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Open source photo processing with Darktable

opensource.com - Wed, 12/08/2021 - 16:01

It's hard to say how good photographs happen. You have to be in the right place at just the right moment. You have to have a camera at the ready and an eye for composition. And that's just the part that happens in the camera. There's a whole other stage to great photography that many people don't think about. It used to happen with lights and chemicals in a darkroom, but with today's digital tools, post-production happens in darkroom software.


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How to Disable Package Updates Using YUM/DNF in RHEL Linux

Tecmint - Wed, 12/08/2021 - 16:00
The post How to Disable Package Updates Using YUM/DNF in RHEL Linux first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

The DNF (Dandified Yum) is the next-generation version of the YUM (Yellowdog Updater, Modified), is an open-source default package manager for Red Hat-based Linux distributions, that is used for getting, installing, upgrading, removing, and

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Vanilla Vim is fun

opensource.com - Wed, 12/08/2021 - 16:00

When you start Vim with the --clean option, it shows up in "vanilla" mode. No plugins, no configuration, just back to the roots. I have collected a ton of configuration statements over the years, some of them dating from MS-DOS or Windows 3.1. Here is the deal: I will start from scratch to find a good starting-point configuration with just the plugins available in Fedora 35. Will I survive a week of coding? I'll find out!


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20 Netstat Commands for Linux Network Management

Tecmint - Wed, 12/08/2021 - 14:05
The post 20 Netstat Commands for Linux Network Management first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

netstat (network statistics) is a command-line tool for monitoring network connections both incoming and outgoing as well as viewing routing tables, interface statistics, etc. [ You might also like: 22 Linux Networking Commands for

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Intel Posts Linux Patches Enabling AMX Use Within KVM Guests

Phoronix - Wed, 12/08/2021 - 13:00
One of many exciting features/changes with upcoming Intel Xeon Scalable "Sapphire Rapids" processors is the introduction of Advanced Matrix Extensions (AMX). While initial AMX support is premiering with Linux 5.16 due out in stable form as the start of the new year, it currently doesn't allow for KVM virtualized guests to make use of the new capabilities...

FreeBSD 12.3 Released With Updated AMD & Networking Hardware, Password Protected ZIPs

Phoronix - Wed, 12/08/2021 - 08:19
While FreeBSD 13 is the current stable version of this leading open-source BSD operating system, FreeBSD 12.3 shipped today for their N-1 series...

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