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Programming Snapshot – Zsh and Go
When typing in the shell, Mike Schilli would like a function that offers recently modified files in a terminal user interface and builds them into his commands. The Z shell and two Go programs do the trick.
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Pico Pi Parade
The Pi Pico chips are pretty cheap, which has made them hugely popular with hobbyists. This overview helps you decide which of these tiny computers to pick for your project.
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Distro Zoo – Lightweight OSes
Nate explores FunOS 25.10, Peppermint OS 2025年10月12日, Clonezilla Live 3.3.0-33, and Voyager Live 25.10.
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One Card, Many Systems
SD cards are getting larger and cheaper all the time – why not share a card between two operating systems for the Raspberry Pi? The PINN OS installer lets you automate the process.
News and Articles
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Parrot OS Switches to KDE Plasma Desktop
Yet another distro is making the move to the KDE Plasma desktop.
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TUXEDO Announces Gemini 17
TUXEDO Computers has released the fourth generation of its Gemini laptop with plenty of updates.
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Simply Moving
With the right tool and a bit of artistic talent, you can create two-dimensional cartoons, even without Flash. In this article, we present four animation programs and look at how well they perform in practice.
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Remote Control
Putting all virtualization tasks on a separate server saves significant resources on the client. phpVirtualBox makes it possible to create, configure, manage, and use remote VMs in a browser window.
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XML Anxiety
XML security problems are numerous, but you can take steps to limit your exposure – or you can use a different standard.
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SmartSearch
Even state-of-the-art computers need to use clever methods to process ever-increasing amounts of document data. The open source Lucene framework uses inverted indexing for fast searches of document collections.
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USB Fiddle Stickery
USB sticks and SD cards quickly lose their value, but if a script distributes the data across several such devices, flash memory is still useful as a fast and shockproof backup medium despite limited capacity.
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JustBefore 5
KDE SC 4.10 was released six months after KDE 4.9, adding many new features. In the background, work is in full swing for the next generation, KDE Frameworks 5: a KDE based completely on Qt5 and QML.
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Due Processes
The mysterious /proc virtual filesystem is a rich mine of information about everything in your system.
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X-rayed
Dynamic resource allocation and migration of virtual machines between hosts mean that VMware environments pose new monitoring challenges. A new version of the free OpenNMS network management tool now includes an option for monitoring VMware-based infrastructures.
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