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Migrate virtual machines to Kubernetes with this new tool

opensource.com - Wed, 06/16/2021 - 15:02

In 2017, the KubeVirt team launched the project to manage virtual machines (VMs) alongside containers in Kubernetes. The open source project's intent was to make VMs first-class citizens in this environment.


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Set up a service mesh on Istio

opensource.com - Wed, 06/16/2021 - 15:01

Service mesh and serverless deployment models represent the next phase in the evolution of microservice architectures. Service mesh enables developers to focus on business feature development rather than managing non-functional microservices capabilities such as monitoring, tracing, fault tolerance, and service discovery.


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How to use FreeDOS as an embedded system

opensource.com - Wed, 06/16/2021 - 15:00

The FreeDOS website says that most people use FreeDOS for three main tasks:

  1. Playing classic DOS games
  2. Running legacy DOS software
  3. Running an embedded system

But what does it mean to run an "embedded" system?


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12 Most Used Microsoft Office Alternatives for Linux

Tecmint - Wed, 06/16/2021 - 14:10
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Productivity on any operating system is, without doubt, one of the most important things that can make or break a platform however, execution is the key – if done right, enterprise adaptation would be

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GNU C Library Lands Year 2038 Handling For Legacy ABIs

Phoronix - Wed, 06/16/2021 - 12:00
The GNU C Library (Glibc) saw another batch of Year 2038 "Y2038" preparations on Tuesday for the Unix timestamp for when the time since 1 January 1970 can no longer be stored in a signed 32-bit integer...

Systemd 249-rc1 Released With Many New Features

Phoronix - Wed, 06/16/2021 - 08:22
The first release candidate of systemd 249 is now available for testing with yet more new and improved features...

Alpine Linux 3.14 Released With Many Package Updates For This Lightweight Distro

Phoronix - Wed, 06/16/2021 - 04:00
A new version of Alpine Linux is now available for this distribution that's popular for container use and other environments requiring a small footprint or those simply preferring its Busybox + Musl libc usage...

Intel Xe Graphics Squeeze Out More Linux Performance By Flushing Less

Phoronix - Wed, 06/16/2021 - 02:26
Intel's "Gen12" Xe Graphics should be performing marginally better with next quarter's Mesa 21.2 feature release for its open-source ANV Vulkan driver...

Left 4 Dead 2 Updated With Vulkan Rendering Via DXVK, Many Other Improvements

Phoronix - Wed, 06/16/2021 - 01:46
Similar to Portal 2 getting Vulkan rendering support earlier this year by leveraging DXVK to convert Direct3D calls to Vulkan, Valve's Left 4 Dead 2 has now received similar treatment alongside a big update out today...

DXVK 1.9 Brings Conservative Rasterization For Running Direct3D Games On Linux

Phoronix - Wed, 06/16/2021 - 01:09
A new release of DXVK is available for running Direct3D 9/10/11 games over the Vulkan API that is most notably used by Steam Play (Proton) for allowing many Windows games to run gracefully on Linux...

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