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Shells.com Continues Work On Supporting More Linux Distros For This "Cloud Desktop"

Phoronix - Tue, 03/23/2021 - 16:28
Shells.com is a "personal cloud computer" that makes it possible to have a remote secure desktop from the browser whether it be running on a smartphone, tablet, smart TV, or other device. They have been supporting a number of different Linux distributions while more continue to be on the way...

Mesa 21.1 Will Aim To Be Out By Mid-May

Phoronix - Tue, 03/23/2021 - 15:13
With Mesa 21.0 released earlier this month following a one month delay, the Mesa 21.1 release calendar has now been published for that next quarterly feature release...

Start programming in Deno, an alternative to Node.js

opensource.com - Tue, 03/23/2021 - 15:02

Deno is a simple, modern, and secure runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript. It is an open source project created by Ryan Dahl, who developed Node.js. In Try Deno as an alternative to Node.js, I introduced Deno's features and explained how to install and run it.

Here, I will help you quickly get started with Deno by explaining:


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3 new Java tools to try in 2021

opensource.com - Tue, 03/23/2021 - 15:02

Despite the popularity of Python, Go, and Node.js for implementing artificial intelligence and machine learning applications and serverless functions on Kubernetes, Java technologies still play a key role in developing enterprise applications.


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Affordable high-temperature 3D printers at home

opensource.com - Tue, 03/23/2021 - 15:00

3D printers have been around since the 1980s, but they didn't gain popular attention until they became open source, thanks to the RepRap project. RepRap stands for self-replicating rapid prototyper; it's a 3D printer that can largely print itself. The open source plans were released in 2004 and led to 3D printer costs dropping from hundreds of thousands of dollars to a few hundred dollars.


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How to Use until Loop in Your Shell Scripts

Tecmint - Tue, 03/23/2021 - 12:45
The post How to Use until Loop in Your Shell Scripts first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

In bash for, while, and until are three loop constructs. While each loop differs syntactically and functionally their purpose is to iterate over a block of code when a certain expression is evaluated. Until

The post How to Use until Loop in Your Shell Scripts first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides.

Proposal Raised For Dropping Mesa's Classic OpenGL Drivers From Mainline This Year

Phoronix - Tue, 03/23/2021 - 06:54
It's been proposed in the past but never acted upon yet but the idea of dropping/retiring Mesa's "classic" OpenGL drivers from the mainline code-base and letting them potentially live on in an "LTS" branch has once again been brought up...

AMD Prepares USB-C Linux Driver Support For Radeon Graphics Cards

Phoronix - Tue, 03/23/2021 - 04:49
With some Radeon RX 6000 series graphics cards sporting a USB-C interface for USB-C monitors or VR headsets, AMD has been working on the open-source Linux driver support for this interface...

IBM Lands Last Minute POWER10 Updates Into GCC 11 Compiler

Phoronix - Tue, 03/23/2021 - 01:12
In addition to the last minute AMD Zen 3 "znver3" tuning in GCC 11, also landing rather late are scheduling updates for the GNU Compiler Collection around the IBM POWER10 processor target...

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