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PostgreSQL 14 End of Life on 12 November 2026: Upgrading to 18 or 19
On 12 November 2026 the final minor release for PostgreSQL 14 will be published. After that, this major version receives no more bug or security...
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openDesk Partner Programme: What It Means for SMEs
On 23 September 2026, the Centre for Digital Sovereignty of Public Administration (ZenDiS) launched a partner programme for openDesk. The German federal government's office and...
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Nextcloud 35 Upgrade: Path from 32, PHP and Database Requirements
Nextcloud 35 was released on 16 September 2026 as Nextcloud Hub 26 Summer. Six days earlier, 32.0.15 shipped as the last release of version 32....
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Zammad, FreeScout, osTicket or Chatwoot: self-hosted helpdesk compared
With open-source helpdesk systems the feature list is rarely the problem. All candidates manage tickets, assign them, escalate and report. The problem is where the...
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k3s, k0s, RKE2 or Talos: Kubernetes distributions compared 2026
Comparisons of Kubernetes distributions usually place k3s, k0s, RKE2 and Talos side by side and compare memory footprint and start-up time. That misses the most...
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Self-hosted Jira alternatives: OpenProject, Plane and Vikunja compared
Lists of Jira alternatives are plentiful, and most share a problem: they are copied rather than checked. One of the most frequently named candidates is...
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