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3 essential Linux cheat sheets for productivity

opensource.com - Wed, 04/14/2021 - 15:02

Linux is famous for its commands. This is partially because nearly everything that Linux does can also be invoked from a terminal, but it's also that Linux as an operating system is highly modular. Its tools are designed to produce fairly specific results, and when you know a lot about a few commands, you can combine them in interesting ways for useful output. Learning Linux is equal parts learning commands and learning how to string those commands together in interesting combinations.


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4 tips for context switching in Git

opensource.com - Wed, 04/14/2021 - 15:01

Anyone who spends a lot of time working with Git will eventually need to do some form of context switching. Sometimes this adds very little overhead to your workflow, but other times, it can be a real pain.

Let's discuss the pros and cons of some common strategies for dealing with context switching using this example problem:


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Make your data boss-friendly with this open source tool

opensource.com - Wed, 04/14/2021 - 15:00

Enterprise Data Analytics (EDA) is a web application that enables access to information through a simple, clear interface.


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LFCA: Learn Binary and Decimal Numbers in Network – Part 10

Tecmint - Wed, 04/14/2021 - 14:46
The post LFCA: Learn Binary and Decimal Numbers in Network – Part 10 first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

In Part 9 of the LFCA series, we covered the basics of IP addressing. To better understand IP addressing, we need to pay more attention to these two types of IP address representation –

The post LFCA: Learn Binary and Decimal Numbers in Network – Part 10 first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides.

Linux 5.13 To Allow For OpenBMC Development With A Lower-Cost ASRock Rack Motherboard

Phoronix - Wed, 04/14/2021 - 14:00
The Linux Foundation's OpenBMC project to provide an open-source BMC firmware stack is quite exciting for freeing this low-level aspect of servers, but finding a supported motherboard that works well with OpenBMC can be a challenge at this stage. Fortunately, Linux 5.13 is set to support a lower-cost motherboard option in hopes of boosting OpenBMC development/usage...

FreeBSD 13.0 Brings Better Performance, LLVM Clang 11, Obsolete GNU Bits Removed

Phoronix - Wed, 04/14/2021 - 04:02
FreeBSD 13.0-RELEASE is now officially available as the debut of the big FreeBSD 13 feature update...

System76 Developing "COSMIC" Desktop Environment For Pop!_OS

Phoronix - Wed, 04/14/2021 - 03:29
System76 has their in-house Pop!_OS Linux distribution derived from Ubuntu and have long been customizing their GNOME-based desktop. However, the Linux PC vendor is now taking things a step further by developing their own desktop environment dubbed COSMIC...

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