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While the Flash-Friendly File-System (F2FS) allows selecting between your choice of optional compression algorithms like LZO, LZ4, and Zstd -- plus even specifying specific file extensions to optionally limit the transparent file-system compression to -- it doesn't allow easily specifying a compression level. That is fortunately set to change with the Linux 5.12 kernel this spring...

F2FS With Linux 5.12 To Allow Configuring Compression Level  Phoronix

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 2 of 21 Days of Productivity in 2021.

Like many of us, I have a love/hate relationship with email. Email was one of the earliest means of communication on the proto-internet, corporate LANs, and the dial-up BBS ecosystem. Email was, and still is, one of the primary means of electronic correspondence. It is used for business communications, commerce, notifications, collaboration, and a pile of useful things.

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The Linux command line provides a great deal of flexibility. Whether you are managing a server or launching a terminal window on a desktop system, the command line brings with it an extensive toolkit to update files, tweak system performance, and manage processes. The command line is where it's at.

Testifying to the command line's popularity, Opensource.com publishes many excellent articles about how to get the most out of your system. The following were some of Opensource.com's most-read articles about Linux commands in 2020:

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Happy new year! 2020 was one heck of an unusual year with the COVID-19 pandemic pushing us to stay at home and dramatically transforming our lifestyles. However, a time like this is also the best time to start picking up a new programming language or to level up your existing programming skillset. We begin with some light reading: What is your first programming language? and Why developers like to code at night. Next, we have articles about some specific programming languages like C, D, and Awk.

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Global Linux Operating System Market Size 2021 Demand, Business Growth, Top Key Players Update, Research Methodology by Forecast to 2027  Jumbo News

1Password For Linux Beta 0.9.8 Released, Inching Closer To Stable  Fossbytes

Embedded Linux Market Research, Industry Overview by Key Players – IBM, Mentor Graphics, Advantech, Siemens, Mitsubishi, ENEA, Intel, Microchip, Green Hills Software  SoccerNurds

Adding to the changes abound at CentOS beyond CentOS 8 going EOL at year's end to focus instead on CentOS Stream feeding into the future RHEL, the likes of Facebook and Twitter are now proposing a Hyperscale special interest group for this RHEL-based platform...

PHP (recursive acronym for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor) is an open-source, popular general-purpose scripting language that is widely-used and best suited for developing websites and web-based applications. It is a server-side scripting language that can

The post How to Install Different PHP (5.6, 7.x and 8.0) Versions in Ubuntu first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides.

Automating responses to scripts on Linux using expect and autoexpect  Network World

User successfully runs Ubuntu on a jailbroken iPhone 7  9to5Mac

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Gets Linux Server Forensics Capabilities  Redmondmag.com

Qseven module and dev kit showcase i.MX8 QuadMax  LinuxGizmos.com

Microsoft releases Linux endpoint detection and response features  BleepingComputer

Intel's virtual CES press conference took place today. Here are the highlights from 10nm Pentium Silver and Celeron processors to a preview of Rocket Lake and forthcoming 11th Gen Core H processors.

The support for Clang LTO of the Linux kernel for link-time optimizations when using that GCC alternative compiler looks like it will land with Linux 5.12...

Clang LTO Support Looks Like It Could Land For Linux 5.12  Phoronix

Last year with Fedora 33 zRAM was switched on by default. The setup was that using a compressed zRAM drive for swap space leads to better performance and in turn a better user experience. Some spins of Fedora have been using swap-on-zRAM by default going back many releases while since F33 it's been used for all spins. Now with Fedora 34 the configuration is being further refined...

RAID to AHCI for Ubuntu, SupportAssist shows up every time - Linux & Unix  BleepingComputer