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How to Append Text to End of File in Linux

Tecmint - Sat, 02/29/2020 - 14:26
While working with configuration files in Linux, sometimes you need to append text such as configuration parameters to an existing file. To append simply means to add text to the end or bottom of...

Qt Wayland's Maintainer Is Leaving The Company

Phoronix - Sat, 02/29/2020 - 13:05
While the Qt5 tool-kit on Wayland is in fairly good shape in recent times, the Qt Wayland module that provides the Wayland platform abstraction and helpers for assembly Qt-based Wayland compositors could run the risk of regressing...

The $199 Pinebook Pro ARM Laptop Is Closer To Running On The Mainline Linux Kernel

Phoronix - Sat, 02/29/2020 - 08:33
For those that have managed to get their hands on the Pinebook Pro as the $199 ARM 64-bit laptop powered by a Rockchip RK3399 SoC and with 4GB of RAM, 1080p panel, 64GB eMMC, and other decent features for the price, mainline Linux kernel support could be in order possibly even for Linux 5.7...

Wine 5.3 Released With Various Improvements

Phoronix - Sat, 02/29/2020 - 04:05
Wine 5.3 is out as the latest bi-weekly development snapshot on the road to Wine 6.0 next year...

Jcat: A New Alternative To Microsoft Catalog Files

Phoronix - Sat, 02/29/2020 - 00:41
Prolific open-source developer Richard Hughes of Red Hat who has been responsible for the creation of PackageKit, the ColorHug colorimeter hardware, GNOME Software, and for the past number of years focused on the Fwupd firmware updating utility and Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS) has a new open-source project...

NVIDIA 440.64 Driver Released With MX330/MX350 Support, Linux 5.6 Compatibility

Phoronix - Fri, 02/28/2020 - 23:49
NVIDIA has issued another stable Linux driver release in their long-term 440 series...

Unity 8 Desktop Renamed To Lomiri

Phoronix - Fri, 02/28/2020 - 21:45
The Unity 8 desktop environment that continues to be developed by the UBports open-source community for use on UBports' Ubuntu Touch and ultimately back on the Linux desktop as well have renamed the project...

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