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The default behavior of ping on Linux and other Unix-like systems is different from Windows. On Windows, the ping command ...

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Microsoft's .NET 10 has been available in the Ubuntu 24.04 LTS repos since December, installable directly using Apt. This ...

Lixplore-cli is a Python CLI tool for researchers. Search papers, filter results, and manage your library from the terminal.

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