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Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 06, 2023
> A significant benefit of owning a great Chromebook is that you can use all kinds of apps on it, including Linux apps, Android apps, and standard web apps. Most Android apps, in particular, can be downloaded via the Google Play Store, but what if you want to use a specific Android app that's not listed? Well, you can sideload that app.
> Just know that doing so isn't exactly easy since you'll need to switch your Chromebook to developer mode. This comes with risks of its own, but if you're up for the task, you can follow the steps below.
> As a programmer or system administrator, you often need to work with large text files, log files, and configuration files. These files can be difficult to read and analyze manually. In such cases, using command-line tools like grep and sed can make the job much easier. In this blog post, we will explore how to use grep and sed to search and manipulate text in a Unix/Linux environment.
> Back in November 2022, there was a thread in the PCLinuxOS forum where GOTHBITES was asking how to view a JXL (JPEG XL) file. Back in April 2022, the JXL format was talked about in an article on WEBP graphics. PCLinuxOS users ... heck, most users, regardless of the operating system ... are pretty much up a creek without a paddle when it comes to viewing or using JXL files. I'm doubtful that the JXL format will gain much traction, performing like most of the JPEG Group's other attempted modifications to the original JPG format. And none of them resulted in anything resembling widespread use, except among the committee members and their fanbois.
> By the second page of the aforementioned forum thread, talk had turned to the "newish" WEBP graphic format (originally announced by Google in September 2010 as an open source format, but the first stable version of its library didn't come out until April 2018, according to Wikipedia) that appears to be coming on strong with widespread adoption, at least on the web. I've even seen "reports" that the Google Chrome web browser will save images in the WEBP format when/if you select "Save Image..." from an image on a web page. However, none of the usual word processors or publishing programs known and used by Linux users (including LibreOffice and Scribus) recognize the WEBP graphics format, but all of the major web browsers and GIMP support the format.
> Do you ever look up from your keyboard to the screen, only to see that you've typed everything in CAPS, and you have to delete and retype it? You'd pressed the CAPS key in error. It happens.
> Now in the Xfce Settings Manager > Keyboard > Layout, it's possible to reassign CAPS LOCK to Compose, meaning that the worst that can happen if you accidentally hit the CAPS key is that one character has to be replaced by 2 or 3. However, if you do that, there may be times when you actually require CAPS to be LOCKed. One example here in Britain is when you get a loyalty voucher from a well-known supermarket chain, and to claim it, you have to enter a long string of characters consisting of numbers and capital letters, and you don't want to keep alternating the SHIFT key as you type. Lower case letters result in an error. It is possible to set CAPS LOCK by pressing both SHIFT keys via the KDE Control Centre, but not Xfce.
> I've been on YouTube again, looking for extra knowledge about GIMP. As I've said before, one of my faves is Davies Media Design. He outlined ten time-saving tips, which are mostly keyboard shortcuts, but they are really good, so I'll share. Some of them have two tips in the same section, so you'll end up with more than ten.
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