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    Linux basename Command Tutorial for Beginners (with Examples)
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    The basename command in Linux is a utility used to extract the base name of a file or directory path, effectively stripping away any leading directory components and optional suffixes. When provided with a full path, basename returns only the file name or the last segment of the path, making it useful in scripting and file manipulation tasks. For example, given the path /home/user/document [09:56] schestowitz[TR2] .txt, basename would return document.txt. Additionally, users can specify a suffix to be removed, such as .txt, leaving just document. This command simplifies handling file names and paths in scripts, enhancing automation and streamlining various file management processes.

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    Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman describes content on the open web as freeware
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    A prominent Microsoft Corp. executive said that content on the open web is freeware in a recent discussion on whether artificial intelligence models may use such material.

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    Mustafa Suleyman, chief executive officer of Microsoft AI, made the remarks during a Tuesday interview at the Aspen Ideas Festival. Windows Central reported the discussion today. Following a question on whether AI companies have effectively stolen the worlds IP, Suleyman replied in the negative. He argued that AI models can use content on the open web because its effectively f [10:26] schestowitz[TR2] reeware, or intellectual [sic] property [sic] that can be used and modified at no charge.

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    This week in KDE: everything, I think
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    We spent an enormous amount of time working on bug-fixing and polishing tasks for Plasma 6.1 this week. It was a big release, and there were some rough edges around the new edit mode. So we put quite a bit of time into making it integrate more seamlessly with the other existing modes, and generally polishing it up. Other areas of focus included panels and the system tray, especiall [11:12] schestowitz[TR2] y when using non-default settings. We made a lot of big changes under the hood for Plasma 6.1 that had some negative consequences, so were working to fix things as quickly as we can.

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    Lawyer Paul Harris left HK after being warned of sedition charge
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    The former chairperson of the Hong Kong Bar Association has said he left the city two years ago after being warned by national security police that he could be charged for sedition over his past comments in a book and on a social media platform.

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    [GSoC 2024] Hardware virtualization: Progress Report #1
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    When the coding period began I was expecting to publish a progress report every week. However, weve reached the end of the first month of the coding period and this is my first update: This probably tells that there hasnt been as much progress as I expected, although progress have been made.

