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LibreOffice 7.0 Is Already Approaching A Half-Million Downloads

Phoronix - Wed, 08/12/2020 - 18:56
It was just one week ago that LibreOffice 7.0 was released and it has already seen around a half-million downloads for this leading open-source, cross-platform office suite...

Red Hat Begins Talking Up The New RHEL Flatpak Runtime

Phoronix - Wed, 08/12/2020 - 18:48
With the recently released Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2, the Flatpak sandboxing and app distribution tech is ready to shine and there is also the new Red Hat Enterprise Linux Flatpak runtime...

Why I still love tcsh after all these years

opensource.com - Wed, 08/12/2020 - 15:02

I consider myself a happy Bash user. However, when I started exploring Unix, it was on a proprietary Unix system that provided tcsh by default, so my earliest shell experiences were on a modern version of the C shell (csh). That turned out to be a fortunate accident because tcsh was also the shell of choice at the film studio where I worked later in my career.


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9 reasons I upgraded from AngularJS to Angular

opensource.com - Wed, 08/12/2020 - 15:01

In 2010, Google released AngularJS, an open source, JavaScript-based frontend structure for developing single-page applications (SPAs) for the internet. With its move to version 2.0 in 2016, the framework's name was shortened to Angular. AngularJS is still being developed and used, but Angular's advantages mean it's a smart idea to migrate to the newer version.


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An Android operating system that prioritizes mobile data privacy

opensource.com - Wed, 08/12/2020 - 15:00

Android and iOS devices are notorious for uploading your personal data to their cloud services without your permission. If you are concerned about your mobile data privacy, you have another option to consider for your next smartphone: the /e/ operating system, a free and open source, Android-based operating system. The eFoundation community is led by Gaël Duval, a legacy Linux developer and entrepreneur who founded Mandrake Linux in 1998.


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Useful PuTTY Configuration Tips and Tricks

Tecmint - Wed, 08/12/2020 - 13:25
Putty is an opensource terminal emulator that supports several network protocols like Telnet, SSH, Rlogin, SCP, and Raw Socket. The initial version of putty is dated back to January 8, 1999, and designed for Windows

Intel Making Progress On Their "mOS" Modified Linux Kernel Running Lightweight Kernels

Phoronix - Wed, 08/12/2020 - 13:00
For a while now Intel has been quietly been working on "mOS" as the "multi-OS" that is a modified version of the Linux kernel that in turn is running lightweight kernels for high-performance computing purposes...

Artwork Help Is Needed For Debian 11 "Bullseye"

Phoronix - Wed, 08/12/2020 - 12:00
If you are more of an artistic type than programmer, there still is plenty of valuable assistance that can be provided to free software projects... The latest call for help is that of the Debian project in looking for the Debian 11 "Bullseye" desktop artwork...

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