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HP OMEN Laptops To Be Better Supported With Linux 5.16

Phoronix - Wed, 09/15/2021 - 18:08
HP's higher-end "OMEN" laptop series is set to see better support with the next kernel cycle...

New Intel Tremont Optimizations Heading To The GCC Compiler

Phoronix - Wed, 09/15/2021 - 17:45
The GNU Compiler Collection has already supported Intel's Tremont cores as used by the low-power Jasper Lake platform. Now though coming to GCC are some optimizations to further enhance the performance when targeting the Tremont micro-architecture...

A guide to web scraping in Python using Beautiful Soup

opensource.com - Wed, 09/15/2021 - 15:01

Today we'll discuss how to use the Beautiful Soup library to extract content from an HTML page. After extraction, we'll convert it to a Python list or dictionary using Beautiful Soup.


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Build a data sharding service with DistSQL

opensource.com - Wed, 09/15/2021 - 15:00

If you're reading this, then you're probably familiar with the data query and programming language, SQL (Structured Query Language). It's also used as the standard language for management systems for accessing data, querying, updating, and managing relational database systems. Like standard SQL, DistSQL, or Distributed SQL, it is a built-in SQL language unique to ShardingSphere that provides incremental functional capabilities beyond standard SQL.


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A conversation about open source design and ethical funding

opensource.com - Wed, 09/15/2021 - 15:00

Pablo Ruiz-Múzquiz is the CEO and co-founder of Kaleidos and Taiga. I contacted him for an interview to learn more about his latest project: Penpot, an open source, online interface design tool.

Clayton Dewey: I reached out to you because I recently learned about Penpot, an excellent design tool similar to Figma and Sketch. How did Penpot get started?


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How to Install LAMP Stack in AlmaLinux 8.4

Tecmint - Wed, 09/15/2021 - 14:08
The post How to Install LAMP Stack in AlmaLinux 8.4 first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

LAMP is a popular hosting stack used for developing and testing web applications. It’s an acronym for Linux, Apache, MariaDB, & PHP. Apache is an open-source and widely used web server. MariaDB is an

The post How to Install LAMP Stack in AlmaLinux 8.4 first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides.

RadeonSI Lands Big Batch Of Improvements To Lower CPU Overhead

Phoronix - Wed, 09/15/2021 - 04:35
Following portions of the merge request landing, the rest of the RadeonSI CPU-overhead-lowering work was just merged to Mesa 21.3...

oneAPI Level Zero Loader v1.5 Released With VPU Driver Recognition, Multi-Driver Support

Phoronix - Wed, 09/15/2021 - 02:22
Intel has released a new version of their loader for oneAPI Level Zero for loading the Level Zero software driver components...

Java 17 / OpenJDK 17 Hits GA With Maturing Vector API, Removal Planned For Applet API

Phoronix - Wed, 09/15/2021 - 01:48
Java 17 has made it to general availability status today with a number of improvements...

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