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AMD Posts Latest Linux Patches For Supporting The Frontier Supercomputer

Phoronix - Wed, 08/25/2021 - 18:10
AMD engineers continue working on preparing the Linux kernel for the Frontier supercomputer...

Loongson Continues Working On LoongArch For Linux, But It's Mostly Copying MIPS Code

Phoronix - Wed, 08/25/2021 - 17:48
Loongson this summer rolled out their 3A5000 processors built on their own "LoongArch" ISA. While the company continues claiming that LoongArch is "not MIPS", the Linux kernel code they continue proposing for the mainline Linux kernel points to it being a close facsimile to MIPS...

20 Commands for Newbies Who Switched from Windows to Linux

Tecmint - Wed, 08/25/2021 - 16:04
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So you are planning to switch from Windows to Linux, or have just switched to Linux? Oops!!! what I am asking! For what else reason would you have been here. [ You might also

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Use this open source tool for automated unit testing

opensource.com - Wed, 08/25/2021 - 15:01

Modernizing and transforming legacy applications is a challenging activity that involves several tasks. One of the key tasks is validating that the modernized application preserves the functionality of the legacy application. Unfortunately, this can be tedious and hard to perform. Legacy applications often do not have automated test cases, or, if available, test coverage might be inadequate, both in general and specifically for covering modernization-related changes. A poorly maintained test suite might also contain many obsolete tests (accumulated over time as the application evolved).


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