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I have been a loyal Vim user since, well, I don't even remember any longer. Over the years, I tried other editors, but Vim commands and keyboard shortcuts are second nature to me, so much so that I ended up doing :w every time I wanted to save in another application. So, for a long time, I stuck with Vim for all my note-taking and writing.

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If you're a hacker running Windows, you don't need a proprietary application to compile code. With the Minimalist GNU for Windows (MinGW) project, you can download and install the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) along with several other essential GNU components to enable GNU Autotools on your Windows computer.

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If you're using Java to write business applications, you may know that Java Standard Edition (SE) is not open source software. It is not managed by a foundation, like Python or JavaScript, and in January 2019, Oracle changed its policy to require a commercial license for any use of SE, from the developer's local environment to production.

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Changing to W10 from Linux - Windows 10 Support  BleepingComputer

Global MS Office Alternative Software for Linux Market 2020 with Latest Covid-19 Effect Analysis & Strategies of Top Companies Google, WordPerfect, Apple Inc, SoftMaker (FreeOffice), Shimo, Yozodcs etc.  Scientect

Docker is a most popular, open-source platform for developers and system administrators to build, run, and share applications with containers. Containerization (the use of containers to deploy applications) is becoming popular because containers are

Facebook joins The Linux Foundation at highest level  Express Computer

Linux Software Market Size 2020 COVID-19 Impact Report By Top Companies, (By Type – Debian, Fedora, Opensuse, Others),(By Application – Household, Enterprise, Government, Others)  The News Brok

For years Mesa's LLVMpipe software rasterizer has been bound to OpenGL 3.3 support but finally in recent months Red Hat's David Airlie has been tackling OpenGL 4.x support... Right now in Mesa it's at OpenGL 4.3 but there are patches seemingly to be mainlined very soon that will take it up to OpenGL 4.5...

MS Office Alternative Software for Linux Market Report Expected Massive Growth by 2020-2026 | Google, Apple Inc, Yozodcs, Softmaker (freeoffice), Shimo  Bulletin Line

This surprise Linux malware warning shows that hackers are changing their targets  ZDNet

As expected Linus Torvalds has christened Linux 5.9-rc1 to mark the end of the merge window and new feature development of Linux 5.9 as another featureful update that will debut as stable this autumn...

Linux 5.9-rc1 Kernel Released - Line Count Dominated By AMD Radeon Navi 2 Additions  Phoronix

Reviewer Calls Linux-based PinePhone 'the Most Fascinating Smartphone I've Tried in Years'  Editorials 360

Linux 5.9 Features New GPU Support To Numerous Security + Performance Optimizations  Phoronix

Linux 5.9-rc1 is set to be released this evening in marking the end of the two-week long merge window where new features are introduced for the cycle.

Debian-based MX Linux 19.2 KDE Edition now available for download  BetaNews

Today marks twenty-seven years since the late Ian Murdock started Debian as one of the original Linux distributions. It was on 16 August 1993 when Ian Murdock started this distribution while it wasn't until September when he released the first version. Debian remains one of the oldest Linux-based distributions / operating systems. Over the years Debian has gone on to power numerous other Linux distributions like Ubuntu and SteamOS while continuing to experience much success in its own right as well...

While LibreOffice 7.0 was just released earlier this month, with the code branching having already happened earlier this summer, there are a number of changes already accumulating in the code-base for LibreOffice 7.1...

SQLite 3.33 is out as the latest update to this widely-used, embed-friendly database library used by countless applications and other software...