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Python Development Setup Using Visual Studio Code

Tecmint - Wed, 05/06/2020 - 15:52
First of all, what is an IDE and why do we need one? The integrated development environment is an application that provides the ability to write programs, test it, and debug it and a...

6 open source alternatives to Wunderlist

opensource.com - Wed, 05/06/2020 - 15:03

Wunderlist is an app for lists, loved by many, but gone for good as of May 6, 2020. The website encourages existing users to download and use Microsoft To Do in its place. That's tempting because it makes it easy to import all of those lists you've made over the years. Then again, maybe it's a chance to Marie Kondo those lists and pare things down. Do you really need 30 lists? (Apparently, I've decided that I do, so I won't judge.)


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Speed up administration of Kubernetes clusters with k9s

opensource.com - Wed, 05/06/2020 - 15:02

Usually, my articles about Kubernetes administration are full of kubectl commands for administration for your clusters. Recently, however, someone pointed me to the k9s project for a fast way to review and resolve day-to-day issues in Kubernetes. It's been a huge improvement to my workflow and I'll show you how to get started in this tutorial. 


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Customizing my open source PHP framework for web development

opensource.com - Wed, 05/06/2020 - 15:01

PHP Codeigniter is an open source framework providing business applications with the easy-to-use PHP programming language and powerful tools for coding. It also provides business intelligence, server monitoring, development, and application integration facilities. It's a relatively quiet project that you don't hear much about, but it's got a lot going for it that many developers new to it find surprising and refreshing.


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Customizing my open source PHP framework for web development

opensource.com - Wed, 05/06/2020 - 15:01

PHP Codeignitor is an open source integrated development environment (IDE) providing business applications with the easy-to-use PHP programming language and powerful tools for coding. It also provides business intelligence, server monitoring, development, and application integration facilities. It's a relatively quiet project that you don't hear much about, but it's got a lot going for it that many developers new to it find surprising and refreshing.


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Managing Git projects with submodules and subtrees

opensource.com - Wed, 05/06/2020 - 15:00

If you are into open source development, you have probably worked with Git to manage source code. You might have come across projects with numerous dependencies and/or sub-projects. How do you manage them?

For an open source organization, it can be tricky to achieve single-source documentation and dependency management for the community and the product. The documentation and project often end up fragmented and redundant, which makes them difficult to maintain.


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Canonical Developers Preparing For More ZFS Improvements In Ubuntu 20.10

Phoronix - Wed, 05/06/2020 - 12:08
While Ubuntu 20.04 LTS was released less than two weeks ago, attention by Canonical and the Ubuntu development community has already turned to Ubuntu 20.10 as the Groovy Gorilla. With it being the first release past an LTS debut, they tend to be a more liberal in the changes in allowing plenty of time to stabilize before the next Long Term Support cycle. On the ZFS front it looks like we could be in for some more exciting changes...

Linux Writecache To See Much Greater Performance On Intel Optane Systems Soon

Phoronix - Wed, 05/06/2020 - 06:56
The Linux DM-Writecache target that allows for writeback caching to cache newly written data to an SSD or persistent memory will with Linux 5.8 see better performance out of Intel Optane like storage on newer platforms...

Firefox 76 Released With WebRender Improvements, Better Security

Phoronix - Wed, 05/06/2020 - 03:55
Firefox 76.0 is out today as the newest feature release to Mozilla's web browser...

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