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Tame your text with Perl

opensource.com - Fri, 02/11/2022 - 16:00

Although its popularity has been tempered by languages like Python, Lua, and Go, Perl was one of the primary utilitarian languages on Unix and Linux for 30 years. It remains an important and powerful component in many open source systems today. If you haven't used Perl much, then you may be surprised by how helpful it can be for many tasks. This is especially true if you deal with large amounts of text in your day-to-day work.


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7 Ways to Speed Up Firefox Browser in Linux Desktop

Tecmint - Fri, 02/11/2022 - 12:04
The post 7 Ways to Speed Up Firefox Browser in Linux Desktop first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

Firefox browser is the default browser for most modern Linux distributions such as Ubuntu, Mint, and Fedora. Initially, its performance might be impressive, however, with the passage of time, you might notice that your

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Linux 5.18 Looks Like It Will Finally Land Btrfs Encoded I/O

Phoronix - Fri, 02/11/2022 - 08:05
Btrfs file-system developers remain very busy on multiple fronts from performance and reliability enhancements to in-development Btrfs on-disk format changes. A notable item now on deck for integration in Linux 5.18 is Btrfs support for encoded I/O...

Linux Now Faster Than Windows 11 For Intel Core i9 12900K With Latest Kernel

Phoronix - Fri, 02/11/2022 - 03:40
Back in November when Intel's 12th Gen Core "Alder Lake" processors first launched I ran benchmarks across operating systems and found Windows 11 delivering better performance than Linux with the Core i9 12900K flagship processor. Fortunately, thanks to kernel improvements since Linux 5.16, that is largely no longer the case. Here is a fresh look at the i9-12900K performance under Ubuntu 22.04 daily with Linux 5.16 and 5.17-rc3 kernels tested as well and Clear Linux for Intel's very own reference Linux platform.

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