On May 27, 1959, MIT retired the Whirlwind computer, a groundbreaking machine famous for pioneering real-time computing and magnetic core memory.While it is a proprietary piece of hardware, Flexbar can be a nice addition to your Linux setup.
- Do a fresh installation of Ubuntu 24.04 LTS to get the latest packages.
- Upgrade to Ubuntu 22.04 LTS from your existing 20.04 installation, keeping your files intact.
- Opt for Ubuntu Pro, which will ensure you get essential security patches until 2030 but no new software.
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- A new Linux kernel release.
- File permission in Linux.
- GNU Taler payment system being approved for Swiss use.
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In Xfce, you can use the panel item “Directory Menu” to get quick access to files from anywhere. This is like the Places extension in GNOME, but better.
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I tried Microsoft’s new terminal editor on Linux! I hate to admit it but I liked what I saw here. This is an excellent approach. I wonder why Linux didn’t have something like this before. See it in action 👇
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Important thing first. Ubuntu 20.04 LTS version will be reaching its end of life on 31st May. It was released in April 2020 and had a standard support of five years.
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Share it with your Linux-using friends and encourage them to subscribe (hint: it’s here).Time to plan your update.Carmen from Mission Libre has started a petition to get Qualcomm to release fully-free drivers for their in-production chipsets. If the petition is signed by 5,000 people, a hardcopy of the petition and signatures will be mailed to Qualcomm’s head office. We can get 5,000 signatures, can’t we?In the configuration menu for it, provide the file extension in the following format *.txt;*.jsonc as shown in the screenshot above to access the files quickly. Clicking on those files opens it in the default app.ProFOSSer Sheila is having an issue with MX Linux, can you help?
