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Application modernization: Promote, observe and process

Red Hat News - Fri, 06/23/2023 - 08:00
The very act of modernizing means not only is there an application feedback loop to improve, there will be a similar loop running around infrastructure and security compliance that allows the application to operate in its current state in a production environment. Let’s talk a bit about what this might look like and some challenges to keep in mind when modernizing. Importance of the operations feedback loop In most legacy environments, a separate operations team is responsible for the operations feedback loop. In spite of movements such as the site reliability engineering movement (SRE

Fedora May Make It Easier To Switch To systemd-boot, Making A GRUB-Free System

Phoronix - Fri, 06/23/2023 - 05:30
A change proposal that hopes to take place for Fedora 39 would make it easier to have an optionally GRUB-free system by instead performing a clean install with systemd-boot for booting on EFI platforms...

Windows 11 vs. Linux Gaming Performance On The ASUS ROG Ally

Phoronix - Fri, 06/23/2023 - 01:16
Many readers have been curious about the performance of Linux gaming on the ASUS ROG Ally gaming handheld that out-of-the-box runs Microsoft Windows 11 Home... Well, the wait is over with the first benchmarks today of Windows 11 against Ubuntu 23.04 Linux on the ROG Ally. Beyond looking at the out-of-the-box performance, the results under Windows 11 with ASUS' "Turbo Mode" is also included plus some modifications to allow Linux to be more competitive to Windows 11 for games.

Wasmer 4.0 WebAssembly Implementation Brings WASIX Support

Phoronix - Fri, 06/23/2023 - 00:08
Wasmer is an open-source WebAssembly implementation that is focused on running sandboxed applications everywhere thanks to the power of WASM while being as performant as traditional native applications. Today marks the availability of Wasmer 4.0 as another step forward for this project...

AlmaLinux Figuring Out Path Forward Following RHEL Source Code Policy Change

Phoronix - Thu, 06/22/2023 - 22:48
AlmaLinux, the popular community-oriented distribution that was established following Red Hat's decision to discontinue development on CentOS (non-Stream) and is backed by AMD and other organizations, is trying to chart its path forward following Red Hat's latest curve ball...

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