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An editor's draft for post-Spectre web development guidance was made available by the W3C...

Parents are always looking for ways to protect their kids online—from malware, banner ads, pop-ups, activity-tracking scripts, and other concerns—and to prevent them from playing games and watching YouTube when they should be doing their schoolwork. Many businesses use tools that regulate their employees' online safety and activities, but the question is how to make this happen at home?

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A test case is a lawsuit brought primarily to achieve a policy outcome by securing a judicial ruling that reverses settled law or clarifies some disputed legal question. Bringing a test case typically involves carefully planning out where, when, and whom to sue and which legal arguments to advance in order to maximize the chances of winning the desired result. In the United States, we often see test case strategies used by public interest organizations to effect legal change that cannot practically be attained through other governmental means.

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The Open Source Initiative (OSI) is the community-driven nonprofit organization that maintains and evaluates compliance with the Open Source Definition. Last year, I wrote a piece for Opensource.com with a series of questions for candidates in the 2020 election for the OSI board of directors.

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Editor's note: This article is part of a series on working with mental health conditions. It details the author's personal experiences and is not meant to convey professional medical advice or guidance.

Introduction

I'm writing this in the middle of another cold and seemingly endless New England winter. It's the time of year many people begin feeling the effects of burnout.

At the same time, we're observing the first anniversary of many lockdowns since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. So feelings of burnout are even more widespread.

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7-Zip 21.0 alpha introduces native Linux support  Ghacks Technology News

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Flameshot is an open-source screenshot tool available for Linux, Mac, and Windows. It is created with C++ and QT5 language. Every popular Linux distribution comes with a screenshot tool but they lack few functionalities

The post How to Install Flameshot Screenshot Tool in Linux first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides.

LLVM 12.0 was aiming for release at the start of March but it missed that goal post and a third release candidate was tagged on Wednesday. But, fortunately, it looks like the official release will be out soon...

Microsoft edge AI kit runs Linux on i.MX8M and adds Myriad X and 8MP cam  LinuxGizmos.com

The Mesa release train once again rode off the tracks but this week looks like it will get back on track with hopes of releasing Mesa 21.0 on Thursday...

Linux distribution Netrunner has a rocky past but a promising future  TechRepublic

CloudPanel is the Linux control panel PHP developers have been waiting for  TechRepublic

Basic scripting on Unix and Linux  Network World

Linux Foundation unveils Sigstore — a Let's Encrypt for code signing  BleepingComputer

How to install KDE Desktop GUI on AlmaLinux 8 - Linux Shout  H2S Media

The AMD Radeon "Aldebaran" successor to Arcturus has now landed the initial user-space code into Mesa 21.1...

The Best 5 Linux Cloud Storage Solutions in 2021  MUO - MakeUseOf

6 Best Linux Hosting Options in 2021 • Benzinga  Benzinga

AMD recently added a notice to the ROCm repository reinforcing their focus on headless, non-GUI workloads while now that statement is being sort of retracted and they have clarified their support intentions around this open-source Radeon Open eCosystem driver stack...

New malware tied to China targets Linux endpoints and servers  SC Magazine