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A text editor is often a good example application to demonstrate what a programming framework is capable of producing. I myself have written at least three example text editors in articles about wxPython and PyQt, and Java. The reason they're seen as easy apps to create is because the frameworks provide so much of the code that's hardest to write. I think that's also the reason that most operating systems provide a simple desktop text editor.

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When you want to try a new app on your phone, you open your app store and install the app. It's simple, quick, and efficient. In this model of providing applications, phone vendors ensure that you know exactly where to go to get an app, and that developers with apps to distribute know where to put their apps so people can find them.

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Good News! Debian-based Lightweight Linux Distro ‘Slax’ is Still Alive  It's FOSS News

How to Configure or Disable Linux Mint Update Notifications  BollyInside

AMD ROCm 5.0.1 Released - Begins Moving HIPCC/HIPCONFIG From Perl Scripts To Binaries  Phoronix

Last week marked the release of the big AMD ROCm 5.0 update to the Radeon open-source GPU compute stack. Out already is now ROCM 5.0.1 with documentation updates as well as initiating the change around the hipcc and hipconfig commands moving forward...

With OpenBMC 2.10 never having materialized beyond a release candidate, the release of OpenBMC 2.11 today is a big one with roughly a year's worth of changes since OpenBMC 2.9. OpenBMC 2.11 brings many improvements for this Linux distribution intended for baseboard management controllers (BMCs) on servers and other management controllers...

Linux Operating System Market Statistics Based on Facts and Figures, 2022 to 2031  Taiwan News

Lilbits: Google's Privacy Sandbox for Android, Valve brings more Windows games to Linux, and a triple-screen PC powered by Raspberry Pi computers  Liliputing

Lilbits: Google's Privacy Sandbox for Android, Valve brings more Windows games to Linux, and a triple-screen PC powered by Raspberry Pi computers  Liliputing

Slackware 15 is a throwback to old-school Linux with a modern kick  TechRepublic

The NVIDIA GeForce FX "NV30" graphics cards are nearly two decades old while via the open-source, community-driven Nouveau project even these old GPUs still see occasional Linux graphics driver improvements. Hitting Mesa 22.1-devel today is the most notable driver work we've seen in years for the open-source NV30 and NV40 (GeForce 6 / 7 series) graphics cards...

Intel 13th Gen Raptor Lake CPUs get further support in latest Linux kernel  Wccftech

Linux Fu: Fusing Hackaday  Hackaday

Linux Standalone Headset Simula One Opens Preorders For 'No Earlier Than Q4'  UploadVR

How to install QEMU/KVM on Ubuntu 22.04 | 20.04 LTS  Linux Shout

Linux beats Windows 11 when running on the best CPU from Intel  Windows Central

1. Google is upping its Linux bug bounty prize  TechRadar
2. Security: Google to pay up to $91,337 for exploits of new Linux and Kubernetes bugs  ZDNet
3. Google almost doubles Linux Kernel, Kubernetes zero-day rewards  BleepingComputer
4. Google Offering $91,000 Rewards for Linux Kernel, GKE Zero-Days  SecurityWeek
5. Google doubles bug bounty rewards for Linux, Kubernetes exploits  IT PRO
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Google is upping its Linux bug bounty prize  TechRadar

XWayland 22.1 is out today as the newest standalone feature release for this XWayland code issued separately from the X.Org Server. XWayland continues in very robust shape for allowing X11 clients whether it be games or applications to run atop capable Wayland compositors...