today's howtos

• A Guide to Setting up Laravel in Ubuntu

• How to Install Ubuntu MATE 20.04 LTS on VMware Workstation

• How to install Kdenlive 20.08 on Deepin 20

• Introducing plocate

• 10+ Linux VI commands with examples

• Reboot Command in Linux with examples

• A look at teensysync | BASH scripts with case menus

• Ubuntu 20.04 Server Setup VLOG | Running a server on an Asus Eee PC Netbook

• BASH Script to put Files In the Trash

• How to Get Last Modified Date of File in Linux

Review: Linuxfx 10.6

The Linuxfx distribution, which is sometimes referred to as "Windowsfx" on the project's website and in various applications, is based on Linux Mint and appears to one have overarching goal: to look and act as much like Microsoft Windows 10 as possible. The distribution does this by adjusting the desktop, theme, icons, and settings panel to look as much like Microsoft's operating system as possible. The project then adds in WINE, a virtual assistant application, and adjusts application launchers to resemble those used by Windows. Under the hood though Linuxfx is still very much running Linux Mint packages as its base with the Cinnamon desktop environment. I was surprised to find the distribution's recent stable release, 10.5, has been removed from the project's download mirrors. The only edition available to me was a new version labablled 10.6 which runs on 64-bit (x86_64) machines exclusively. The download for this live media is 3.8GB in size. Note: Following writing this review, just before publication, the Linuxfx team removed the free downloads for version 10.6 (and earlier versions of the distribution) from their website. The distribution is now a commercial offering.

LibreOffice 10th Anniversary

Today is LibreOffice 10th Anniversary: it is a significant achievement for the project, and a date to remember for all community members. We have created a video based on pictures of community members and a few events, in two versions: a long one, for blogs and websites, and a short version for social media.

Linux 5.9 RC7

• Linux 5.9-rc7

  So we finally have all the issues I know about sorted out - the fix
  for the VM issue I mentioned in the rc6 announcement is here, as is
  the fix for the slab corruption issue that was separately discussed,
  along with another silly page locking bug one-liner fix.
  
  But while I do now know of any remaining gating issues any more, the
  fixes came in fairly late. So unless I feel insanely optimistic and/or
  a burning bush tells me that everything is bug-free, my plan right now
  is that I'll do another rc next Sunday rather than the final 5.9
  release. And btw, please no more burning bushes. We're kind of
  sensitive about those on the West coast right now.
  
  Anyway, while the MM side is what kept me on my toes last week, most
  of the changes here are actually drivers and networking. And
  networking drivers. With a small smattering of documentation and
  filesystem fixes and other noise thrown in.
  
  Shortlog appended, but what I really hope you all will do is to give
  it a nice good testing. One extra week or rc kernels will help, but
  only if people actually try this out.
  
  So.. Please?
  
                Linus
  

• Kernel prepatch 5.9-rc7

  The 5.9-rc7 kernel prepatch is out for testing. "But while I do now know of any remaining gating issues any more, the fixes came in fairly late. So unless I feel insanely optimistic and/or a burning bush tells me that everything is bug-free, my plan right now is that I'll do another rc next Sunday rather than the final 5.9 release. And btw, please no more burning bushes. We're kind of sensitive about those on the West coast right now."

• Linux 5.9 Stable Expected In Two Weeks, But For Now Is Linux 5.9-rc7

  Linus Torvalds just released Linux 5.9-rc7 as the newest weekly test candidate for Linux 5.9. Due to the regressions encountered this cycle and prominent issues being resolved late, he's looking at releasing Linux 5.9 in two weeks time rather than next week.