Tech Tips Tuesday 25: 10 More Terminal Tips & KDE News

10 Amazing Terminal Tips for Linux

Memesplanation

KDE Frameworks 5.98 Release

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Plasma 5.26 in Public Beta Now

TTT 25-1: 10 Amazing Terminal Tips

rm is not always the best way to go, so if you find that you have a monsterous log file (or any other kind, for that matter) that you need to get rid of, simply overwrite it by generating an empty file of the same name in the same location as the original. This may not be hugely useful for most of us, but on the off chance, you could do something like the following: touch /random-path/filename (fill in your path and file name, and viola, the huge file goes away.

Remember xargs from last week? We’re gonna talk about it again, right now… ever needed to copy some output into multiple files? Well, here’s how to get that done:
echo /home/user/1/ /home/user/2/ /home/user/3/ | xargs -n 1 cp -v /home/user/my_file.txt
(the above is, of course, generic, so customize it according to your needs)

Did you know that you can set a shutdown time for your system? Here is how: sudo shutdown _time_, substituting your desired time for the operation in 24 hour format, rather than 12 hour.

Also, have you ever found yourself running commands and wondering how to navigate from the beginning of a line to the end, or vice versa? Well, should you find yourself in that scenario, ctrl+a will move your cursor to the beginning of the command, and ctrl+e will take you to the end of the line.

https://tecadmin.net/10-amazing-tips-tricks-to-work-with-linux/

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TTT 25-2: KDE Frameworks 5.98 Big Improvements

faster file transfers in NFS
relative path support in KDE apps
multi-cursor support in Kate
GIF support for “Get New____” windows
Support for ARW raw file thumbnail previews

https://9to5linux.com/kde-frameworks-5-98-makes-file-transfers-faster-in-kde-apps-brings-more-new-features

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TTT 25-3: Plasma 5.26 Beta Now Public

You can help to bug test the new Plasma version, which should be out next month. Here’s what’s new:

re-bindable mouse buttons for multi-button mice
Full screenreader support for all Plasma widgets
Compact menus for Kickoff menu so you can see more at a glance
Plasma Bigscreen TV interface
Aura browser for using the internet with your TV remote
Plank Player as default for Playing Local Files
Plasma Wayland
Force Maliit Keyboard to appear in Touch Mode
2 ways to scale windows (Globally, via the compositor, and individually, via extant x11 HiDPI capabilities)
Updates to Discover
Content ratings for apps
You can now change an app’s name after you submit a review
New share button on the details page
Can now check system free space prior to an update
Can now change the frequency of update notifications

Full version should be released on 10/11, ifyou want to help test it out, grab openSUSE Krypton, KDE Neon Unstable, or Fedora Rawhide KDE. Don’t use this on a machine you want to use for work though, as it is pre-release.

https://9to5linux.com/kde-plasma-5-26-desktop-environment-enters-public-beta-testing-heres-whats-new

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