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Last week marked the last Q/A session for the UBports' Ubuntu Touch team working to advance the Linux smartphone platform where they laid out some of their upcoming objectives...

In 10 ways to analyze binary files on Linux, I explained how to use Linux's rich set of native tools to analyze binaries. But if you want to explore your binary further, you need a tool that is custom-made for binary analysis. If you are new to binary analysis and have mostly worked with scripting languages, 9 essential GNU binutils tools will help you get started learning the compilation process and what constitutes a binary.

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In prior years, this annual series covered individual apps. This year, we are looking at all-in-one solutions in addition to strategies to help in 2021. Welcome to day 15 of 21 Days of Productivity in 2021.

Staying productive also means (to some extent) being organized enough to find my notes and reference them on demand. This is a challenge not just for myself but for a lot of people I talk to.

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The COVID-19 pandemic created many new challenges for businesses in 2020 as they rapidly moved non-essential workers to remote operations. However, it also created tremendous opportunities for innovation as people searched for effective ways to work and collaborate virtually.

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For a long time, the ifconfig command was the default method for configuring a network interface. It served Linux users well, but networking is complex, and the commands to configure it must be robust. The ip command is the new default networking command for modern systems, and in this article, I'll show you how to use it.

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Linux Operating System Market – Impact of COVID-19 on Analysis Share, Size, by Global Major Companies Profile, Competitive Landscape and Key Regions 2027 Research Reports World – NeighborWebSJ  NeighborWebSJ

Wine is a nifty utility that allows users to run Windows applications inside a Linux environment. Wine 6.0 is finally out, and it ships with an array of numerous improvements and a total of

The post How to Install Wine 6.0 in Ubuntu first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides.

Last quarter Intel began upstreaming their open-source Alder Lake S graphics support for Linux. It hasn't been too big of a feat or revealed many details since it's still Gen12 / Xe graphics seen since Tiger Lake. But it's been coming along and over the past month is now wired up into Intel's open-source Media Driver stack too...

The fifth weekly release candidate of Linux 5.11 is now available for testing...

With this past week's release of Pyston 2.1 as an alternative Python interpreter I was curious to see how the performance compared to that of upstream Python... So here are some weekend benchmarks with a Ryzen 9 5900X system...

How to Find Cheap Linux VPS?  Techstory

GNU Binutils 2.36 is out today as the latest version of this collection of binary utilities for Linux/open-source systems...

The Linux kernel mentor program for the spring 2021 period is now accepting applications...

Learn To Get Involved In Linux Kernel Development This Spring  Phoronix

Intel Has A New Driver For Linux 5.12: Reporting Your Laptop's Hinge/Keyboard Angle  Phoronix

Intel's latest open-source Linux driver contribution is a hinge driver that is set to debut with Linux 5.12...

COVID-19 Impact Analysis of Linux Computer Market Report 2020 | Dell, System76, Purism, Slimbook, TUXEDO Computers, Vikings, etc.  Murphy's Hockey Law

While GTK 4.0 has been released, there still is major work to look forward to with future GTK4 releases. One area seeing recent and ongoing improvements is with the toolkit's OpenGL renderer...

In my work life, I often deal with geospatial data. This data not only carries the customary sorts of attributes we see every day but also geographic attributes, like points, lines, enclosed areas, polygons, and surfaces. This data is typically projected from latitude, longitude, and sea-level-elevation data to other coordinate systems to facilitate analysis and viewing.

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In prior years, this annual series covered individual apps. This year, we are looking at all-in-one solutions in addition to strategies to help in 2021. Welcome to day 14 of 21 Days of Productivity in 2021.

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