Before starting the guide, I’ll like to share my scenario with you when I was a neophyte in Linux.

One day I have installed a telegram application from the archive file. The problem was that whenever I need to open the telegram, I need to go to the directory where I have kept the telegram file and start the applications that were too frustrating every time I need to that.

Thanks to the Beloved Linux community, I have solved the so-called problem, not exactly the problem.

• SmartThings integration with Nest, Android Auto starts rolling out

• Unlocked, T-Mobile, and Verizon Galaxy S20 FE now receiving Android 11-based One UI 3 update

• Android 11 begins rolling out for TCL 10L

• Vivo Y20G with MediaTek Helio G80, Android 11 launched in India

• Samsung starts rolling out Android Auto support for SmartThings

• Samsung SmartThings app arrives on Android Auto for the first time

• Best Hyperlocal Weather Forecasts for Android and iPhone

• Bless Mobile Now Accepting Pre-registrations for Android and iOS

• MediaKind launches Mediaroom Play for Android TV

• Google May Soon Require AV1 Codec On New Android TV Devices

• How to enable enhanced randomize MAC addresses on Android

Today, the Krita team ihas released Krita 4.4.2. With over 300 changes, this is mainly a bugfix release, though some key new features, too!

Sharaf Zaman’s Google Summer of Code project has landed in this release! Compatible with Inkscape, Krita now provides the second independent implementation of SVG Mesh Gradients. Mesh gradients are used on vector objects and can deliver really natural looking results...

Also: Krita 4.4.2 Released with New Tools, Brushes, and Halftone Filter

For those wondering how the likes of the XanMod and Liquorix kernel spins are competing these days with the mainline Linux kernel, here are some fresh benchmarks looking at these popular derivatives of the Linux kernel. XanMod in particular atop Ubuntu can easily help squeeze extra performance out of the system as shown by these benchmarks on an AMD Ryzen 9 5900X desktop.

The Liquorix kernel patches the Linux kernel with the MuQSS scheduler, high resolution scheduling, hard kernel preemption, BFQ I/O scheduler, and other tuning to help with the system responsiveness and throughput. More details on the Liquorix changes can be found at Liquorix.net.

XanMod is another popular kernel flavor with enthusiasts. XanMod carries some of the same patches as Liquorix along with various networking patches, the CacULE scheduler, and many other additional patches. More details on it can be found at XanMod.org.

Reconnaissance or Information Gathering is the first step in any penetration test. It is an essential part of the process. Starting a penetration test without a decent recon is like going to a war without knowing where and who you are fighting. As always, there is a world of amazing recon tools apart from the ones above. All thanks to an amazing open-source and cybersecurity community!

It is seconded by the release of AWS UI, which the company describes as “a collection of React components that help create intuitive, responsive, and accessible user experiences for web applications."

While AWS doesn’t create client applications, its embrace of React and this move towards what it describes as a “new open source design system” is perhaps done with the purpose of easing access to its services.

It’s argued that switching to a new open source, platform-agnostic design methodology will surely make AWS services easier to consume and increase their adoption.

Packed with more than 300 changes that includes numerous bug fixes and improvements, Krita 4.4.2 is here to make your digital painting experience more enjoyable by also introducing some key new features, such as support for SVG-based Mesh gradients that’s also compatibility with the popular Inkscape SVG editor.

In addition to Mesh gradients, which can be used on vector objects, Krita 4.4.2 also introduces support for Mesh transforms, which supports complex transformations to give a speed boost to your concept. The Mesh transform feature can also be used to create precise transforms and it appears to be very useful for rounded objects.

Wine is an open-source application that acts as a compatibility layer to run Windows programs in Unix-like operating systems such as Linux, FreeBSD, etc. It is capable of converting the Windows system calls to POSIX calls used by Linux systems. This guide explains how to install Wine 6.0 on the Ubuntu 20.04 LTS focal fossa.

