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The NFS code going into Linux 5.9 is finally presenting support for user extended attributes (user xattrs)...

User Xattr Support Finally Landing For NFS In Linux 5.9  Phoronix

Ubuntu Linux 20.04's first point release arrives  ZDNet

How to grant LibreOffice file open permission on Chrome OS  TechRepublic

news digest: New Relic and Grafana Lab on open instrumentation, Atlassian TEAM Anywhere, and Linux 5.8 rc-1 released - SD Times  SDTimes.com

Linux vs. Windows hosting: What is the core difference?  H2S Media

A "Large Hardware Vendor" Wants A EULA Displayed For Firmware Updates On Linux  Phoronix

The open-source Fwupd firmware updating utility paired with LVFS as the Linux Vendor Firmware Service has seen explosive growth for vastly improving the BIOS/firmware updating experience on Linux. Many major hardware vendors distribute their firmware updates on LVFS for consumption by Fwupd and more than 17 million firmware files have been served. Now though there is a new "large hardware vendor" willing to distribute their firmware updates this way but they want a end-user license agreement (EULA) added...

Fedora developers continue embracing the work on making the Btrfs file-system the default for F33 desktop variants. Their latest progress report indicates new installation options being wired up for the Btrfs support...

This Powerful Deep Dive into Linux Could Change Your Life  Gadget Hacks

The HID changes for Linux 5.9 aren't too many but there are a few worth mentioning for improving input device support on Linux...

Linux 5.9 HID Has Improvement For Faster Probe/Boot Time  Phoronix

Linux 5.9 HID Has Improvement For Faster Probe/Boot Time  Phoronix

The Zero Terminal 3: A Pop-Out Keyboard Linux Computer In Your Pocket  Hackaday

Popcorn Computers Pocket PC Linux handheld open source design files now available  Geeky Gadgets

Linux – The Daily Chronicle  The Daily Chronicle

Add Linux to your programming toolkit with this training  Best gaming pro

If you are still rocking a pre-GCN AMD Radeon graphics card on the R600g driver for the HD 2000 through HD 6000 series, you really ought to consider upgrading in 2020, but otherwise at least from the open-source community there continues to be improvements...

When I read Gaurav Kamathe's article Scan your Linux security with Lynis, it reminded me of my time as a systems administrator for the US Department of Labor. One of my duties was to keep our Unix servers hardened. Each quarter, an independent verifier came in to review our servers' security status. Each time on the day the verifier was scheduled to arrive, I ran Security Readiness Review (SRR), a scanning tool that used a large set of scripts to identify and report any security findings.

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The command line is an important part of every developer's workflow. This makes it important that you set up your terminal in ways that improve your productivity and decrease your frustration.

In this article, I'll explain how I customize my macOS Z shell (zsh) terminal with iTerm2, Oh My Zsh, and Powerline10k. If you're a Mac user and would like to try it, follow along with this how-to. If you're a Linux user, you can read this article about themes and plugins for Zsh.

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