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NVIDIA has been quite aggressive recently with their new Vulkan beta drivers for Windows and Linux with today marking another such release...

NVIDIA 440.66.15 Vulkan Linux Driver Offers Up More Fixes  Phoronix

Linux-powered AM65xx module supports up to six Gigabit TSN ports  LinuxGizmos.com

Linux Founder Switches Allegiance To AMD After 15 Years As Intel Customer  Benzinga

IAR Systems Delivers Efficient Embedded Software Building on Linux  AiThority

If all goes well Linux 5.7 should reach stable this weekend and that in turn will mark the start of the Linux 5.8 merge window. With our monitoring of the various "-next" branches for weeks already, here is a look at some of what is on the table for this next version of the Linux kernel...

This is the first AMD Ryzen laptop to come with Linux – making it easier than ever to ditch Windows 10  TechRadar

Arm today announced the Cortex-A78 as their SoC for next-generation smartphones with up to 20% sustained performance improvements. Arm also announced today the Cortex-X Custom program...

Systemd Will Change How Your Linux Home Directory Works  How-To Geek

SHIFT13mi Linux tablet now available to pre-order  Geeky Gadgets

Following the GCC 10.1 compiler optimization benchmarks posted this weekend, a number of readers were wondering about the impact of Profile Guided Optimizations (PGO) on the new GCC 10 compiler. Here are some preliminary data points on that front...

4 Weeks Linux & Unix Training in West Chester | June 1, 2020 - June 24, 2020 - Things to do in Chester County, PA  MyChesCo

It's coming a few days late but The Qt Company's Lars Knoll just announced the official release of Qt 5.15.0...

COVID-19: Potential impact on Linux-based Set Top Box Market 2019- Global Market Report with Market Size, Market Growth, Industry Chain Structure, Trends, Challenges and Market Estimation to 2028  News Distinct

ODYSSEY expandable mini PC supports Win10, Linux and Arduino  Geeky Gadgets

Linux Kodachi 7.0 'Katana' Released: Browse The Internet Anonymously  Fossbytes

Linux chief says he's picking AMD over Intel  TechRadar

Python offers a rich set of options for visualizing data. I'll show you the basics of plotting in Matplotlib by creating a bar chart with grouped bars. It shows election results for the UK between 1966 and 2020:

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WordPress is best known as a website content management system, but it also a great learning management system (LMS) for delivering online courses. If that is what you are looking for out of WordPress, then H5P should be the top plugin on your list.

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One way to get started with an open source community is to write about it. You can contribute to technical documentation, share how you use the software, or write an article for Opensource.com. But getting started writing is easier said than done. The two most common excuses I hear for not writing are: "I have nothing new to say" and "I'm not a good writer." I'm here to dispel both of those myths.

What should you write about?

"Hunt for the stories that often get left out."
—Erik Larson

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