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This guide takes a tour of some of the best command-line tools that are used for searching matching strings or patterns in text files. These tools are usually used alongside regular expressions – shortened

The Document Foundation that is behind the cross-platform LibreOffice open-source office suite has published their 2019 annual report...

If looking for a text editor that offers more features than the recent release of Nano 5.0, GNU Emacs 27.1 is out...

Google is delaying the shutdown of Chrome apps, but you probably weren’t using them anyway  The Verge

Linux 5.9 Performance Is Off To A Great Start With FSGSBASE Boost  Phoronix

The FSGSBASE support that was finally mainlined a few days ago for Linux 5.9 is off to providing a nice performance boost for both Intel and AMD systems. Looking at FSGSBASE is one of the first areas I've dived into for Linux 5.9 kernel testing with this article serving as some preview/teaser data points.

1Password is coming to Linux  ZDNet

Manjaro Monday: Installing this Arch Linux branch on your Chromebook  Chrome Unboxed

Manjaro Monday: Installing this Arch Linux branch on your Chromebook  Chrome Unboxed

IBM, the Linux Foundation, and Grillo unveil global earthquake early-warning system  The Next Web

Lenovo’s New ThinkPad P53 Is Everything I Want In A Linux Laptop  Forbes

The NFS code going into Linux 5.9 is finally presenting support for user extended attributes (user xattrs)...

User Xattr Support Finally Landing For NFS In Linux 5.9  Phoronix

Ubuntu Linux 20.04's first point release arrives  ZDNet

How to grant LibreOffice file open permission on Chrome OS  TechRepublic

news digest: New Relic and Grafana Lab on open instrumentation, Atlassian TEAM Anywhere, and Linux 5.8 rc-1 released - SD Times  SDTimes.com

Linux vs. Windows hosting: What is the core difference?  H2S Media

A "Large Hardware Vendor" Wants A EULA Displayed For Firmware Updates On Linux  Phoronix

The open-source Fwupd firmware updating utility paired with LVFS as the Linux Vendor Firmware Service has seen explosive growth for vastly improving the BIOS/firmware updating experience on Linux. Many major hardware vendors distribute their firmware updates on LVFS for consumption by Fwupd and more than 17 million firmware files have been served. Now though there is a new "large hardware vendor" willing to distribute their firmware updates this way but they want a end-user license agreement (EULA) added...

Fedora developers continue embracing the work on making the Btrfs file-system the default for F33 desktop variants. Their latest progress report indicates new installation options being wired up for the Btrfs support...