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Try this Bash script for large filesystems

opensource.com - Wed, 02/19/2020 - 16:01

Have you ever wanted to list all the files in a directory, but just the files, nothing else? How about just the directories? If you have, then the following script, which is open source under GPLv3, could be what you have been looking for.

Of course, you could use the find command:


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How to conveniently unsubscribe from a mailing list

opensource.com - Wed, 02/19/2020 - 16:00

If you're on an email discussion group long enough, at some point, you'll see an email from a list member asking to be unsubscribed. Typically, at least 10 other people on the list will respond with instructions on how to unsubscribe, and those 10 responses will be answered by 10 more people confirming or commenting on the instructions. That's a lot of traffic to a mailing list just so one person can unsubscribe.


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RADV Driver Adds VK_EXT_line_rasterization In Preparing For Eventual Vulkan CAD Apps

Phoronix - Wed, 02/19/2020 - 15:00
Added to the Vulkan API last summer was VK_EXT_line_rasterization for line rasterization like employed by CAD applications. The open-source Mesa Radeon Vulkan "RADV" driver is now supporting this extension...

eXtern OS – A NodeJS Based Linux Distribution

Tecmint - Wed, 02/19/2020 - 14:56
eXternOS is a free, new and exciting Linux operating system based on Nodejs, being developed by a computer engineering and computer science student who goes by name Anesu Chiodze. It is a whole different...

Red Hat Volleys New Patches For Exposing More File-System Info + Mount Notifications

Phoronix - Wed, 02/19/2020 - 13:05
Longtime Linux kernel developer David Howells of Red Hat sent out his latest patch revision exposing new capabilities for exposing more VFS and mount information to user-space along with notification support for any file-system mount topology changes...

Intel Sends Out Latest Patches For Mitigating Graphics Flaw On Ivybridge/Haswell

Phoronix - Wed, 02/19/2020 - 09:46
It has been one month and a few days since Intel first made public the need for graphics driver patching of Gen 7/7.5 graphics for older Ivybridge / Haswell hardware to fix a graphics hardware flaw. That vulnerability also affected the common Intel Gen9 graphics but there the mitigation was uneventful and quickly merged without causing any performance hit. But for Ivybridge/Haswell one month later the graphics driver mitigation for CVE-2019-14615 is still being addressed...

GNOME 3.36 Beta 2 Released With Initial Setup Parental Controls, Lock-Screen USB Disable

Phoronix - Wed, 02/19/2020 - 07:34
GNOME 3.35.91 is out today as the second beta ahead of next month's GNOME 3.36 desktop release...

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