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How to install LibreOffice 7.4 on Linux Mint, Ubuntu, MX Linux, Debian…

Last updated on September 27, 2022 This article describes how to install LibreOffice 7.4 on Debian/Ubuntu-based Linux distributions, such as Linux Mint, MX Linux, Ubuntu and derivatives. LibreOffice 7.4 was officially released on August 18, 2022LibreOffice 7.5 / 8.0 will probably be released in the first week of February 2023. Find more information on LibreOffice …

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How to install Geekbench 4 and Geekbench 5 on Linux

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If you want to install and run Geekbench 4 or Geekbench 5 on Linux, follow this tutorial. The following instructions can be used on: a local computer running any Linux distribution a remote Linux server (VPS, shared or dedicated hosting…) with access to the command line I mostly use Geekbench to compare the performance of …

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How to Sync Fonts Between Linux Devices

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This small guide is about syncing fonts between two or more Linux devices, for example one laptop and one desktop computer, both running any Linux distribution. More specifically, I use this method to sync fonts I downloaded via the Google Fonts library. Is it possible to sync fonts on any Linux distribution? The method chosen …

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ExifTool Command Line - Edit image metadata on Linux - Display all Metadata information

How to edit metadata via the command line with ExifTool

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In a previous post, I tried to find a metadata editor with a graphical user interface on Linux. The best solution, DigiKam, is designed for KDE. The second best option, XnView, is perfectible and not free software. As a Linux Mint (Cinnamon) user, I ended up thinking that it would be better to use a …

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How to edit image metadata on Linux

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Photo: libre-software.net. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 Last updated on September 27, 2022 Image metadata is a complex field with multiple standards, the most important among them being Exif, IPTC-IIM and XMP. In this guide I try to find a solution to edit (read, modify, remove) image metadata (jpg, png, …) on Linux, if possible with …

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How to install Mozilla Firefox on Linux (Ubuntu, Linux Mint or any Linux distribution)

How to Install Firefox 105 on Linux Mint, Ubuntu, Debian or any other Linux distribution

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Photo: janeb13 / Pixabay, Pixabay License Last updated on September 27, 2022 This how-to explains how to install Firefox on Linux, with or without replacing an existing Firefox installation. Firefox 105 was officially released on September 5, 2022.Firefox 106 will be released on October 18, 2022. More information on Firefox release dates (including beta, nightly and ESR …

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Multimedia, codecs, MP3 & DVD support on CentOS, Scientific Linux or RHEL

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This tutorial details how to install full multimedia support, media codecs, MP3 & DVD support on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and its derivatives CentOS, Scientific Linux, Oracle Linux, ClearOS, … This howto assumes that you already installed RPMforge. To prevent conflicts and keep it simple, RPMforge is the only extra repostory we will use. …

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Set default programs in Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Debian (blue)

How to change the default application for a type of file on Linux

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Last updated on September 29, 2022 This howto explains how to change the default program to open all files with a given extension on Linux Mint, Ubuntu, Debian, and most Linux distributions. It also details how to change the default application for a batch of filetypes, for example all audio files or all video files. …

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DVD support (with libdvdcss) and media codecs on Linux

Install DVD support (libdvdcss) on Debian or Ubuntu

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Photo: libre-software.net. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 Last updated on September 27, 2022 On Linux, DVD support is provided through the libdvdcss or libdvdcss2 packages. Some distributions already include these packages (Linux Mint, Kodi/XBMC), but most don’t. Distributions without pre-installed DVD playing capabilities are Debian, Ubuntu, SUSE Linux, Fedora, … DVD support through libdvdcss may also …

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Screenshot featuring a chameleon installing Virtual Box on a CentOS computer

Install VirtualBox on CentOS / RHEL / Scientific Linux

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This how-to is about installing VirtualBox on CentOS. Provided instructions should also work on Scientific Linux and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). It is possible to install VirtualBox from rpm packages, which can be downloaded on the VirtualBox Linux downloads page. However, a yum-style repository is also provided – we’ll use the latter. DKMS, RPMForge, …

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