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Get started with Fossil, an alternative to Git

opensource.com - Wed, 11/25/2020 - 16:01

As any programmer knows, there are many reasons it's vital to keep track of code changes. Sometimes you just want a history of how your project started and evolved, as a matter of curiosity or education. Other times, you want to enable other coders to contribute to your project, and you need a reliable way to merge disparate parts. And more critically, sometimes an adjustment you make to fix one problem breaks something else that was working.


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Got something to say? How to get started writing

opensource.com - Wed, 11/25/2020 - 16:00

Well, I suppose after all this talk of how to find your story and then write your story, I should make a post about how to do just that. I've broken it down into three sections: how to find your story, how to write your story, and how to share it and get it published.

During the All Things Open virtual event this year, I was invited to share my tips, and now you can watch that. It's about 20 minutes with some questions and commentary at the end.


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Sysmon – A Graphical System Activity Monitor for Linux

Tecmint - Wed, 11/25/2020 - 13:56

Sysmon is a Linux activity monitoring tool similar to Windows task manager, was written in Python and released under GPL-3.0 License. This is a Graphical visualization tool that visualizes the following data. By default

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Radeon RX 6800 Series 1440p Linux Gaming Benchmarks With 15 GPUs

Phoronix - Wed, 11/25/2020 - 13:00
While the new Radeon RX 6800 series is suited for 4K gaming, a number of premium readers inquired about seeing 1440p gaming benchmarks for the cards. Now that all the initial launch coverage is out of the way, here is a look at the Radeon RX 6800 / RX 6800 XT with 15 graphics cards in total for this round of Linux gaming benchmarks focused at 1440p...

GTK Planning More Improvements In 2021 From Better Accessibility To Animation Framework

Phoronix - Wed, 11/25/2020 - 04:56
In addition to shipping the much anticipated GTK 4.0, this toolkit driven by the GNOME desktop environment is making more plans for an exciting 2021...

Terminal Vitality - Linux Journal

Google News - Wed, 11/25/2020 - 02:03
Terminal Vitality  Linux Journal

George F Rice - Linux Journal

Google News - Wed, 11/25/2020 - 02:03
George F Rice  Linux Journal

GPUOpen Software Updated For The Radeon RX 6000 Series

Phoronix - Wed, 11/25/2020 - 01:18
AMD has updated their collection of software offered under their "GPUOpen" umbrella for Radeon RX 6000 series / RDNA 2 compatibility...

Tiger Lake + Renoir On Ubuntu Linux For Battery vs. AC Performance

Phoronix - Wed, 11/25/2020 - 00:30
Given the recent Intel presentation alleging AMD Ryzen laptop performance being worse on battery relative to the AC vs. battery performance seen with Intel EVO notebooks featuring Tiger Lake processors, I ran a mini comparison on my side to see whether there is any merit to Intel's information when testing under Ubuntu Linux.

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