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  • [13:05] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.haiku-os.org | [GSoC 2024] Hardware virtualization: Progress Report #1 | Haiku Project [13:25] *parsifal (~parsifal@56e4qsjh6yz4k.irc) has joined #techbytes [13:58] schestowitz[TR2] Re: Assange & Debian fact-checking [13:58] schestowitz[TR2] > https://techrights.org/n/2024/05/20/Julian_Assange_Factual_Timeline_From_an_Online_Friend.shtml [13:58] schestowitz[TR2] > [13:58] schestowitz[TR2] > "Assange also gets involved in GNU/Linux development through the Debian [13:58] schestowitz[TR2] > Project (where he becomes a Debian Developer), focusing on [13:58] schestowitz[TR2] > communications and transmission/encryption technology." [13:58] schestowitz[TR2] > [13:58] schestowitz[TR2] > [13:58] schestowitz[TR2] > I would really like to get to the bottom of this: was he in Debian or not? [13:58] schestowitz[TR2] > [13:58] schestowitz[TR2] > I found no trace from 1996 onwards [13:58] schestowitz[TR2] > [13:58] schestowitz[TR2] > If there are records from 1993-1996 that put Assange in Debian then it [13:58] schestowitz[TR2] > would be good to have copies of them on Techrights [13:58] schestowitz[TR2] > [13:58] schestowitz[TR2] > If he was involved in Debian under any pseudonym that I don't know about [13:58] schestowitz[TR2] > then it would be good to mention that in all your references to Assange [13:58] schestowitz[TR2] > being in Debian. Then I can search for those pseudonyms in my own [13:58] schestowitz[TR2] > records too. [13:58] schestowitz[TR2] I once read, I believe that in a reliable source (maybe I'm wrong about that), that he was involved in Debian or maybe he said something to that effect himself. [13:58] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-techrights.org | Techrights Julian Assange: Factual Timeline From an Online Friend ● Jun 30 [15:39] *SaphirJD has quit (connection closed) ● Jun 30 [16:05] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@j9gt2haw74jrk.irc) has joined #techbytes [16:30] schestowitz[TR2] http://lxer.com/module/forums/t/36894/ [16:30] schestowitz[TR2] "No.2 Install Linux on it. [16:30] schestowitz[TR2] I've done that more times than I can count. Any computer that isn't good enough for the latest version of Windows is good enough for a hundred different versions of Linux these days, especially laptops. And as good as they have all gotten with hardware detection they all pretty much work. [16:30] schestowitz[TR2] You can install Mint, Ubuntu, Fedora, PCLinuxOS or whatever you want. I've done that for a ton of people who had otherwise good laptops but couldn't upgrade them and gave them back "brand new" computers that will continue to work for years to come. [16:30] schestowitz[TR2] No.3 Part Them Out. [16:30] schestowitz[TR2] For years I took old PC's I found, was given or bought at Goodwill and took them home and disassembled them, parted them out for the good stuff in them (HDs, Video Cards, Motherboards etc.), put them back together for better, installed Linux on them and gave them to friends and others that couldn't afford computers of their own. I kept a couple for myself as extra computers in my library and such. I must have given away 50 or more [16:30] schestowitz[TR2] in my time just for fun. And I showed them how to use them every time I gave one away..another Linux user out in the wild. Bang! :-) [16:30] schestowitz[TR2] No. 4 Set Them Up As Network Storage, etc. [16:30] schestowitz[TR2] I took one of the PC's I put back together and put an extra couple of Hard Drives in it for storage and set it up on my home network to access from there. I did it mostly to see if I could do it because I didn't have nearly enough files to come anywhere near filling it, but it was fun to do. [16:30] schestowitz[TR2] - [16:30] schestowitz[TR2] These days with everyone owning laptops option No.2 and then setting it up for home network storage is the easiest in my opinion. But there are a hundred things you can do with an older laptop in your home if you think about it." [16:30] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-LXer: I've Done Options Two, Three and Four: Even Though Windows 10 Is Dying, Your Hardware Doesn't Have to Go With It [16:30] schestowitz[TR2] It can be handy to use an old machine as a secondary PC in tandem ● Jun 30 [17:27] *parsifal has quit (Quit: Leaving) ● Jun 30 [19:16] *Noisytoot has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [19:16] *Noisytoot (~noisytoot@tkbibjhmbkvb8.irc) has joined #techbytes [19:28] *psydroid3 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [19:47] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@j9gt2haw74jrk.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Jun 30 [20:23] *SaphirJD (~SaphirJD@673rpzjvhyna4.irc) has joined #techbytes [20:52] schestowitz[TR2] "machine as a secondary PC in tandem [20:52] schestowitz[TR2] * parsifal has quit (Quit: Leaving) [20:52] schestowitz[TR2] * Noisytoot has quit (Ping [20:52] schestowitz[TR2] >> I once read, I believe that in a reliable source (maybe I'm wrong [20:52] schestowitz[TR2] >> about that), that he was involved in Debian or maybe he said something [20:52] schestowitz[TR2] >> to that effect himself. [20:52] schestowitz[TR2] >> [20:52] schestowitz[TR2] > [20:52] schestowitz[TR2] > [20:52] schestowitz[TR2] > It is certainly possible, just not proven so far. [20:52] schestowitz[TR2] > [20:52] schestowitz[TR2] > Some people seem to write very few emails and they do everything in IRC. [20:52] schestowitz[TR2] > If Assange was working that way then records may not exist. [20:52] schestowitz[TR2] I wonder how Debian worked in 1994. [20:52] schestowitz[TR2] Also, remember Assange already had many reasons to keep anonymous or a low-profile, after the teen case. [20:52] schestowitz[TR2] Some people who claimed to be his childhood partner/s "in crime" sent me some weird emails back in the days, trying to get me to reconnect them by means of contacting Assange's family/legal team for them. Even then they used many codenames like Prime. 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