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| Linux Class » Last Article! Due March 11th -- Happy Last Week » 3/10/2019 8:44 pm |
- Colby Crutcher
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This article talks about a Linux distribution xTix. What is special about this distro is it is running the Linux 5.0 Kernel, xfce 4.13, and has Kodi, the open source home media tool pre-installed. Xfce is a popular user environment in the linux world, and is low demanding. The devs have pre loaded Nvidia graphics drivers on it. The development branch is based on Ubuntu 19.04
| Linux Class » Article #8 - Due March 5th - no class March 4th » 2/28/2019 9:43 am |
- Colby Crutcher
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Ubuntu 19.04 beta is released on March 28th, and will have some new features. It comes with Gnome 3.32 Desktop, and Linux 4.2 Kernel. The final release for 19.04 version of Ubuntu is scheduled for April 18th of this year, if last minute bugs are found during the beta stages.
| Linux Class » Article #7 - Due February 25 » 2/22/2019 9:15 am |
- Colby Crutcher
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This article explains SSH, and how it works. It compares it to telnet, and why it was created due to telnet's poor security due to it's data being transferred as plain text. It also talks about how a client initiates SSH connection with a server, using port 22. It helps you understand what ssh is, and what happens when a user tries to login to the server.
| Linux Class » Article #6 - Due 19th - No school Monday! » 2/14/2019 9:18 am |
- Colby Crutcher
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This article talks about 20 different Raspberry Pi projects you can do. You can do a bunch of different things from Weather Stations to FM Radios, and much more. You can also build home media centers, retro game emulators, and bots on the internet. There are a bunch of projets available on the raspberry pi that you can do.
| Linux Class » Article #5 - Due Feb 11th » 2/06/2019 9:01 am |
- Colby Crutcher
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Samsung DeX is entering private beta. DeX is a little dock where you can put your phone on and you can run a full Linux distro. In the beta, you will only be able to run Ubuntu 16.04 LTS though. The dock plugs into a monitor, your phone can sit on it, and you can have a full linux machine. It will only support linux apps that are designed for ARM 64-bit architecture.
| Linux Class » Article #4 --- Due by February 4th » 1/31/2019 9:00 am |
- Colby Crutcher
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This article talks about different commands you can use in Terminal. These commands make your terminal do different stuff like make jokes, have a train, make your terminal look like the matrix, and more. You can even open a fire in a new window that looks like code. There are 15 different commands if you feel like making your terminal do something else than what we normally do.
| Linux Class » Article #3 - No procrastinating. Post by January 28th » 1/24/2019 8:59 am |
- Colby Crutcher
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Wine helps Linux users use Windows applications on a Linux based distribution. Wine 4.0 update was recently released on January 22. The update includes Game-Controller support, Vulkan Support, and patches to the program. More than 6,000 changes were found in the update. This is a way that linux can start to compete with Windows as one of the top operating systems
-Colby Cruther
| Linux Class » Article #2 - Post reply - Due Tuesday January 22 » 1/21/2019 7:07 pm |
- Colby Crutcher
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What changes were made to linux in 2018 and their plans in 2019. Talks about stuff such as the transition from unity to Gnome desktop, For the future, it talks about companies such as steam working to make windows games more compatible on Linux, backing Wine, and using DirectX or Vulcan.
| Linux Class » Discussion Article #1 - Please post your article as a reply to this » 1/11/2019 11:19 am |
- Colby Crutcher
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This article is about car manufacturers using a linux based distro in there cars. Car manufacturers such as Tesla, Mazda, Toyota, Mercedes Benz, and others use Linux based os in there cars for accessibility to the user. Tesla has their own distro that is used in their models of car. Linux is becoming popular within the car industry.
Colby Crutcher
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