You can now order your new ThinkPad with Ubuntu or Fedora Linux pre installed directly from factory. This is the perfect out of the box laptop for your dev job or IT pros stuff. Say goodbye to the "Windows tax" and hello to a powerful, fully optimized, privacy and data safety ready Linux machine.. unless you specifically require a Win11 environment. I think it is fantastic news for developers & IT Pros and I hear you can even upgrade BIOS/firmware using Linux. So there is no more need for Win11😉

According to the lead developer of Google AI Studio and Gemini AI API, you will be able to build games using vibe coding by the end of the year. A friend who is a game developer always says making games is easy. Making a game that people want is much, much harder.

*** story time ** Many moons ago, I worked for a company that mostly handled Gov contracts, especially legacy software maintenance and stuff like that. That was their main Biz. Of course, the entire Org acted like a Gov department itself, you know slow, bureaucratic to death, and hyper allergic to any new change. So did all their Gov clients. How do I say politely on socials? The environment was pure hell, but the pay was *okayish* and paid my bills. (1/4)

The Linux Boot Process: From Power Button to Kernel

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The Linux Boot Process: From Power Button to Kernel

A detailed walkthrough of the Linux boot process from power button to kernel initialization

Here's a small tip for Unix and Linux developers and IT pros: Want to run the same command again at the terminal? In most modern shells (tcsh, zsh, bash), you can simply type "!!". For example, say you forget to use sudo: yum upgrade -y pkg upgrade -y Instead of typing the whole command again, just do this: sudo !! This is a lifesaver for longer commands. Give it a try!

Wait what? I don’t know what to say … I am so confused but at least it is open source

Home - OpenGFW

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GitHub - apernet/OpenGFW: OpenGFW is a flexible, easy-to-use, open source implementation of GFW (Great Firewall of China) on Linux

OpenGFW is a flexible, easy-to-use, open source implementation of GFW (Great Firewall of China) on Linux - apernet/OpenGFW

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1. Create a problem. 2. Sell the solution. 3. Profit.

The Swift project announced the availability of a cross compilation Swift SDK for Android development (you can install it on #Linux apart from Windows and macOS), allowing developers to build Swift packages for various Android architectures.

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Announcing the Swift SDK for Android

Swift has matured significantly over the past decade — extending from cloud services to Windows applications, browser apps, and microcontrollers....

This is the most requested feature at GitHub, but will AI batshit crazy Microsoft or GitHub listen? View quoted note →

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