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NVIDIA 465.19.01 Linux Beta Driver Released

Phoronix - Tue, 03/30/2021 - 21:00
While looking forward to the NVIDIA 470 series Linux driver for Wayland support improvements, before getting there NVIDIA is first introducing the 465 driver series. Today marks the first publicly available NVIDIA 465 Linux driver beta...

Intel's Bus Lock Detection Might Be Ready For The Mainline Linux Kernel

Phoronix - Tue, 03/30/2021 - 19:05
For longer than the past year Intel engineers have been working on wiring up the Linux kernel support to handle split lock detection and bus lock detection. Back in Linux 5.7 the split lock detection landed for warning or even killing the offending software should a split lock occur due to the significant performance impact and possible denial of service. Now it's looking like the bus lock detection code could be ready for mainline...

Linux 5.13 To Enable The Keyboard/Touchpad Of Newer Microsoft Surface Laptops

Phoronix - Tue, 03/30/2021 - 18:10
The quest of improving the Microsoft Surface laptop support under Linux continues. With Linux 5.13 there is going to be not only the Surface DTX driver but another new Surface driver queued up is "surface-hid" that will allow supporting the keyboard and touchpad on newer Surface devices...

Intel IGC Network Driver Queues XDP Support For Linux 5.13

Phoronix - Tue, 03/30/2021 - 17:49
The Intel IGC network driver (not to be confused with their other IGC, the Intel Graphics Compiler) that supports their Gigabit/2.5G Ethernet devices has support for the Express Data Path (XDP) with the upcoming Linux 5.13 cycle...

Access Python package index JSON APIs with requests

opensource.com - Tue, 03/30/2021 - 15:02

PyPI, the Python package index, provides a JSON API for information about its packages. This is essentially a machine-readable source of the same kind of data you can access while browsing the website. For example, as a human, I can head to the NumPy project page in my browser, click around, and see which versions there are, what files are available, and things like release dates and which Python versions are supported:


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A DevOps guide to documentation

opensource.com - Tue, 03/30/2021 - 15:01

DevOps is challenging technical documentation norms like at no other time in IT history. From automation to increased delivery velocity to dismantling the waterfall software development lifecycle model, these all spell the need for making dramatic changes to business and the philosophy of technical documentation.

Here are some ways DevOps is influencing technical documentation.


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6 actionable steps to becoming an open leader

opensource.com - Tue, 03/30/2021 - 15:00

One of the most common challenges of open leadership is implementing its practices. If you speak to leaders about open behaviors, you will see their eyes glaze over. They know leaders should establish trust and be more transparent and collaborative with their teams. The question is not whether they should do these things, but how?

Leaders want to know the actionable steps to becoming an open leader. Becoming an open leader is not an overnight process. To help you get started, here are six open practices that every leader can begin implementing right now.


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How to Install SQLite and SQLite Browser in Ubuntu

Tecmint - Tue, 03/30/2021 - 13:22
The post How to Install SQLite and SQLite Browser in Ubuntu first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

SQLite is a lightweight, small and self-contained RDBMS in a C library. Popular databases like MySql, PostgreSQL, etc. works in the client-server model and they have a dedicated process running and controlling all the

The post How to Install SQLite and SQLite Browser in Ubuntu first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides.

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