today's howtos and programming links
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Raku Advent Calendar: Day 24: He’s making a list… (part 2)
In our last edition, we learned about some of the work that Santa’s elves put into automating how they make their lists. What you probably didn’t know is that the elves stay on top of the latest and greatest technology. Being well-known avid Raku programmers, the elves were excited to hear about RakuAST and decided to see how they might be able to use it. One of the elves decided to rework the list formatting code to use RakuAST. What follows is the story of how she upgraded their current technology to use RakuAST.
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How to Install MySQL 8.0 Community Server on Ubuntu 22.04/20.04
MySQL is a free, open-source database management system based on SQL or Structured Query Language with the current release is MySQL 8. The following tutorial will teach you how to install MySQL 8.0 Community Edition release on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Jammy Jellyfish or Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Focal Fossa using the MySQL official APT repository, which will give you the latest version available on your system using the command line terminal instead of relying on Ubuntu to push updates to MySQL.
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MySQL Community Edition is a free, open-source database software package offered by Oracle. It is often seen in web-based applications, given its easy-to-use interface and comprehensive library of functions available. The MySQL Community Edition has no limitations on the number of databases or customers you can have, so it’s great for businesses that need to store large amounts of customer data without having to fork out extensive money. The software can be part of a distributed system with secure connectors, allowing users to access and manage multiple databases from different systems in different locations.
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How to use your Linux terminal as a file manager
A terminal is an application that provides access to the user shell of an operating system (OS). Traditionally, the shell is the place where the user and the OS could interface directly with one another. And historically, a terminal was a physical access point, consisting of a keyboard and a readout (a printer, long ago, and later a cathode ray tube), that provided convenient access to a mainframe. Don't be fooled by this "ancient" history. The terminal is as relevant today as it was half a century ago, and in this article, I provide five common file management tasks you can do with nothing but the shell.
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AMD Improving Linux Experience When Running New GPUs Without Proper Driver Support - Slashdot
While AMD provided upstream open-source driver support for the Radeon RX 7900 series launch, the initial user experience can be less than desirable if running a new Radeon GPU but initially running an out-of-date kernel or lacking the necessary firmware support. With a new patch series posted AMD is looking to improve the experience by being able to more easily fallback to the firmware frame-buffer when their AMDGPU kernel graphics driver fails to properly load.