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Solve the repository impedance mismatch in CI/CD

opensource.com - Tue, 08/24/2021 - 15:00

An impedance mismatch in software architecture happens when there's a set of conceptual and technical difficulties between two components. It's actually a term borrowed from electrical engineering, where the impedance of electrical input and output must match for the circuit to work.


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How to Kill Linux Process Using Kill, Pkill and Killall

Tecmint - Tue, 08/24/2021 - 14:49
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Linux Operating System comes with a kill command to terminate a process. The command makes it possible to continue running the server without the need to reboot after a major change/update. Here comes the

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GNOME 41 Beta Released With "Calls" SIP/VoIP Support, Wayland Improvements

Phoronix - Tue, 08/24/2021 - 06:14
The GNOME 41 beta is now available ahead of next month's official half-year update to this open-source desktop environment...

Memory Folios Pull Request Pending For Linux 5.15

Phoronix - Tue, 08/24/2021 - 03:30
With the Linux 5.15 kernel merge window likely opening next week, Matthew Wilcox of Oracle has already sent in a prominent pull request to Linus Torvalds: the initial work around landing of the memory folios patches...

Wine Reflink Support Continues To Be Worked On For Significant Space Savings

Phoronix - Tue, 08/24/2021 - 02:00
Last month I wrote about the proposed reflink support for Wine that would provide significant space savings for those having multiple Windows games/applications on Linux installed where Wine and derivatives like Crossover and Steam Play (Proton) generally maintain a separate "prefix" per software installation. Fortunately, that reflink support continues to be worked on for Wine where it can lead to savings up to several hundred megabytes per Wine prefix...

GTK 4.4 Released With Continued NGL Improvements, Inspector By Default

Phoronix - Tue, 08/24/2021 - 01:19
GTK 4.4 is out as the latest stable update to the GTK4 open-source toolkit...

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