Vancouver Linux Users Group
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Create and Connect to an NFS Share
If you need faster copy and write speeds than you’re finding with Samba, NFS is a great option. Just remember that NFS isn’t quite as flexible as Samba. NFS stands for Network File System and is yet another way to share directories over a network. NFS has been around since the mid-80s and although it’s…
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Steam on ARM64 Linux and Android?
Valve appear to be testing ARM64 and Android support for Steam on Linux Valve appear to have some pretty ambitious future plans for Steam, as we’ve seen recently in a leak (and not for the first time) that Valve has plans for ARM64 and Android support on Linux. As usual, the leaks come thanks to…
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Running Linux on Intel 4004!
There’s no lower spec linux machine than this one! It’s not uncommon for a new distro version to come out, and a grudging admission that maybe a faster laptop is on the cards. Perhaps after seeing this project though, you’ll never again complain about that two-generations-ago 64-bit multi-core behemoth, because [Dimitri Grinberg] — who else!…
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Beta Ubuntu 24.1 with Kernel 6.11
Ubuntu 24.10 “Oracular Oriole” enters public beta testing with Linux 6.11, GNOME 47. The final release of Ubuntu 24.10 (Oracular Oriole) is expected on October 10th, 2024. Today, Canonical released the beta version of the upcoming Ubuntu 24.10 (Oracular Oriole) operating system for public testing ahead of the final release on October 10th, 2024. With…
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Linus Torvalds at the LF Event 2024
An anonymous reader quotes a report from ZDNet, written by Steven Vaughan-Nichols: In a candid keynote chat at the Linux Foundation’s Open Source Summit Europe, Linux creator Linus Torvalds shared his thoughts on kernel development, the integration of Rust, and the future of open source. Dirk Hohndel, Verizon’s Open Source Program Office head and Torvalds friend, moderated…
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Suspend and Resume a Process
How to Suspend and Resume a Process in Linux. When working on Linux, you fire up one command after another. For example, you edit a configuration file using the nano or vim editors or download files using the wget command and suddenly want to take a look at some other files or need to execute…
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