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Adobe’s Monopoly on PDFs: The Innovation Bottleneck and the Need for Open-Source Alternatives medium.com/@abijithbala... #Adobe #pdf

Adobe’s Monopoly on PDFs: The Innovation Bottleneck and the Need for Open-Source Alternatives

Why Editing a PDF Costs So Much — The Adobe Monopoly and the Need for Free Alternatives. Can Open-Source PDF Editors Compete With Adobe?

medium.com

March 2, 2025 at 3:29 AM

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il Post

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L'offerta ha rianimato una vecchia disputa tra Elon Musk e l’amministratore delegato di OpenAI, Sam Altman. È comunque improbabile che Musk riesca a completare l’acquisto:

Elon Musk vuole comprare OpenAI - Il Post

Ha presentato un'offerta di 97,4 miliardi di dollari insieme ad altri importanti investitori, ma è difficile che l'operazione possa concludersi

ilpost.link

February 11, 2025 at 7:34 AM

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Phoronix

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Debian 13 Will Aim To Include GNOME 48, Debian/Ubuntu Begin Packaging GNOME Papers - https://www.phoronix.com/news/Debian-13-Plans-GNOME-48

Debian 13 Will Aim To Include GNOME 48, Debian/Ubuntu Begin Packaging GNOME Papers

For those wondering whether Debian 13 would see the upcoming GNOME 48 desktop packages given the upcoming Debian 13 "Trixie" development freezes, it looks like this updated GNOME release will be squeezed in...

www.phoronix.com

February 4, 2025 at 11:41 AM

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TechCrunch

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DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng receives a hero’s welcome back home

DeepSeek founder Lian Wenfeng is being hailed as a hero in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong, where he grew up and reportedly returned for the Lunar New Year, joined by bodyguards. Wenfeng—who, at 40, is already a billionaire due to his hedge…

tcrn.ch

February 3, 2025 at 3:21 AM

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Unraid OS

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🚀 As part of our ongoing partnership with Tailscale

Learn to:
✅ Set up secure remote access
✅ Use exit nodes for privacy & geo flexibility
✅ Add Tailscale to Docker containers
✅ Connect on the go with a travel router

Perfect for RVers, road trippers, Digital Nomads

unraid.net/use-cases/tailscale

January 4, 2025 at 4:58 PM

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Unraid OS

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🚀 Unraid 7 is here!

🗄️ ZFS support: Native, powerful, and ready for your data.
🖥️ Improved VM Manager: Smoother and more intuitive than ever with Clone and Snapshots.
🌐 Tailscale Integration: Secure remote access, Docker integrations, and Exit Nodes.
✨ And much more!
unraid.net/blog/unraid-7

Unraid OS 7.0.0 is Here!

unraid.net

January 10, 2025 at 12:06 AM

speedytux

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I have just upgraded from #unRAID RC2 to 7.0.0, and the process went exceptionally well. This upgrade offers excellent benefits you won't want to miss or wait for!

January 10, 2025 at 6:16 AM

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The Register

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Starlink direct-to-cell is coming to Ukraine

Cell towers not required when messaging on Musk's finest Ukraine mobile operator Kyivstar will roll out direct-to-cell satellite connectivity via Starlink.…

dlvr.it

January 1, 2025 at 8:33 AM

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It's FOSS

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Are you looking forward to trying this?

The Fedora KDE Spin Confirmed as an Alternative Official Edition for Workstation Users

Fedora will no longer be with a GNOME-based distro. Now, you can have KDE Plasma as an official edition.

news.itsfoss.com

November 14, 2024 at 5:27 PM

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Erika

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#Facts #Science

Each second, 1.5 million tons of solar material shoot off the Sun, traveling at 100 miles per second. Our Earth's magnetic field deflects them away.

December 2, 2024 at 3:40 PM

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The deep painter

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Otherworldly beauty, captured in the Chilean Atacama Desert at 4800 metres of altitude🌌💜

December 2, 2024 at 8:43 PM

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Piergiuseppe Donadoni

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Lo sbarco di Hamilton a Maranello avverrà a gennaio inoltrato e la Ferrari preparerà un reportage sul suo primo giorno nella sede del Cavallino Rampante. L’esordio al volante di una Rossa avverrà sulla pista di casa a Fiorano #AutoRacer #F1 autoracer.it/it/ferrari-d...