Free Software Leftovers
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Hackaday ☛ Linux Fu: A Warp Speed Prompt
If you spend a lot of time at the command line, you probably have either a very basic prompt or a complex, information-dense prompt. If you are in the former camp, or you just want to improve your shell prompt, have a look at Starship. It works on the most common shells on most operating systems, so you can use it everywhere you go, within reason. It has the advantage of being fast and you can also customize it all that you want.
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It's FOSS ☛ FOSS Weekly #25.12: GNOME 48 and GIMP 3.0 Released, Switching to IceWM, Ollama Commands and More GNU/Linux Stuff
Another milestone for It's FOSS. Thank you!
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Chrome Uboxed ☛ Linux on Android: Google clarifies the new Terminal app’s purpose
Google has recently clarified the purpose of its new Linux Terminal app for Android, dispelling some of the speculation surrounding its release. While the ability to run a full Linux distribution on a Pixel phone has excited many, Google’s intentions are less about creating a new desktop environment and more about expanding the Android app ecosystem.
The Linux terminal app on Android officially arrived with the March 2025 Pixel Drop and can be enabled via the Developer options. This app offers users a text-based command-line interface, allowing for the creation and management of a Debian virtual machine directly on their Pixel devices.
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Databases
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PostgreSQL ☛ pgtt v4.1 released
Antananarivo, Madagascar - March 18th, 2025
PostgreSQL Global Temporary Tables
pgtt is a PostgreSQL extension to create, manage and use DB2 or Oracle-style Global Temporary Tables. Once created the use is just like with the other RDBMS.
pgtt v4.1 has been released, this is a maintenance release only to fix issues reported by users since latest release.
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