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Unlock encrypted disks on Linux automatically

opensource.com - Mon, 11/16/2020 - 16:01

From a security viewpoint, it's important to encrypt your sensitive data to protect it from prying eyes and hackers. Linux Unified Key Setup (LUKS) is a great tool and a common standard for Linux disk encryption. Because it stores all pertinent setup information in the partition header, it makes migrating data easy.


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How to use Serializers in the Django Python web framework

opensource.com - Mon, 11/16/2020 - 16:00

Serialization is the process of transforming data into a format that can be stored or transmitted and then reconstructing it. It's used all the time when developing applications or storing data in databases, in memory, or converting it into files.

I recently helped two junior developers at Labcodes understand serializers, and I thought it would be good to share my approach with Opensource.com readers.


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How to Install and Use i3 Window Manager on Linux

Tecmint - Mon, 11/16/2020 - 15:07

Written in C language, the i3wm ( i3 Windows Manager ) is a lightweight, easy-to-configure, and hugely popular tiling windows manager. Unlike the conventional desktop environment, a tiling manager provides just sufficient functionality to

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Linux Might Wipe Out The Notorious Intel Poulsbo/Moorestown 2D Acceleration

Phoronix - Mon, 11/16/2020 - 13:05
Longtime Linux users still likely cringe when hearing "Poulsbo" as Intel's first-generation Atom processors that featured "GMA 500" graphics that were based on Imagination Technologies PowerVR SGX IP. The Linux driver support was just awful and now as we prepare for 2021 the Intel Linux kernel driver might just drop its 2D acceleration support for Poulsbo and the short-lived Moorestown plaform...

Red Hat Learning Community celebrates 50,000 members

Red Hat News - Mon, 11/16/2020 - 13:00

The Red Hat Learning Community (RHLC) celebrates a monumental milestone this week as it exceeds 50,000 members! At its launch in September of 2018, the main goal was simple: provide a collaborative space for open source learners to connect as they optimize their skills in working with Red Hat products. As RHLC hits the 50,000 member milestone, the platform is also home to more than 12,000 overall posts, 1.5 million page views and thousands of visitors every day. To celebrate the 50,000 member milestone, RHLC is launching a 50K member contest. 

Linux 5.10-rc4 Released But The Kernel Hasn't Calmed Down Yet

Phoronix - Mon, 11/16/2020 - 09:16
Traditionally we should be past the half-way point of the release cycle at the fourth weekly release candidate, but with today's RC4 release of Linux 5.10 the activity hasn't calmed down at all...

Google Is Already Experimenting With WebP2 As Successor To WebP Image Format

Phoronix - Mon, 11/16/2020 - 05:00
Google engineers are already working on WebP2 as the next-generation version of their still image file format...

Tiger Lake H Thunderbolt Support Comes To Linux 5.10

Phoronix - Mon, 11/16/2020 - 00:42
Coming as a late addition to the Linux 5.10 kernel is Thunderbolt support for Tiger Lake H...

KDE Plasma Mobile On Track To End 2020 With Quite A Polished Linux Mobile Experience

Phoronix - Sun, 11/15/2020 - 22:38
KDE Plasma Mobile continues working its way into increasing polished form and with deployments on the likes of the PinePhone have shown it can be quite a capable open-source mobile Linux contender...

Desktop BSDs: NetBSD-Based os108 9.1 + MidnightBSD 2.0 Released

Phoronix - Sun, 11/15/2020 - 22:25
For those looking to experiment with some BSD desktop operating systems this weekend, FreeBSD-based MidnightBSD 2.0 is out along with NetBSD-based os108 9.1...

LuxCoreRender 2.5 Beta Open-Source Renderer Brings NVIDIA OptiX Support

Phoronix - Sun, 11/15/2020 - 21:55
The open-source, cross-platform LuxCoreRender physically based renderer is closing in on its version 2.5 release and most noticeable is supporting NVIDIA's OptiX library for faster acceleration on NVIDIA RTX GPUs...

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