[Tel-Aviv, Israel, January 19, 2021] Variscite is pleased to announce the broad market launch of VAR-SOM-MX8M-PLUS and DART-MX8M-PLUS with the latest i.MX 8M Plus production silicon from NXP.

• 10 Best Hacking Apps for Android

• 3 Ways to Make GIFs from Video & Screen Recording on Android & iOS

• 8 Best VPNs for Android TV (Free and Paid)

• How to Run GeForce Now on Android TV

• How To Share Files Instantly to Any Android Phone Via Nearby Share, Android's AirDrop Rival

• TCL 10L finally receives Android 11 OS update

• Huawei P50 Pro may run on EMUI with Android 11, not HarmonyOS

• Samsung kicks off its Android 11 updates for the Galaxy Tab S7 family with a nice twist

• Galaxy S10 and Note 10 are not the only Samsung phones getting Android 11 this month

• Android 12 could let you hibernate apps, and we now know more about the feature

• OnePlus Nord N10 5G Gets January 2021 Security Patch With OxygenOS 10.5.9 Update

• [Working] 7 Fixes For Delayed Notifications on Your Android Phone

• Apple May Finally Bring Fingerprint Scanner Back On iPhones That Android Has Been Using For Years

• Nokia 5.4, Nokia 6.2, Nokia 7.2 Start Receiving Android Security Patch: Report

• Review: vivo Y70 faces a fight in a crowded Android field

If you’re a fan of terminal emulators, Terminology is one of the most appealing and functional out there. With version 1.9, the app received various under-the-hood improvements to work better with the Debian GNU/Linux operating system and any distribution based on it.

Terminology 1.9 also introduces the `ability to search fonts in the fonts panel in case you’re not satisfied with the default one, as well as a bunch of new color schemes, including Belafonte Day, Belafonte Night, Cobalt2, Dracula, Fahrenheit, Material, One Dark, PaleNight, Soft Era, Tango Dark, Tango Light, and Tomorrow Night Burns.

The login shell is the first process that is executed with your user ID when you log into an interactive session.

This may seem simple at the surface but if you dig deep, it could get confusing a bit. To understand, let's see revisit the login process in Linux systems.

Linux is a multi-user system where multiple users can log in and use the system at the same time.

The first process in a Linux system, be it init or systemd, starts a getty program. This getty, short for 'get tty' (tty denotes physical or virtual terminals), is responsible for protecting the system from unauthorized access.

Text editors can be used for writing code, editing text files such as configuration files, creating user instruction files, and many more. In Linux, text editors are of two kinds that is the graphical user interface (GUI) and command-line text editors (console or terminal).

In this article, I am taking a look at some of the best 21 open-source commonly used text editors in Linux on both servers and desktops.

This is for Trisquel users who have Android or Apple phones. This tutorial explains how to share files between your desktop and your phone via wireless or cable without using KDE Connect. This 'magic' is called Syncthing -- a cross platform app. It is an easy and quick app to transfer your photos and everything between devices just like the proprietary software SHAREit but with privacy and security for you. I have made similar guide before (see here) but for Trisquel 9 it is a little different so this is for you. Now let's start sharing!

Ventoy is a top-rated free and open-source utility to create a multiboot USB stick from ISO files. I use it regularly, and highly recommend you to use.

Recently I covered on how you can create a bootable USB stick using Baleno Etcher. This time I will guide you how easily you can create a multiboot USB stick by just doing copy-paste ISO file to your USB device.

