today's howtos

• Install GitLab on Ubuntu 20.04

• Mirror Your Android Device Inside your PC with Scrcpy

• Install Postfix on Ubuntu 20.04

• Zato and Docker installation options - general overview

• Install MySQL Workbench on Ubuntu 20.04

• The global Git config file's key settings and usages

• Install PHP MyAdmin on Ubuntu 20.04

• Create Animated Wallpapers on Ubuntu Linux Using Komorebi!

• Install SQLite browser in Ubuntu 20.04

• Download Pictures by Amateur Radio from the International Space Station

• How to Install Proxmox on Odyssey x86 Mini Computer

• A Shell? A Programming Language? Relax! It's Both!

• Install Anaconda Python on Ubuntu 20.04

• GoAccess 1.4, a detailed tutorial

Kernel: Linux Plumbers and New in Linux 5.9

• Linux Plumbers currently sold out

  Linux Plumbers is currently sold out of regular registration tickets. Although the conference is virtual this year our virtual platform cannot support an unlimited number of attendees, hence the cap on registration. We are currently reviewing our capacity limits to see if we can allow more people to attend without over burdening the virtual platform and potentially preventing discussion. We will make another announcement next week regarding registration.

• Linux 5.9 Supports A Lot Of New Audio Hardware, Intel Silent Stream Added

  The Linux kernel continues supporting a lot more audio devices and much more punctual than a decade or two ago.

• Linux 5.9 Networking Changes Are As Active As Ever

  Each kernel cycle the networking subsystem sees a lot of churn given the importance of network interconnect performance and reliability especially in high performance computing environments where Linux dominates.

5 of the Best Linux Laptops in 2020

If you’re shopping for a laptop and know you’re planning to run Linux, you can either get any laptop, reformat the hard drive and install your favorite Linux distro on it or just get a laptop that is running Linux right out of the box. Here are some of the best Linux laptops you can get in 2020. [...] These all come preloaded with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, which is a solid base for any of the various flavors or just vanilla Ubuntu. Many of the drivers have been contributed upstream by Dell, so many distros that use newer kernels should be able to take full advantage of the Killer Wi-Fi cards and Intel Iris Plus Graphics. [...] Pine64 has been in the news often for its Pinephone, but the Pinebook Pro is another great product from them. It’s a 14” ARM laptop that weighs less than 3 lbs/1.5 KG and sips power. It’s a great little machine that helps to push Linux forward on the ARM platform and comes in just under $200.

Richard Stallman: A Discussion on Freedom, Privacy & Cryptocurrencies

Dr. Richard Stallman is well-known for his free software movement activism. His speeches and work revolve around a term: freedom. And it is precisely that word that prompted Stallman to launch the GNU Project, founding the Free Software Foundation and releasing the GNU General Public License, among other projects, to promote the free software concept. RMS, as Dr. Stallman is also known, has some opinions regarding the concept of cryptocurrencies that have been widely discussed within the crypto community.