August 2019
today's howtos
Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Saturday 31st of August 2019 07:50:47 PM Filed under
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Bash builtin examples
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Setting Up WordPress Development Environment on Debian 10
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Setting up a Debian 10 LAMP Server for PHP Web Development
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Setting Up Laravel Development Environment on Debian 10
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Fedora 30 : Rollback to Fedora 30.
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ip digits bits binary – netmask routing – binary to decimal conversion with linux terminal bash bc – network drawing design tools – cisco symbols
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How to Install WebStorm on Debian 10
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How To Install Prometheus with Docker on Ubuntu 18.04
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How to install Zorin OS 15
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How To Add and Delete Users on Debian 10 Buster
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Xfce 4.14 review - Holding out for a hero
Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Saturday 31st of August 2019 07:48:30 PM Filed under
People often ask me (joking, no one asks me anything, I ain't got no friends) what my favorite Linux desktop is. And my answer is, well, long and complicated. But I guess, in the past fifteen years, I've mostly used and loved Plasma and Unity, with some brief moments of joy with Gnome 2. Then, inevitably, the question of Xfce comes up, and my answer is even longer and more complicated.
The release of Xfce 4.14 might provide a part of the answer you're looking for. And you should definitely look at my reviews of various distros running Xfce, like say Xubuntu or MX Linux, to get a sense of what this desktop environment does, and how it does it. But then, it's never been really my default go-to setup, although I did use it quite successfully and effectively - and still do - on my feisty, 10-year-old Asus eeePC netbook. On the desktop proper, I like it, and I liked what it did approximately three years or so. Since, it's kind of kept a quiet profile, not quite here nor there. Well, I want to see if the new version has the kick to make my proverbial colt buck and gallop. Testing time it is then!
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Today in Techrights
Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Saturday 31st of August 2019 06:50:29 PM Filed under
- The Judges of the Boards of Appeal Are Still Controlled by the European Patent Office and European Patent Quality is Therefore in a Freefall
- The Admission Phase/Stage: Even Team UPC is Coming to Grips With the UPC’s Demise
- Linux is Not Free/Libre If DRM is Adopted and Open Source is Meaningless in the Age of Openwashing
- The Collapse of the UPC Would Further Decrease the Perceived Value of European Patents, Which European Courts Rightly Reject
- Links 31/8/2019: etcd 3.4, ACRN 1.2, Wine 4.15
- Links 30/8/2019: Nvidia Linux Graphics Driver and DXVK 1.3.3
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The Librem 5 Application Compatibility Chart
Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Saturday 31st of August 2019 06:16:10 PM Filed under


All of the applications below are confirmed to run on the Librem 5 Smartphone running PureOS.
Each application is grouped into one of three categories based on how optimized it is for the mobile screen.
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Android Leftovers
Submitted by Rianne Schestowitz on Saturday 31st of August 2019 06:12:01 PM Filed under
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Galaxy A71 spotted on Geekbench, Android 10 confirmed
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Android 10 release date teased for September 3
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OnePlus 7 (Pro) Android 10 Developer Preview 5 update goes live in China
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Redmi K20 Pro Android 10 Beta Programme Announced in India, Registrations Open Till September 8
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Huawei To Release 2 New Smartphones With Licensed Android Versions
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Android warning: Google Play Store alert about popular apps hiding nasty secret
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14 new and notable Android apps from the last two weeks including SHAREit Lite, SpotWidget, and Magic: The Gathering Companion (8/17/19 - 8/31/19)
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5 Android apps you shouldn't miss this week! - Android Apps Weekly
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Mi TVs starts receiving Android TV 9.0 update
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How to reset your 'direct share' targets on Android after Messages hijacks them
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Lenovo rolls out new IdeaPad laptops, Chromebooks, budget Android tablets
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Samsung Galaxy M30s key specs confirmed through Android Enterprise listing
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Games: Hellblade Senua's Sacrifice, Dota Underlords, Wine/NetBSD
Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Saturday 31st of August 2019 06:08:53 PM Filed under
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Hellblade Senuas Sacrifice | Linux Gaming | Ubuntu 18.04 | Steam Play
Hellblade Senua's Sacrifice running through Steam play.
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Valve just turned the gameplay of Dota Underlords on its head with Contraptions
Valve seem to be using Early Access to really mix things up for Dota Underlords, with a new update out adding in Contraptions you can put on the board.
While I like Underlords a lot, I was pretty keen to see them do a little more with it. So the idea of Contraptions is pretty fun and it does mix the gameplay up quite a bit. You can place them on the board, move them around and they will affect the combat making placement even more crucial than ever. They also don't count against the normal unit cap.
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Wine Is Now In Better Shape On NetBSD Thanks To GSoC 2019
In addition to NetBSD seeing better DRM ioctl support for its Linux compatibility layer (as part of an effort towards possible Steam support) thanks to Google Summer of Code 2019, there were also Wine improvements as a result of this Google programming initiative.
Student developer Naveen Narayanan worked the summer on improving NetBSD's Wine support, particularly when it comes to AMD64 (x86_64) support.
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Need A Good Linux Hex Editor? 20 Linux Hex Viewers & Editors Reviewed
Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Saturday 31st of August 2019 06:02:39 PM Filed under


