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1. Customize the Command Prompt With the PS1 Shell Variable

   Learn how to customize the command prompt with the PS1 shell variable.

2. Protecting Your Privacy if Your Phone Is Taken Away

   The Electronic Frontier Foundation describes how to deal with the many privacy risks that accompany smartphone use.

3. Important Shell Variables

   Learn about the most important shell variables and parameters.

4. Remote Education Does Not Require Giving Up Rights to Freedom and Privacy

   The Free Software Foundation shares stories about the fight to preserve user freedom in remote learning.

5. How to Manage Compression and Archiving on GNU/Linux

   Harness compression and archiving tools on GNU/Linux systems.

6. 5 Years of Intel CPUs and Chipsets Have a Concerning Flaw That’s Unfixable

   Intel's Converged Security and Management Engine contains an unfixable flaw that may allow an attacker to compromise a system's root of trust.

7. Identifying and Stopping Unresponsive Processes

   Learn about the GNU/Linux tools for finding and stopping unresponsive processes.

8. Searching for File System Objects With find and locate

   Learn how to search for file system objects with the find and locate commands.

9. Security and Privacy Implications of Zoom

   Zoom's increased usage is causing its security and privacy issues to come under scrutiny.

10. The Special Shell Characters

    Learn about the special shell characters and the features they are associated with.