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Linux Kernel 4.9.60 Release

Posted on by Tony

This post summarizes Linux Kernel new features, bugfixes and changes in Linux 4.9.60 Release. Linux 4.9.60 Release contains 24 changes, patches or new features. In total, there are 64,224 lines of Linux source code changed/added in Linux 4.9.60 release compared to Linux 4.9 release. To view the source code of Linux 4.9.60 kernel release online,
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How to Migrate RSS Feed Readling List from Feedly to Follow.it

Posted on by David Yang

Having a reading list from RSS feeds is a convenient way to organize and aggregate various information source from the Web. After Google Reader was retired, many different readers services are available. Feedly and Follow.it are two good choices among those RSS feed readers. Different readers have different features. Follow.it provides features like keyword filtering
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How to change the mode for simplified Chinese or Traditional Chinese mode in ibus-libpinyin?

Posted on by Eric Ma

How to change the mode for simplified Chinese or Traditional Chinese mode in ibus-libpinyin? What is the shortcut like “Ctrl+.” for switching full width or half width punctuation. Use shortcut “Ctrl + Shift + F”. In ibus-pinyin version 1.3.7, this shortcut is added: 2010-05-28 ibus-pinyin 1.3.7 stable release Add Ctrl + Shift + F to
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Google Chrome keyboard and mouse shortcuts for Linux and Windows

Posted on by Q A

What are the Google Chrome keyboard and mouse shortcuts for Linux and Windows? Keyboard shortcuts of Chrome can make it easier to control the browser and save our time. Here are a list of commonly used shortcuts: Ctrl+T Opens a new tab. Press Ctrl and click a link. Or click a link with your middle
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Moving Junk Emails to Junk Folder Automatically in Thunderbird

Posted on by Eric Ma

Junk Emails, or Email spams, are annoying and they cost time to deal with. While they are something we need to cope with, we can use tools to help us. Thunderbird has an adaptive junk filter that can learn from user’s actions to identify junk messages. I find that Thunderbird default settings are not fully
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How to Change Systemd Runlevel on Fedora Linux – The Manual Way

Posted on by Eric Ma

Fedora Linux starts to use systemd to manage system service. The /etc/inittab is no longer used by systemd. The old method of editing /etc/inittab to change system runlevel does not work anymore. This post introduces a “manual” way to change the boot levels. For the general method, please check https://www.systutorials.com/change-systemd-boot-target-linux/. systemd uses ‘targets’ instead of
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Vim as Thunderbird’s External Editor in Linux

Posted on by Eric Ma

Vim is an excellent editor which I use every day. Thunderbird is a nice email application. However, Thunderbird’s integrated editor is not efficient enough to a Vim user. Why not use Vim as Thunderbird’s editor? In this tutorial, we will introduce how to integrate Vim with Thunderbird together in Linux. Install the “External Editor” Thunderbird
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How to Backup Linux Home Directories Using rsync

Posted on by Eric Ma

I need to backup my Linux home directory to one of my portable hard disk. I tried to use git, but failed since git doesn’t support large file (I failed after many tries, I have file larger than 5G). I find rsync, the fast, versatile, remote (and local) file-copying tool and I am happy with
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