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Some easy choices for encrypting files on Linux  Network World

Linux Kernel Will Stop Using ‘Master/Slave’, and ‘Blacklist/Whitelist’ in Code  Beebom

A decade ago, I started my first job that required me to use Linux as my laptop's operating system. I was offered a range of variants, including Gentoo, if I was so inclined, but since I had used Ubuntu briefly in the past, I opted for Ubuntu Lucid Lynx 10.04.

My terminal, Konsole, was themed in Zenburn and had a Bash prompt that looked like this:

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"Let Intel begin to solve real problems, instead of creating magical instructions." Linux creator criticized Intel  Phone Mantra

Everyone likes to set up their workspaces in a specific way; it helps your productivity and makes life easier to have things organized in a way that feels organic and to have an environment that feels good to you. That definitely applies to terminals too; that's probably why there are so many terminal options available.

When starting on a new computer, the very first thing I do is set up my terminal to make it my own.

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Linus Torvalds: I hope Intel's AVX-512 'dies a painful death'  ZDNet

I am an IT professional with over 15 years of experience in a number of different roles—systems administrator, senior Linux administrator, DevOps engineer, automation consultant, and senior scrum master. I started learning Linux on Ubuntu but shifted to CentOS as a sysadmin, and later I moved to Fedora for personal use. But my joy for technology started much earlier than my first Linux distribution, and it came in the form of a movie.

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Metronome or Music Pc? Music Geek Tries the Raspberry Pi/Linux-Primarily based 'Organelle'  Editorials 360

The terminal is usually used to accomplish administrative tasks on a Linux system such as installing packages, configuring services, updating, and upgrading packages to mention a few. But did you also know you can

IoT and Blockchain Market 2026| Intel • Factom • Amazon • Cisco Systems • Microsoft • KrypC • The Linux Foundation  Daily Research Chronicles

With Fedora 33, Nano Will Be The Default Terminal Text Editor  Fossbytes

Linux kernel will no longer use terms 'blacklist' and 'slave'  The Next Web

1. Linux kernel will no longer use terms 'blacklist' and 'slave'  The Next Web
2. Linux kernel to strip out racially insensitive terms  IT PRO
3. Linux 5.8-rc5 Released As A Big Kernel For This Late In The Cycle  Phoronix
4. Torvalds signs off on banning a blacklist of racist words  Fudzilla
5. Techies, you may no longer be allowed to use ‘blacklist/whitelist’, ‘master/slave’ while coding  Gadgets Now
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Linux kernel will no longer use terms 'blacklist' and 'slave'  The Next Web

Linux Software Market 2020 Forecast to 2026 (Based on 2020 COVID-19 Worldwide Spread), Key Players – Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Oracle, Twitter, etc.  3rd Watch News

MS Office Alternative Software for Linux Market Size By Product Analysis, Application, End-Users, Regional Outlook, Competitive Strategies And Forecast Up To 2026  3rd Watch News

Linux 5.8-rc5 Released As A Big Kernel For This Late In The Cycle  Phoronix

Linus Torvalds just released Linux 5.8-rc5 and he is not particularly enthusiastic about its size with this being the largest RC5 release candidate of any of the Linux 5.x series...

Linux 5.8-rc5 Released As A Big Kernel For This Late In The Cycle  Phoronix

IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR ALL "PUPPY" LINUX USERS : the end of an era.... - Linux & Unix  BleepingComputer