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In the news: Mageia 8 Now Available with Linux 5.10 LTS; Gnome 40 Beta Released; OpenMandriva Lx 4.2 Has Arrived; Thunderbird 78 Ported to Ubuntu 20.04; and Linux Exploit for Spectre Flaw Discovered.

Getting to know the Python installer

As a replacement for pip, pip3 offers a complete solution for binary packages. Here’s how to get started with this increasingly popular Python installer.

Optimize battery life and computing power with auto-cpufreq

In Linux, the governor controls the CPU clock speed and power management. A tool called auto-cpufreq switches governors automatically to optimize battery runtime and computing power.

Looking for an edge with the classic Quicksort algorithm

If you wanted to assign a flavor to the Quicksort algorithm, it would be sweet and sour. Sweet, because it is very elegant; sour, because typical implementations sometimes leave more questions than they answer.

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This month in Linux Voice.

Keep control of goroutines with a Context construct

When functions generate legions of goroutines to do subtasks, the main program needs to keep track and retain control of ongoing activity. To do this, Mike Schilli recommends using a Context construct.

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This month Graham looks at MScSim, Ticker, vizex, and more!

Exploring Microsoft’s forgotten Unix distribution

It might seem surprising today, but before Linux arrived on the scene, Microsoft was a leading player in the Unix world. We look at XENIX, Microsoft’s lost Unix distro, and show how you can boot up XENIX in a virtual machine.

Senior citizen-friendly video telephony system with a Raspberry Pi

A video telephony system with huge user benefits does not have to be complex. This project starts a phone call with just a single button press and switches channels automatically on a TV.

elementary OS

In the past decade, elementary OS has grown from open source project to a company with a unique business model.

A command-line task manager

The dstask personal tracker lets you manage your to-do list from the command line. Dstask uses Git version control to store tasks, letting you synchronize your to-do list across multiple devices.

Install Apache Tomcat 9 Server on Ubuntu 20.04

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10 Best Udemy Google Cloud Platform Courses in 2021

The post 10 Best Udemy Google Cloud Platform Courses in 2021 first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .Google Cloud Platform is a suite of cloud computing services that share its running environment with the same infrastructure that …

qBittorrent 4.3.4 Drops Support for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Supports Sub-Sorting in Transfer List

Meet Sleek: A Sleek Looking To-Do List Application

Even the humble todo.txt likes to dress up sometimes.

SECURITY UPDATE: Canonical Releases Another Ubuntu Linux Kernel Security Update to Fix Six Flaws

Today’s release addresses three flaws discovered by Adam Nichols in Linux kernel’s iSCSI subsystem, which could allow a local attacker to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code.

How to Use Conspy to View and Control Remote Linux Virtual Consoles in Real Time

See what is being displayed on a Linux virtual console, and also to send keystrokes to it in real time. Think text-based VNC.

How to Install ELK stack on Ubuntu 20.04

The easier way to pull logs and draw meaningful operational insights from them.

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Google Calendar

GOOG doesn’t offer the only option for connected, convenient calendaring. Check out these FOSS alternatives.

PinePhone Beta Limited Edition Is Now Available for Pre-Order

Manjaro gets the call, will answer as the OS for PinePhone.