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GadgeteerZA

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Simplifying Gadgets and Technology, is my passion!

Firefox’s free VPN lifts data limit, offers 28 server locations Jun 16, 2026

“You can now use1 Firefox’s free built-in VPN without a monthly data limit – but only until August 31, 2026. Mozilla ...
Google Earth’s flight simulator is now available in your browser Jun 15, 2026

“On Friday Google announced it was making a relatively unknown feature of Google Earth available to a wider audience....
How one GPL lawsuit accidentally created the homelab router that changed networking forever Jun 13, 2026

“No company sets out to make a product that exceeds its purpose and becomes a legend. In some cases when it happens, ...

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GNU nano 9.1 released with old Mac file format removal, viewport search tweaks, and more Jun 23, 2026

GNU nano 9.1, released more than two months after the 9.0 milestone, introduces several notable changes for users of ...
Vite 8.1 brings faster dev mode, chunk import maps, and Wasm ESM support Jun 23, 2026

Vite 8.1 introduces experimental bundled dev mode, designed to improve development performance in projects with many ...
Ubuntu 26.10 will feature Myna, an AI-powered private & local speech-to-text solution Jun 23, 2026

Canonical has announced Myna, a new speech-to-text dictation initiative for Ubuntu desktop that prioritizes privacy a...

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EVs Always Beat Combustion Emissions Performance Jun 24, 2026

A pervasive story is that electric vehicles (EVs or BEVs) are actually dirtier than combustion vehicles if charged by...
A Commodore Boombox: The 1350 as You’ve Never Heard it Before Jun 23, 2026

No, this isn’t another product from [PeriFractic]’s revived company, though we hope he’s taking notes. This is, in fa...
Reviving MSN Messenger’s i-Buddy USB Accessory Jun 23, 2026

Some of our esteemed readers were not yet out of diapers back in 2013 when Microsoft decided to put MSN Messenger out...

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Nadav Ami

Microdemos: Just 🤬 Show Them Apr 28, 2026

TL;DR Skip the doc and use agentic coding to build a microdemo. Building it forces you to scope the problem and under...
Microdemos: Just 🤬 Show Them Apr 28, 2026

TL;DR Skip the doc and use agentic coding to build a microdemo. Building it forces you to scope the problem and under...
str[0] lies about emoji Apr 18, 2026

Say you built an app and wanted to show a user’s initial in an avatar, to do so you KISS: const avatar = displayName[...

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Linux Tips, Hacks, Tutorials, And Ideas In Blog

Download of the day: GIMP 3.0 is FINALLY Here! Mar 18, 2025

Wow! After years of hard work and countless commits, we have finally reached a huge milestone: GIMP 3.0 is officially...
Ubuntu to Explore Rust-Based “uutils” as Potential GNU Core Utilities Replacement Mar 16, 2025

In a move that has sparked significant discussion within the Ubuntu Linux fan-base and community, Canonical, the comp...
Critical Rsync Vulnerability Requires Immediate Patching on Linux and Unix systems Jan 15, 2025

Rsync is a opensource command-line tool in Linux, macOS, *BSD and Unix-like systems that synchronizes files and direc...

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