• LINUX TODAY 07-JAN25

    From LU9DCE@4:902/6 to WW on Tue Jan 7 05:00:42 2025

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    HERE’S THE MOST POPULAR DATABASES FOR 2024

    DB-ENGINES PUBLISHES THE 2024 DATABASE POPULARITY STATS. SEE THE LEADING PLATFORMS IN DATA MANAGEMENT FOR THE PAST YEAR.
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    ALTERNATIVES TO POPULAR CLI TOOLS: HISTORY

    HISTORY IS A COMMAND WHICH DISPLAYS OR MANIPULATES THE HISTORY LIST. WE RECOMMEND ALTERNATIVES TO THIS COMMAND.
    THE POST ALTERNATIVES TO POPULAR CLI TOOLS: HISTORY APPEARED FIRST ON LINUX TODAY.

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    HOW TO INSTALL VIRTUALBOX 7.1 ON LINUX MINT 22

    WANT TO RUN VIRTUAL MACHINES ON LINUX MINT 22? LEARN HOW TO INSTALL VIRTUALBOX 7.1 WITH OUR STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE, AND START CREATING VMS WITH EASE TODAY.
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    KEEP-ALIVE: PREVENT YOUR COMPUTER FROM SLEEPING ON LINUX, MACOS AND WINDOWS

    IS YOUR COMPUTER GOING TO SLEEP IN THE MIDDLE OF DOWNLOADS OR UPDATES? MEET KEEP-ALIVE, A LIGHTWEIGHT TOOL DESIGNED TO KEEP YOUR SYSTEM AWAKE.
    THE POST KEEP-ALIVE: PREVENT YOUR COMPUTER FROM SLEEPING ON LINUX, MACOS AND WINDOWS APPEARED FIRST ON LINUX TODAY.

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    LINUXIAC WEEKLY WRAP-UP: WEEK 1 (DEC 30 – JAN 5, 2025)

    CATCH UP ON THE LATEST LINUX NEWS: CHIMERA LINUX, NOBARA 41, SPARKY 7.6 RELEASES, DEBIAN 13 ALPHA INSTALLER, PLASMA 6.2.5, FISH SHELL IN RUST, & MORE. THE POST LINUXIAC WEEKLY WRAP-UP: WEEK 1 (DEC 30 – JAN 5, 2025) APPEARED FIRST ON LINUX TODAY.

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    ‘EVERYTHING OPEN’ IS REINVENTING OPEN CONFERENCING IN POST PANDEMIC OZ

    ALTHOUGH IT APPEARS THAT AFTER A 22-YEAR RUN THAT LINUX.CONF.AU IS NOW A THING OF THE PAST, THE FOLKS WHO BROUGHT IT TO YOU HAVE LAUNCHED A NEW CONFERENCE THAT’S ABOUT… WELL, EVERYTHING OPEN.
    THE POST ‘EVERYTHING OPEN’ IS REINVENTING OPEN CONFERENCING IN POST PANDEMIC OZ APPEARED FIRST ON LINUX TODAY.

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    FISH SHELL 4.0: RUST IS COMING

    TWO YEARS, 57K LINES OF C++, NOW 75K LINES OF RUST. FISH SHELL 4.0 BETA HAS BEEN ENTIRELY REWRITTEN IN THE RUST PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE.
    THE POST FISH SHELL 4.0: RUST IS COMING APPEARED FIRST ON LINUX TODAY.

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    [FIXED] PKG-CONFIG SCRIPT COULD NOT BE FOUND IN LINUX

    LEARN ABOUT THE PKG-CONFIG TOOL, HOW TO INSTALL IT ON LINUX, AND HOW TO USE IT WHEN COMPILING THE PROGRAM FROM SOURCE CODE.
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    MOZILLA FIREFOX 134 IS OUT WITH SUPPORT FOR TOUCHPAD HOLD GESTURES ON LINUX

    THE BIGGEST CHANGE IN MOZILLA FIREFOX 134 FOR LINUX USERS IS SUPPORT FOR TOUCHPAD HOLD GESTURES, ALLOWING USERS TO INTERRUPT KINETIC (MOMENTUM) SCROLLING BY PLACING TWO FINGERS ON THE TOUCHPAD. THIS FEATURE WAS INITIALLY PLANNED FOR FIREFOX 133. USERS CAN DISABLE OR ENABLE THIS FEATURE IN ABOUT:CONFIG BY SETTING APZ.GTK.TOUCHPAD_HOLD.ENABLED TO TRUE OR FALSE.
    THE POST MOZILLA FIREFOX 134 IS OUT WITH SUPPORT FOR TOUCHPAD HOLD GESTURES ON LINUX APPEARED FIRST ON LINUX TODAY.

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    NORKA: A LIGHTWEIGHT TEXT EDITOR AND BEST ALTERNATIVE TO GEDIT

    NORKA IS A LIGHTWEIGHT TEXT EDITOR AND THE BEST ALTERNATIVE TO GEDIT, WHERE
    YOU CAN WRITE YOUR THOUGHTS WITHOUT WORRYING ABOUT SAVING THEM.
    THE POST NORKA: A LIGHTWEIGHT TEXT EDITOR AND BEST ALTERNATIVE TO GEDIT APPEARED FIRST ON LINUX TODAY.

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