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Linux Magazine Full Feed 2021-03-25 04:03:40

Manjaro KDE Plasma 20.2.1 and Clonezilla Live 2.7.1

Faster Python apps

PyPy and Nuitka improve the performance of Python on a Raspberry Pi.

Peer-to-peer file sharing

For the occasional local file transfer, a few simple tools can do the job quickly and efficiently.

A new fork of RawTherapee offers tools for photo editing

RAW converters are the first tool to use in editing photos, and new solutions and programs have the potential to make users’ lives easier. How does ART stack up?

Kali à la Carte

Charly uses the katoolin 3 installation script for a targeted approach to installing his favorite Kali Linux tools on the Ubuntu desktop.

Tips and tweaks for reducing Linux startup time

Today’s Linux systems boot faster than ever, but many users still get impatient waiting for that first glimpse of desktop. These tweaks will help you get a faster start from the bootloader and kernel.

Linux Magazine Full Feed 2021-03-25 04:02:56

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.

Linux Magazine Full Feed 2021-03-25 04:02:42

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.

Linux Magazine Full Feed 2021-03-25 04:02:34

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

The post Install Apache Tomcat 9 Server on Ubuntu 20.04 appeared first on LinOxide.

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