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Qt Creator 4.15 Released For This Qt/C++ IDE

Phoronix - Wed, 05/05/2021 - 17:28
The Qt Company today released Qt Creator 4.15 as the newest version of this open-source Qt and C++ focused integrated development environment...

How I recognize and prevent burnout in open source

opensource.com - Wed, 05/05/2021 - 15:01

I've attended many open source conferences over the years, and I usually find at least one session that discusses burnout, stress, or work-life balance. I've found many of these sessions helpful—not just personally, but I've also learned some important lessons for managing open source communities.


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What Google v. Oracle means for open source

opensource.com - Wed, 05/05/2021 - 15:00

Google v. Oracle has finally concluded in a sweeping 6-2 decision by the US Supreme Court favoring Google and adding further clarity on the freedom to use application programming interfaces (APIs). Software developers can benefit from this decision.


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Drop telnet for OpenSSL

opensource.com - Wed, 05/05/2021 - 15:00

The telnet command is one of the most popular network troubleshooting tools for anyone from systems administrators to networking hobbyists. In the early years of networked computing, telnet was used to connect to a remote system. You could use telnet to access a port on a remote system, log in, and run commands on that host.


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How to Install Latest LibreOffice in Linux Desktop

Tecmint - Wed, 05/05/2021 - 13:50
The post How to Install Latest LibreOffice in Linux Desktop first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

LibreOffice is an open-source and much powerful personal productivity office suite for Linux, Windows & Mac, that provides feature-rich functions for word documents, data processing, spreadsheets, presentation, drawing, Calc, Math, and much more. LibreOffice

The post How to Install Latest LibreOffice in Linux Desktop first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides.

Turbostat For Linux 5.13 Brings AMD Zen Fix, New Intel CPU Support

Phoronix - Wed, 05/05/2021 - 08:32
The Turbostat utility that lives within the Linux kernel source tree for reporting on CPU topology and various power/frequency metrics has some useful additions pending for the Linux 5.13 kernel...

GCC 11 vs. LLVM Clang 12 Compilers On The AMD EPYC 7763

Phoronix - Wed, 05/05/2021 - 01:18
For those wondering how the recent releases of the GCC 11 and LLVM 12 (Clang 12) open-source compilers are competing on AMD Zen 3, here are some recently conducted benchmarks looking at that showdown on an AMD EPYC 7763 1P server.

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