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JavaScript is a language developed for the web, but its usefulness has gone far beyond just the Internet. Thanks to projects like Node.js and Electron, JavaScript is as much a general-purpose scripting language as a browser component. There are JavaScript libraries specially designed to build command-line interfaces. Yes, you can run JavaScript in your terminal.

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Truckload of GPUs stolen on their way out of San Francisco  The Register

Top 7 Open Source Plotting Tools [For Maths and Stats]  It's FOSS

Red Hat is honored to be recognized by CRN for our innovation with Red Hat OpenShift and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). The annual award program showcases innovative vendors in the IT channel across 47 different technology categories. Learn more.

Linux 5.16 is an action-packed kernel with a ton of exciting additions and improvements. Adding to the growing list of changes to look forward to with v5.16 is mainline support for the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4...

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One of the wonderful things about the Linux operating system is its vast array of customization options. If you are using a system with a graphical user interface, you can tweak almost anything –

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Intel Core i9 12900K "Alder Lake" AVX-512 On Linux  Phoronix

While it was initially communicated by Intel that Alder Lake's Golden Cove P-Cores has AVX-512 "fused off", that has turned out not to be the case at least with the initial batch of processors and current BIOS/firmware configurations. If disabling the power-efficient Gracemont E-Cores, it's possible to enable AVX-512 and make use of it. Here are some initial AVX-512 benchmarks in such a configuration under Linux with the Core i9 12900K.

Getting Started With Fedora Linux  It's FOSS

Added to the Arch Linux ISOs earlier this year was Archinstall as an easy-to-use installer for Arch. In the months since its introduction the code continues to be improved upon and is preparing for its next feature release...

The 9 Best Docker Alternatives for Container Management  MakeUseOf

How to Install ADB and Fastboot Android Drivers on Linux  MUO - MakeUseOf

Released this week was Rav1e 0.5 as the newest feature release for this Rust-written AV1 video encoder backed by Xiph.Org and self-proclaimed to be the world's "fastest and safest" AV1 encoder...

The USB and Thunderbolt updates for the Linux 5.16 kernel have arrived. This time around the changes are on the smaller side but there are two additions worth mentioning...

The "char/misc" changes have landed in Linux 5.16 as the catch-all area for code not fitting more appropriately within another subsystem or being a portion of the kernel that's too small for submitting pull requests directly to Linus Torvalds. For Linux 5.16, the IIO code has moved from being part of the staging area also maintained by Greg Kroah-Hartman to now being under the char/misc umbrella. Additionally, another big item is the Intel Habana Labs driver updates...

Intel's Habana Labs Continues Improving Their AI Accelerator Driver Stack With Linux 5.16  Phoronix

Installing Virtualbox App on Debian 11 Bullseye - Linux Shout  Linux Shout

Installing Virtualbox App on Debian 11 Bullseye - Linux Shout  H2S Media

This beginner friendly Linux development bundle is on sale for $20  PCWorld

If you've written code, you know it takes practice to get good at it. Whether it takes months or years, there's inevitably a moment of epiphany.

We wanted to hear about that time, so we asked our community to share about that time they sat down and wrote code that truly made them proud.

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