MS Office? LibreOffice brings feature MS Office has had for almost 10 years: https://www.neowin.net/news/another-blow-for-ms-office-libreoffice-brings-feature-ms-office-has-had-for-almost-10-years/

Phoronix: Linux 6.16 Ready With Fixes For Old AMD Hardware "Which Wasn't Even Supposed To Run Linux": https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.16-rc6-x86-urgent


XDA: I dual-booted Linux to try it out, and I forgot I had Windows installed: https://www.xda-developers.com/i-dual-booted-linux-to-try-it-out-and-i-forgot-i-had-windows-installed/ 


XDA: I run these 4 commands first on every fresh Linux install (My first command is always "sudo ufw enable" - Dan S): https://www.xda-developers.com/run-these-commands-on-fresh-linux-install/


XDA: I don't care that Microsoft is extending Windows 10's support, I'm still moving to Linux: https://www.xda-developers.com/dont-care-microsoft-extending-windows-10-support-moving-linux/


PCWorld: How to switch from Windows 10 to Linux: A technical guide: https://www.pcworld.com/article/2800286/how-to-switch-from-windows-10-to-linux-a-technical-guide.html


Windows Central: A Microsoft engineer made a Linux distro that's like a comfort blanket to ex-Windows users — I finally tried it, and I'm surprised how good it is: https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/a-microsoft-engineer-made-a-linux-distro-thats-like-a-comfort-blanket-to-ex-windows-user




* Note from Dan: There are a lot more of these, but this is a good start, and probably more than enough for one blog post. FYI, I started with dual boot at first, too. I find that I use Ubuntu Linux 99.999% of the time. Enjoy these great reads! - Dan

Multiple Linux Articles I've Been Saving

Multiple Linux Articles I've Been Saving:   xda-developers.com: This free and open-source tool is great for monitoring your network traf...