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X.Org Server Bids Farewell To Autotools

Phoronix - Fri, 10/29/2021 - 18:49
With X.Org Server 21.1 having finally shipped this week, the X.Org Server Autotools build system support has been killed off...

Improved Retpoline Code Staged Ahead Of Linux 5.16

Phoronix - Fri, 10/29/2021 - 17:45
A set of patches improving the return trampoline "Retpoline" code used for Spectre V2 mitigations has made its way into tip.git's "objtool/core" staging area ahead of the upcoming Linux 5.16 merge window...

Wayland 1.20 Planned For Release In December

Phoronix - Fri, 10/29/2021 - 17:20
It's been nine months since the release of Wayland 1.19 while now release plans have been drafted for Wayland 1.20...

Games Relying On CEG DRM Should Now Be Able To Run With Steam Play

Phoronix - Fri, 10/29/2021 - 16:28
Running the newest Steam client beta paired with the newest Proton Experimental should yield more Windows games working on Steam Play with Linux...

Print a Halloween greeting with ASCII art on Linux

opensource.com - Fri, 10/29/2021 - 15:01

Full-color ASCII art used to be quite popular on DOS, which could leverage the extended ASCII character set and its collection of drawing elements. You can add a little visual interest to your next FreeDOS program by adding ASCII art as a cool “welcome” screen or as a colorful “exit” screen with more information about the program.


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A simple CSS trick for dark mode

opensource.com - Fri, 10/29/2021 - 15:00

You're likely already familiar with media queries. They're in widespread use for making websites responsive. The width and height properties contain the viewport's dimensions. You then use CSS to render different layouts at different dimensions.


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How to Install Zabbix Agent and Add Windows Host to Zabbix Monitoring – Part 4

Tecmint - Fri, 10/29/2021 - 13:00
The post How to Install Zabbix Agent and Add Windows Host to Zabbix Monitoring – Part 4 first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

Following previous tutorials concerning the Zabbix series, this article describes how to install and set up an instance of a Zabbix agent to run as a service on Microsoft Windows systems in order to

The post How to Install Zabbix Agent and Add Windows Host to Zabbix Monitoring – Part 4 first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides.

Looking back on 30 years of Linux history with Red Hat's Ethan Dicks

Red Hat News - Fri, 10/29/2021 - 12:00

The Linux kernel and the second version of the GNU General Public License (GPLv2) turned 30 this year. As part of that major milestone, we talked to Red Hatter Ethan Dicks, who has been using Linux since the early 1990s.

How to Install and Configure Zabbix Agents on Remote Linux – Part 3

Tecmint - Fri, 10/29/2021 - 11:55
The post How to Install and Configure Zabbix Agents on Remote Linux – Part 3 first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

Continuing the Zabbix series, this tutorial will guide you on how you can install and configure Zabbix agents on Linux (Debian-based systems and RHEL-based distros) in order to actively monitor local resources on remote

The post How to Install and Configure Zabbix Agents on Remote Linux – Part 3 first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides.

Amazon Open-Sources Babelfish for PostgreSQL To More Easily Move Away From Microsoft SQL

Phoronix - Fri, 10/29/2021 - 06:13
Amazon Web Services today announced the open-source Babelfish for PostgreSQL server project. Babelfish allows for applications written against Microsoft SQL Server to work seamlessly with PostgreSQL...

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