• Google is pushing Android TV hardware-makers to adopt the AV1 codec in 2021

• Google may require AV1 codec support on all new Android TV devices

• Samsung SmartThings is now available on Android Auto [Update]

• 15 Samsung smartphones will soon get OneUI 3.1 based on Android 11

• Samsung Galaxy Z Fold2 is now receiving Android 11 in the US

• TCL 10L starts receiving the promised Android 11 update

• Sony Xperia 1 and Xperia 5 Owners Get Android 11 Upgrade Early

• Ongoing Android 11 issue seems to ignore game controller input

• Android's upcoming Hibernation feature will reduce the size of apps you are not using

• How to Flip an Image on Android

• WordPress for Android Previews New Story Posts Feature, Now in Public Beta

• Links 18/1/2021: GNU Radio 3.9, Wikipedia at 20
• InteLeaks – Part XIX: Intel's Web 'Experts' Seen as Microsoft Champions Dealing With the Platform Microsoft is Looking to Destroy
• Adding Images as Characters to the Daily Bulletins of Techrights
• Links 18/1/2021: Weekly Summaries and Linux 5.11 RC4
• IRC Proceedings: Sunday, January 17, 2021
• The Oligarchs' Parties Will Never Choose the Side of Software Freedom Because Free Software Cannot Bribe Officials

• Meetup Will Discuss Survey Results, Project Improvements

  The openSUSE Project welcomes our followers to participate in two planned meetups to discuss results from the End of the Year Community Survey on Jan. 23 and Jan. 30.

  Both sessions will start at 13:00 UTC on openSUSE’s Jitsi instance and go for 1:30 hours.

  Members of the “let’s improve the openSUSE learning experience” initiative will share results and analysis from the survey.

• LF‌ ‌Edge‌ ‌Adds‌ ‌New‌ ‌Members‌

  LF Edge has announced the addition of four new general members (FII, HCL, OpenNebula, and Robin.io) and one new Associate member (Shanghai Open Source Information Technology Association).

  Additionally, Home Edge has released its third platform update with new Data Storage and Mult-NAT Edge Device Communications (MNDEC) features.

• Text Encoding Menu in 2021

  In mid-January 2021, the Text Encoding menu in Firefox looks like this:
  Automatic
  Unicode
  Western
  Arabic (Windows)
  Arabic (ISO)
  Baltic (Windows)
  Baltic (ISO)
  Central European (Windows)
  Central European (ISO)
  Chinese, Simplified
  Chinese, Traditional
  Cyrillic (Windows)
  Cyrillic (KOI8-U)
  Cyrillic (KOI8-R)
  Cyrillic (ISO)
  Cyrillic (DOS)
  Greek (Windows)
  Greek (ISO)
  Hebrew, Visual
  Hebrew
  Japanese
  Korean
  Thai
  Turkish
  Vietnamese

  [...]

  For users who have telemetry enabled, we collect data about whether the item “Automatic” was used at least once in given Firefox subsession, whether an item other than “Automatic” was used at least once in a given Firefox subsession, and a characterization of how the encoding that is being overridden was determined (from HTTP, from meta, from chardetng running without the user triggering it, from chardetng as triggered by the user by having chosen “Automatic” previously, etc.). If things go well, the telemetry can be analyzed when Firefox 87 is released (i.e. when 86 has spent its time on the release channel). The current expectation for this is 2021-03-23.

• Wikipedia is twenty. It’s time to start covering it better. - Columbia Journalism Review

• Jimmy Wales: “Wikipedia is from a different era”

  As the online encyclopedia turns 20-years-old, its founder reflects on the internet’s halcyon days.

• Fact check: As Wikipedia turns 20, how credible is it?

  Wikipedia, which has been referred to as a world treasure, turns 20 on Friday. According to research conducted over the years — including a scientific study published by the journal Nature in 2005 and a report commissioned by the site's Wikimedia Foundation in 2012 — Wikipedia's entries are comparable in quality to those in prestigious encyclopedias such as Britannica. However, it is difficult to measure the consistency of information that can be altered at any time.

• Odin is finally pleased so the open-world survival game Valheim releases on February 2 | GamingOnLinux

  Odin has finally had enough sacrifices and shall be releasing Valheim from Iron Gate AB will enter Early Access with Linux and Windows support on February 2.

