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Notcurses Is Still Alive For Ramping Up "Terminal Bling" With Complex TUIs

Phoronix - Wed, 10/02/2024 - 18:47
For those wanting to build really nifty and complex text user interfaces (TUIs) for terminal applications, Notcurses is one of the options for maximizing the "terminal bling" with some rather vibrant features that goes well beyond what's offered with the likes of Ncurses. It's been nearly two years since the last release while was surprised today to see out a new version...

Golang Now Enables Speedier getrandom() On Linux

Phoronix - Wed, 10/02/2024 - 18:34
The Linux 6.11 kernel introduced getrandom() in the vDSO for faster yet secure user-space random number generation needs. In addition to patches pending for Glibc to make use of getrandom() vDSO support, Golang is now another early user of this functionality...

OpenVPN Kernel Driver Patches Updated For Improving VPN Performance

Phoronix - Wed, 10/02/2024 - 18:19
For those making use of OpenVPN for your virtual private network (VPN) needs, years in the making has been an "OVPN" Linux kernel driver to enhance the performance by offloading more of the work to kernel-space...

Manjaro 24.1 Released With GNOME 46, KDE Plasma 6.1 & Xfce 4.18 Desktop Options

Phoronix - Wed, 10/02/2024 - 17:53
Manjaro 24.1 "Xahea" debuted on Tuesday as the newest update to this Arch Linux based distribution. Manjaro 24.1 is the first new tagged release since May and with it comes updated desktop options, the Linux 6.10 kernel, and other package upgrades...

Zenity: A Guide to Creating GTK+ Dialogs in Linux Command Line

Tecmint - Wed, 10/02/2024 - 14:31
The post Zenity: A Guide to Creating GTK+ Dialogs in Linux Command Line first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

Zenity is a tool that allows you to create graphical dialog boxes in Linux using the command line. It uses

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How to Create a Secure FTP Server with ProFTPD on Ubuntu/Debian

Tecmint - Wed, 10/02/2024 - 14:00
The post How to Create a Secure FTP Server with ProFTPD on Ubuntu/Debian first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

FTP servers are the piece of software that allows you to create an FTP connection between your local computer and

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Steam On Linux Percentage Receded A Bit Further In September

Phoronix - Wed, 10/02/2024 - 08:21
Back in May Steam on Linux usage crossed the 2% threshold and remained that way until August when it dropped back below 2% for all Steam gamers. The September 2024 Steam Survey results were just published and point to another downward bump for Steam on Linux gaming...

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