New App to Compress Video to Target File Sizes on Ubuntu
New Python video compressor Constrict uses FFmpeg to compress videos to target file sizes on Ubuntu. Simple GTK4 GUI now available on Flathub. You're reading New App to Compress Video to Target File Sizes on Ubuntu, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not...
ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors Get a Bug Fix Update
A bug fix update that tackles a number of glaring issues and compatibility hiccups in the recent major ONLYOFFICE 9.0 release is available to download. You're reading ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors Get a Bug Fix Update, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not...
MCP server announced for JFrog supply chain management platform
Software supply chain management provider JFrog has become the latest vendor to release a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for its platform so developers can securely link Large Language Models (LLMs) and AI agents to tools and data sources. “Unt...
Tilck: a tiny Linux-compatible kernel
Tilck is an educational monolithic kernel designed to be Linux-compatible at binary level. It runs on i686 and RISCV64 at the moment. Project’s small-scale and simple design makes it the perfect playground for playing in kernel mode while retain...
Mypal68: Firefox 68, maintained for Windows XP
Do you have a Windows XP retro virtual machine or, god forbid, run Windows XP on your primary machine? You’re going to need a sort-of up-to-date browser, and it turns out Mypal68 offers just that. Terrible name aside, it’s Firefox 68 ported to and ...
UbuCon Africa and DjangoCon Africa 2025
This year, UbuCon Africa takes place in Arusha, Tanzania. It’s co-located with DjangoCon Africa 2025 (11th-15th August) at Life Fitness Hall, Njiro. The whole event is five days of open source engagement and collaboration. There’ll be three days of...
How to create your own RAG applications in R
One of the handiest tasks large language models can do for us is answer questions about a specific collection of information. This is often done using a technique called RAG, or retrieval augmented generation. Instead of relying on what the model know...
Taking .NET Aspire for a spin
.NET Aspire is an interesting piece of the .NET ecosystem, providing a framework for building, testing, and deploying cloud-native applications. Still relatively new, Aspire takes an opinionated approach to distributed systems development while also p...
Single RunQueue Proxy Execution Appears Ready For Linux 6.17
The long in development work around proxy execution for the Linux kernel appears to be ready for the upcoming Linux 6.17 merge window with the Single RunQueue Proxy Execution patches queued into a TIP branch after going through 19 rounds of patch revie...