  What is it? A brutal multiplayer exploration and survival game set in a procedurally-generated purgatory inspired by viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage! With low-poly artwork and a very flexible building system it looks absolutely brilliant. The early builds they had available were seriously promising back in 2018 so I'm personally excited to see how far they've progress with it in that time.

• Ravgeet Dhillon: Offline Toast notification in Nuxt/Vue app

  We have often seen apps telling us that “You are offline. Check your network status.”. It is not only convenient to do so but adds to a great UX. In this blog, we will look at how can we display a toast notification in a Nuxt/Vue app whenever the user goes offline or online. This will also help us to understand how to use computed and watch properties together.

  [...]

  Hurray! Our toast notifications are working perfectly fine. So using the combined magic of computed and watch properties, we can create outstanding workflows and take our Nuxt/Vue app to next level. If you any doubts or appreciation for our team, let us know in the comments below. We would be happy to assist you.

• Stephen Michael Kellat: Leveraging LaTeX In This Time

  From time to time I like to bring up fun adventures in LaTeX. In these stranges times in the United States it is important to look at somewhat practical applications beyond the normal reports and formal papers most people think of. With a Minimum Working Example we can mostly look at an idea.

  The Comprehensive TeX Archive Network has a package known as newspaper which is effectively subject to nominative determinism. You can make things with it that look like newspapers out of the 1940s-1960s in terms of layout. The page on CTAN shows nice examples of its use and provides a nice story as to why the package was created.

  The example source file on CTAN has a bug in it, though. We're going to make a new one based on it. I am also going to add but not yet utilize the markdown package to the example.

• 2021.03 Course Topped – Rakudo Weekly News

  The course of the Raku Programming Language by Andrew Shitov made it to the top 20 of Hacker News and spurred quite a few comments. The first associated Grant Report was also published.

• GCC 11 Is On The Final Stage Of Development With 60+ High Priority Regressions - Phoronix

  GCC 11 entered its final stage of development today as it works towards releasing around the end of Q1 / early Q2 if their past cadence holds up. Before GCC 11.1 can debut as the first stable version, there are some 60+ "P1" high priority regressions that need to be resolved or otherwise demoted to lesser priority regressions.

  GCC 11 release manager Richard Biener this morning announced GCC 11 is now in stage four development meaning only regression fixes and documentation fixes are allowed. As of this morning the code-base is at 62 P1 regressions, another 334 P2 regressions, 35 P3 regressions, and more than 200 regressions of the lower P4/P5 status.

• Xtra-PC Reviews – Best Linux USB-Stick? - Product Review by Rick Finn

  The Xtra-PC Linux USB-Stick might be your solution if you have problems with your old and slow PC. It's a small flash drive stick and it's using Linux OS to boost you PC's operations. Check out now.

• Arduino Blog » Old keyboard turned into a new children’s learning toy

  Peter Turczak’s toddler son loves “technical stuff,” especially things like keyboards and computers that adults use. After discussing this with other likeminded technical parents, the idea of giving new life to an old (PS/2 or AT) keyboard as a teaching tool was hatched.

• SiFive Helping To Teach Kids Programming With RISC-V HiFive Inventor Coding Kit

  SiFive in cooperation with Tynker and BBC Learning have launched a Doctor Who themed HiFive Inventor Coding Kit. This Initial HiFive Inventor Coding Kit is intended to help kids as young as seven years of age get involved with computer programming through a variety of fun exercises and challenges involving the RISC-V powered mini computer and related peripherals like LED lighting and speaker control.

  [...]

  So for those looking to get their kids involved with computer programming and looking for an IoT-type device with some fun sensors and various themed exercises to get them experimenting, the HiFive Inventor Coding Kit is worth looking into further. More details on the programming platform can be found via Tynker.com and on the hardware at HiFiveInventor.com. The HiFive Inventor Kit is available from Amazon.com and other Internet retailers for $75 USD.