Open-source News

KDE developers this week have issued the much anticipated Plasma 5.22 beta for testing, which is exciting this time around largely for bringing its Wayland support up to par for daily use with quite a lot of polishing and optimizations...

This week DragonFlyBSD 6.0 was released and while I have just begun in my benchmarks of this new DragonFlyBSD release, the numbers so far are quite compelling for this BSD compared to its prior release.

Become A Linux Mastermind For $20 With This Expert-Led Training  IFLScience

Linux Operating System Market 2021 Top Company Profiles : IBM, Ubuntu Linux, Linux Mint, Elementary OS, openSUSE, Fedora Linux, Arch Linux, Debian, Manjaro – Brockville Observer  Brockville Observer

While PHP 8.0 was released at the end of last year, it wasn't added to Ubuntu 21.04 given all the changes at play over PHP 7.4. But now for Ubuntu 21.10, that transition to PHP 8 is now happening to ensure it's in good enough shape for the Ubuntu 22.04 LTS cycle...

For two years now Intel open-source engineers have floated patches for reporting per-client engine utilization for showing on an application level how much it's leveraging the Intel graphics render/3D, blitter, and video/multimedia engines. This can be used for some nifty system information reporting like a GPU top or other system monitoring functionality. The latest version of these patches were sent out this week...

Intel Posts Latest Linux Patches For Reporting Per-Client GPU/Media Engine Utilization  Phoronix

Linux Software Market Exhibits a Stunning Growth | Google, Twitter, IBM – Test & Measurement  Test & Measurement

This the third article in a series about features that first appeared in a version of Python 3.x. Some of those Python versions have been out for a while. For example, Python 3.2 was first released in 2011, yet some of the cool and useful features introduced in it are still underused. Here are three of them.

argparse subcommands

The argparse module first appeared in Python 3.2. There are many third-party modules for command-line parsing. But the built-in argparse module is more powerful than many give it credit for.

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In my introduction to Autotools, I demonstrated how to manage building and packaging code with GNU Autotools. It's a robust and common platform that integrates easily into many packaging systems, including RPM, APT, pkgsrc, and more. Its syntax and structure can be confusing, but luckily there are alternatives, including the open source CMake framework.

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RemotePC adds new features for Linux remote access  Help Net Security

The UBports community this week released Ubuntu Touch OTA-17 as the latest version of this Ubuntu smartphone/tablet spin that is currently supporting more than two dozen different devices...

How to connect Ubuntu Linux Desktop 21.04 to an Active Directory domain  TechRepublic

Daily Deal: The Mastering Linux Development Bundle  Techdirt

A Short History For Beginners About Dual Boot With Windows - Linux & Unix  BleepingComputer

Translate Text From One Language to Another in Linux  MUO - MakeUseOf

KrakenD API Gateway Joins the Linux Foundation as the Lura Project – The New Stack  thenewstack.io

Upcoming Linux Kernel 5.13 Release to Bring Official Support for Apple’s M1 Chip  Mactrast

Detailed Report On Linux Operating System Industry, Forecast Till 2028. Major Player- IBM, Ubuntu Linux, Linux Mint, Elementary OS, openSUSE, etc. – Brockville Observer  Brockville Observer

For months Linux hardware vendor System76 has been teasing their own in-house designed and manufactured keyboard with open-source firmware and various innovations. Today the embargo lifts on the System76 Launch Configurable Keyboard so we can share more about this new open hardware product.