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On dates and stuffed non-dates

 By Bob Mesibov Tutorials

Nothing gives my wife the Screaming Meemies like dates in spreadsheets. Unless she formats the target cell in advance as text, the spreadsheet will turn a perfectly innocent, non-date string like 23/2/6 into '23-Feb-2006'. When she types 6420-11-3, according to both LibreOffice Calc and Gnumeric,…

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10 Things to Do After Installing Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

Explore essential tasks for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, including software updates, installing diverse package managers, replacing Snap, and more.

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First Look at Ubuntu Lomiri: Ubuntu Touch’s Mobile Desktop Arrives on PC

Lomiri is successfully used on Ubuntu Touch and features convergence, which means that it lets you turn your mobile device into a desktop when connected to a monitor, keyboard, and mouse. But, for some time, the UBports Foundation was working hard to bring Lomiri to the desktop, and Rudra Saraswat took the opportunity to build […]

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5 Different Types of Shell Commands and Their Usage in Linux

In Linux, there are several types of commands, and for a new Linux user, knowing the meaning of different commands enables efficient and precise usage. Therefore, in this article, we shall walk through the various classifications of shell commands in Linux.

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How to Install Google Chrome on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

Learn how to quickly install Google Chrome on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat) with our practical step-by-step guide.

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All About the Upcoming Pop!_OS COSMIC Desktop

Excited for the COSMIC desktop with Pop!_OS 24.04? Here’s what you can expect!

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TEAMGROUP QX 2TB 3D NAND QLC Solid State Drive Review

The QX SSD is available in 512GB, 1TB, 2TB, and 4TB sizes. All of the QX SSDs are backed by a three year warranty and the 2TB drive we tested is rated for 690TBW endurance. The drive has a rated maximum read speed of 540 MB/s, and sequential write speed of 490 MB/s. It uses […]

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TUXEDO Pulse 14 Gen4 Laptop Arrives with AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS and Radeon 780M

TUXEDO Pulse 14 Gen4 is here about five and a half months after TUXEDO Pulse 14 Gen3 introducing the 4 nm AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS processor with 8 cores and 16 threads, 24 MB cache (L2+L3), 54 W TDP, up to 5,1 GHz clock speed, and the Radeon 780M graphics with 12 GPU cores and […]

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