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Encrypt and decrypt files with a passphrase on Linux

opensource.com - Thu, 07/08/2021 - 15:02

Encryption and security for protecting files and sensitive documents have long been a concern for users. Even as more and more of our data is housed on websites and cloud services, protected by user accounts with ever-more secure and challenging passwords, there's still great value in being able to store sensitive data on our own filesystems, especially when we can encrypt that data quickly and easily.


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3 reasons Quarkus 2.0 improves developer productivity on Linux

opensource.com - Thu, 07/08/2021 - 15:01

No matter how long you work as an application developer and no matter what programming language you use, you probably still struggle to increase your development productivity. Additionally, new paradigms, including cloud computing, DevOps, and test-driven development, have significantly accelerated the development lifecycle for individual developers and multifunctional teams.


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Lessons in openness from Japan's "business reinvention"

opensource.com - Thu, 07/08/2021 - 15:00

In The Business Reinvention of Japan, Ulrike Schaede explores Japan's approach to economic development in the late 20th and early 21st century. Her thesis is that this approach—what she calls an "aggregate niche strategy"—offers important lessons for the West by balancing the pursuit of corporate profit with social stability, economic equality, and social responsibility and sustainability.


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Red Hat is still Red Hat

Red Hat News - Thu, 07/08/2021 - 12:00

Red Hat has received a "positive" rating from Gartner, Inc. in its 2021 Vendor Rating Report. Among Gartner's findings is that "Red Hat is still Red Hat," and retains its neutrality and strategy independent of IBM.

Read about Red Hat's Open Hybrid Cloud portfolio in this Gartner Report

Red Hat News - Thu, 07/08/2021 - 12:00

Gartner published its "2021 Vendor Rating: IBM report" in early June, and we're pleased to report the report that Red Hat received an overall positive rating from Gartner.

ACPI CPPC CPUFreq Will Try Frequency Invariance Again For Linux 5.14

Phoronix - Thu, 07/08/2021 - 12:00
Frequency invariance support for the ACPI CPPC CPUFreq driver originally landed in Linux 5.13 but was reverted late in the cycle due to problems (possible kernel oops) while now that's been cleaned up and is trying again for Linux 5.14 with this functionality striving for more accurate load tracking...

F2FS Brings Compression Improvements To Linux 5.14

Phoronix - Thu, 07/08/2021 - 06:43
The Flash-Friendly File-System (F2FS) continues seeing new features and improvements to this file-system that is increasingly used by Android devices and other flash/SSD-focused systems...

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