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How to run two different Firefox profiles at once on Linux  TechRepublic

TRITON-TX8M i.MX8M Mini / Nano Modules & Devkits Support Linux, Windows 10 IoT Core, and (Soon) QNX 7.0  CNX Software

Linux-Based Volla Phone Might Start Shipping In October  Fossbytes

Users can now try PowerShell 7 on Windows, macOS and Linux  WindowsReport.com

Back in the 1990s, when Linux was a young operating system, Ian Murdock invented the concept of an app store in the form of what is now the apt command. This introduced the idea that a computer's capacity was boundless, and literally any command should be available to you; all you had to do was copy it from a network repository to your local system.

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I've had a soft spot for Elementary OS since I first encountered it in 2013. A lot of that has to do with the distribution being very clean and simple.

Since 2013, I've recommended Elementary to people who I've helped transition to Linux from other operating systems. Some have stuck with it. Some who moved on to other Linux distributions told me that Elementary helped smooth the transition and gave them more confidence using Linux.

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I used WordPress for the first few years of my blog, but I really wanted to publish it entirely using GNU Emacs. I tried Org2Blog, but something was still missing and it felt unsatisfying.

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Linux Software- a Market Worth Observing Growth: Google, Twitter, Facebook, Amazon  Monroe Scoop

The Yum successor DNF on Fedora and Red Hat Linux distributions (among other select RPM distributions) is soon embarking on its fifth major iteration...

Owncloud is a market-leading online file sharing system that lets you back up and shares your files with ease. If you are not a fan of DropBox or Google Drive, then OwnCloud is a...

Canonical Cancels Physical Windows Subsystem for Linux Event, Now Online-Only  Softpedia News

AMDGPU Trusted Memory Zone Support Could Soon Be Enabled By Default  Phoronix

Going back to last September has been work within Linux's AMDGPU kernel driver on enabling encrypted vRAM support with "Trusted Memory Zone" functionality. Now it's looking like a kernel release in the not too distant future could be enabled this support by default...

Continuing on with our Blender 2.82 benchmarking for this open-source 3D modeling software update that debuted last month with numerous improvements, here are some fresh benchmarks of the CUDA and OptiX back-ends for NVIDIA GPU acceleration...

How to run multiple Linux commands from one line  TechRepublic

How to find out what version of an app is installed on Linux  TechRepublic

Microsoft announces PowerShell 7 is Generally Available for Windows, macOS and Linux  BetaNews

20-Way GPU Gaming Comparison With March 2020 Linux Drivers  Phoronix

Given the continuously evolving state of the open-source Radeon Linux graphics drivers in particular, here are fresh AMD Radeon vs. NVIDIA GeForce Linux gaming benchmarks with the latest Linux graphics drivers as we begin March 2020. Besides the latest NVIDIA 440.64 Linux driver, on the Radeon side was Mesa 20.1-devel paired with the Linux 5.5.5 kernel and also having the RADV ACO back-end enabled.

Multipass is the software developed by Ubuntu-maker Canonical that is advertised as "a mini-cloud on your workstation" that provides an Ubuntu command-line in "just a click" with native hypervisor support...