A hex editor is a computer program used for editing a binary file that contains machine-readable data. It paves the way of manipulating raw binary data for a particular application. “Hex” is the short form of hexadecimal, a numerical standard format that represents the binary program. A regular hex editor has three specific areas such as ‘character area’ on the right, ‘hexadecimal area’ in the middle and the ‘address area’ on the left. Additionally, some hex editors are designed to edit and parse sector data from the hard disk and floppy disk which are frequently called disk editor or sector editor. There are far ranges of Linux hex editor available in the market; that to a greater extent make a user squarely beneficial, and allow them to edit binary program.
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What To Expect From The Ubuntu 19.10 'Eoan Ermine' Beta On September 26
Submitted by Rianne Schestowitz on Saturday 31st of August 2019 05:59:10 PM Filed under
The release of Ubuntu Linux 19.10 edges ever closer, with an expected Beta release landing on September 26 ahead of the planned October 17 launch. Here's a brief rundown of what to expect, and a few features that might make it worth the upgrade from versions 18.10 or 19.04.
As always Ubuntu 19.10 will introduce the usual minor interface and software tweaks, but there are some highlights I'm seriously looking forward to, such as flicker-free boot for Intel users, similar to what you see today in Fedora 30.
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Linux Lite 4.6 Final Released
Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Saturday 31st of August 2019 05:58:40 PM Filed under

Linux Lite 4.6 Final is now available for download and install.
This release has a number of changes.
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Linux driver patches hint at AMD Renoir to support LPDDR4X memory
Submitted by Rianne Schestowitz on Saturday 31st of August 2019 05:49:55 PM Filed under

Great news this weekend for APU fans out there – while the AMD Navi GPUs and Ryzen 3rd generation chips are currently taking over the computing world, it doesn’t mean that the company has forgotten about its integrated graphics users.
In a recent report by Tom’s Hardware, it looks like AMD’s next generation APU (Accelerated Processing Unit) might come with LPDDR4X-4266 memory support. If true, this means that AMD Renoir will have a higher maximum data rate than AMD Picasso.
Also: AMD Has A Number Of Graphics Driver Fixes To Add For Linux 5.4
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Best Free And Open Source Photoshop Alternatives
Photoshop is quite synonymous with Graphics design nowadays, but it is not the only king in the room. Photoshop doesn’t come with a friendly interface for beginners. No doubt photoshop offers you freedom of using features quite independently, but everything comes at a cost.
There are some other options too that are worth considering for users who are looking for open source and free photoshop alternatives. These free and open source photoshop alternatives are not only useful for beginners but also useful for professionals who are thinking of switching from photoshop. And the good thing is that these free applications make no compromise with the quality of work.
So, what to do if you are a bit tight on budget and want to learn to design without paying the monthly subscription as in Photoshop. Well, I have prepared a list of free and open-source applications like photoshop to create awesome designs without compromising quality.
| RSS Guard Is A Qt Desktop RSS Feed Reader With Support For Syncing With Feedly, Google Reader API, More
RSS Guard is a free and open source Qt RSS feed reader for Microsoft Windows, Linux and macOS. The application can synchronize with services like Tiny Tiny RSS, Inoreader, Nextcloud News, and with the latest 3.9.0 version released today, Feedly and services supporting the Google Reader API (The Old Reader, Bazqux, Reedah, FreshRSS, etc.).
The application supports RSS / RDF / ATOM / JSON feed formats, as well as podcasts using RSS / ATOM / JSON. Besides syncing with the online services mentioned above via plugins, RSS Guard can also add feeds locally, with support for importing and exporting feeds to/from OPML 2.0.
The user interface is highly customizable, allowing users to hide various elements, add or remove buttons to/from the toolbar, and even use a vertical or horizontal layout (with the latter being great for ultrawide screens). A full screen mode is also included.
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| GhostBSD Review: Simple and Lightweight
Because there are so many different options out there for your free and open-source operating system, it can be hard to figure out what the best option is for you. Sifting between Linux distros is difficult – Debian and its derivatives, Ubuntu and its derivatives, Fedora, Arch, openSUSE, the list goes on. However, what if the best choice for you isn’t actually technically Linux? Here we review GhostBSD, a FreeBSD-based Unix OS designed for a simple desktop experience, to see if it’s the right fit for you.
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The applications that are installed are all necessary. It’s exactly what you might expect to find in your typical lean open-source desktop OS configuration, with no frills and just the essential applications.
There is not much to remark on with the user experience – it is a very simple and friendly version of the MATE desktop that’s designed to be light on system resources and simple to use. Overall, I think there is no way you could go wrong.
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