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    A Nifty Way To Access Linux Memory/RAM Information

    Hi everyone! Hope you're all having a nice life! :) I just bumped into this and found it quite interesting, so I thought I'd share here: Extract: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-DIMM-Details-As-Root
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    Some memory RAM compatibility issue. Is this bad?

    Hi everyone! Hope you're having a nice life! :) In a computer here, there is some memory RAM compatibility issue when using a specific set-up. Thing is, there are 16 GiB of RAM available: 1x 8 GiB (G.Skill) and 2x4 GiB (Crucial ballistix) = 16. MOBO is an ASUS p8h67-m pro running latest BIOS...
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    The things you see

    Hi, everyone! Hope you're all having a nice life! Just for fun: LOL
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    Solved Translation, please.(Help with a procedure)

    Hi, everyone! Hope you're all having a nice life! :) So, I've been trying to do this https://www.computerbytes.co.nz/blog/unbricking-a-tp-link-router/ (instructions function as a TP-Link firmware recovery utility, for when your TP-Link router is bricked) for the last couple of days, but I'm lost...
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    KDE for Scientists

    Hi, everyone! Hope you're all having a nice life! :) So, I saw this and thought I'd share: https://kde.org/for/scientists/?fbclid=IwAR0DiBNFSVxXdoTCatVc7nBfbZ72xhhqI_8GPO8AxSaWTIz6iHiqeyn2B0I
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    Flathub Plans to Evolve as the Universal Linux App Store

    Hi, everyone! Hope you're all having a nice life! :) I just bumped into this while checking my feed: https://news.itsfoss.com/flathub-app-store-plans/ An excerpt: I think it's a good idea, as long as we still have a choice. I don't use and don't really like Flatpaks, but I recognize this might...
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    Linux's SystemV Filesystem Support Being Orphaned

    Hi, everyone! Hope you're all having a nice life! :) I just bumped into while checking my feed: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-SysV-File-System-Orphan An excerpt: I'm not sure tho if they're talking about whole SysV init system or just some part of it.
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    KDE Plasma desktop just rocks!

    Hi, everyone! I know, I know, to each their own, nonetheless, KDE Plasma desktop just rocks! :) The new release 5.27 (the last one in the 5 series) brings some new features and many fixes. Now, if you press Meta (windows, start) Key + T, you'll be presented with a menu to tile windows...
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    Updates from inside GTK

    Hi, everyone! Hope you're all having a nice life! :) I just bumped into this while checking my feed, thought some of you here might find it interesting: https://blog.gtk.org/2023/02/09/updates-from-inside-gtk/
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    KDE Introduces Fedora Kinoite Nightly for Developers

    Hi, everyone! Hope you're all having a nice life! :) I just bumped into this while checking my feed: https://debugpointnews.com/fedora-kinoite-nightly/ An excerpt: I use KDE Neon Testing, and I think I'm gonna give this a try in a VM and see how it goes. :D
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    Distrowatch down?

    Hi, everyone! Hope you're all having a nice life! :) Distrowatch has been down for over a week. Does anyone know anything?
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    Case Modding; custom modded pc case.

    Hi, everyone! Hope you're all having a nice! :) Was watching some videos and looking at some pics of "case modding"; that is, modify/create a pc case and make it something completely different from what we know. Some of the ones I saw look amazing, don't know about functionality, but they sure...
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    Fedora Linux Disabling Mesa's H.264 / H.265 / VC1 VA-API Support Over Legal Concerns

    Hi, everyone! Hope you're all having a nice life! :) Just bumped into this https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-Disable-Bad-VA-API while checking my feed, and thought I'd share here. An excerpt:
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    Where Did the Internet Really Come From?

    Hi, everyone! Hope you're all having a nice life! :) I just bumped into this while checking my feed: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/09/12/0312233/where-did-the-internet-really-come-from An excerpt:
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    Query cheat.sh from the terminal. A quick access cheat sheet for a range of linux commands!

    Hi, everyone! Hope you're all having a nice life! :) $ curl cheat.sh/<comamnd-to-search> Example: $ curl cheat.sh/rsync cheat:rsync # To copy files from remote to local, maintaining file properties and sym-links # (-a), zipping for faster transfer (-z), verbose (-v): rsync -avz host:file1...
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    Turn your Python script into a command-line application

    Hi, everyone! Hope you're all having a nice life! :) So, I just bumped into this while checking my feed https://opensource.com/article/22/7/bootstrap-python-command-line-application and thought I'd share here. An excerpt:
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    Deprecated Linux Commands You Should Not Use Anymore (And Their Alternatives)

    Hi, everyone! Hope you're all having a nice life! :) I just bumped into this while checking my feed https://itsfoss.com/deprecated-linux-commands/ and thought I'd share here. An excerpt:
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    Using/Creating a custom preseed.cfg file.

    Hi, everyone! Hope you're all having a nice life! :) So, I've been reading here https://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Preseed and still confused on how this exactly works. What I'd like to do is create a custom preseed.cfg file to include in a netinstall.iso, so it installs all the pkgs I...
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    Microsoft To Charge For Available Open Source Software In Microsoft Store

    Hi, everyone! Hope you're all having a nice life! :) Found this while checking my feed https://www.opensourceforu.com/2022/06/microsoft-to-charge-for-available-open-source-software-in-microsoft-store/ An excerpt: Funny to see Krita there given the fact that it is freely available on its...
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    Is there a maximum size for Windows clipboard data?

    Hi, everyone! Hope you're all having a nice life! :) I just bumped into this post while checking my feed https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20220608-00/?p=106727 Found it a good read and thought of sharing here. An excerpt:
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