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15 Useful ‘sed’ Command Tips and Tricks for Linux SysAdmins

Tecmint - Tue, 10/24/2023 - 16:40
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Every system administrator has to deal with plain text files on a daily basis. Knowing how to view certain sections, how to replace words, and

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13 Best Tiling Window Managers for Linux in 2023

Tecmint - Tue, 10/24/2023 - 14:15
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As the name suggests, Linux Window Managers are responsible for coordinating how application windows work. They run quietly in the background of your operating system,

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12 Best Notepad++ Alternatives for Linux in 2023

Tecmint - Tue, 10/24/2023 - 13:19
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Notepadd++ is a completely free source code editor created as a replacement for Notepad on Windows – is written based on Scintilla in C++ and

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Linux's Latest Plan For Removing Old WiFi Drivers

Phoronix - Tue, 10/24/2023 - 04:00
In addition to old and unmaintained Ethernet driver code set for removal, there is an effort underway to clear out some obsolete and orphaned WiFi drivers from the Linux kernel...

Ubuntu's Mir Working On Hybrid Graphics / Multi-GPU Support

Phoronix - Tue, 10/24/2023 - 00:51
Canonical continues investing in Mir as their Wayland compositor and set of platform abstraction interfaces to make it easier for IoT and other "smart" devices to run atop Ubuntu Core. Most recently the Mir developers have been working to partially re-architect their graphics platform handling to better handle multiple GPU/display devices...

Firefox 119 Available With Improved Firefox View, Expanded PDF Editing

Phoronix - Tue, 10/24/2023 - 00:45
Ahead of the official planned announcement for Tuesday, the Mozilla Firefox 119.0 release binaries have been published for this monthly feature update...

Intel Continues To Demonstrate The Importance Of Software Optimizations: Clear Linux + Xeon Max Benchmarks

Phoronix - Mon, 10/23/2023 - 23:20
While the recently released Ubuntu 23.10 is bringing some performance improvements to Intel Xeon Max / Sapphire Rapids, Ubuntu Linux still isn't delivering the best possible out-of-the-box server performance. For that Intel continues to show the importance of software optimizations with the likes of their in-house Clear Linux platform as well as the likes of CentOS Stream having more sensible defaults. Here is a look at the Intel Xeon Max 9480 performance across Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 23.10, CentOS Stream 9, Fedora Server 39, and Clear Linux 40130.

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