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How to Enable the Linux Bash Shell on Windows 10 [Supports WSL 2]  Beebom

Lazarus Group Unleashes Its First Linux Malware  Fossbytes

While it's normally recommended switching to the P-State/CPUFreq "performance" governor for the optimal Linux gaming experience and the preferred default of Feral's GameMode Linux gaming daemon, in the case of Intel integrated graphics you may find better results in using the "powersave" governor...

Intel iGPU Linux Gamers May Be Better Off With The "Powersave" Governor  Phoronix

Sysadmins, those of us who run and manage Linux computers most closely, have direct access to tools that help us work more efficiently. To help you use these tools to their maximum benefit to make your life easier, this series of articles explores using automation in the form of Bash shell scripts. It covers:

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Preserving and resurrecting old computers is a popular part of the Linux hacker's ethos, and one way to help make that possible is with a desktop environment that doesn't use up scarce system resources. After all, the fact that a current version of Linux can run effectively on a computer over 15 years old is quite a feat, but it doesn't make the CPU and RAM any better than the day they were slotted in. There are extremely light desktops available, but there's usually a catch: the user must assemble the parts.

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Linux Mint 19.3 “Tricia” Released: Here's What's New!  It's FOSS

Linux Mint 19.3 'Tricia' now available in three editions  Neowin

I use Vim a lot. I'm a site reliability engineer (SRE), and Vim is the one thing I know I can access on every machine in our fleet. I also like Emacs, with its wide variety of useful packages, ease of extending, and its many built-in tools. Because they each have their own set of commands, I have to actively switch codes in my head (usually after typing :wq in Emacs or trying to C+X in Vim).

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In Part 9 of Ansible Series, you will learn how to create and download roles on Ansible Galaxy and use them. Ansible is a simple yet effective configuration management & automatic deployment tool that...

Linux Software Market 2019 Analysis, Growth, Vendors, Shares, Drivers, Challenges with Forecast to 2025  Testifyandrecap

With the new GNOME GLib 2.63.3 library release is a new "GMemoryMonitor" API for allowing notifications of when an application should attempt to free any non-critical system memory in an effort to help the system cope with memory pressure...

GNOME's GLib Adds GMemoryMonitor As Another Step In Helping Cope With Linux RAM Pressure  Phoronix

GNOME's GLib Adds GMemoryMonitor As Another Step In Helping Cope With Linux RAM Pressure  Phoronix

For the twelfth year in a row, Red Hatters took an active role in selecting a charitable organization to be the beneficiary of our holiday U.S. corporate donation. During the process, they nominated more than 140 charities and more than 1,250 associates participated in the final vote.

There's still nothing on Solaris past the v11.4 series, but Oracle is ending out 2019 with a last stable release update for the year...

Linux Mint 19.3 'Tricia' OS Released With New Features: Download Now  Fossbytes

Lazarus Group targets Linux systems in new Remote Access Trojan campaign  SiliconANGLE News

A Kubuntu-Powered Laptop Is Launching In 2020 For High-End KDE Computing  Phoronix