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helloSystem, System76 Keyboard + Linux 5.11/5.12 Captivated Users In February

Phoronix - Mon, 03/01/2021 - 20:00
From FreeBSD 13 nearing release and helloSystem making waves to Linux 5.11 getting buttoned up while paired with the virtual FOSDEM 2021 conference was able to capture much interest in the open-source community during another pandemic month...

Vulkan 1.2.171 Released With New Extension For BlackBerry QNX Support

Phoronix - Mon, 03/01/2021 - 19:16
Vulkan 1.2.171 is out this morning with several fixes and clarifications to this high performance graphics / compute API specification while there is also a new extension for allowing BlackBerry QNX support...

Clazy Framework Employed To Help Port Qt 5 Code To Qt 6

Phoronix - Mon, 03/01/2021 - 19:00
The Qt Company is now offering some checks for the Clazy framework to help in porting Qt 5 code to Qt 6 compatibility...

Build a home thermostat with a Raspberry Pi

opensource.com - Mon, 03/01/2021 - 16:03

My wife and I moved into a new home in October 2020. As soon as it started getting cold, we realized some shortcomings of the home's older heating system (including one heating zone that was always on). We had Nest thermostats in our previous home, and the current setup was not nearly as convenient. There are multiple thermostats in our house, and some had programmed heating schedules, others had different schedules, some had none at all.


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4 open source tools for running a Linux server

opensource.com - Mon, 03/01/2021 - 16:02

In 2021, there are more reasons why people love Linux than ever before. In this series, I'll share 21 different reasons to use Linux. Here are four open source tools for turning any device into a Linux server. 

Sometimes I detect a certain mystique around the idea of a server. Many people, should they have an image in their mind at all, think servers must be big, heavy, rack-mounted machines, carefully maintained by an overly deliberate sysadmin and a group of magical tinker gnomes. Other people envision servers as vaporous clouds that somehow power the internet.


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5 tips for choosing an Ansible collection that's right for you

opensource.com - Mon, 03/01/2021 - 16:00

In August 2020, Ansible issued its first release since the developers split the core functionality from the vast majority of its modules and plugins. A few basic Ansible modules remain part of core Ansible—modules for templating configuration files, managing services, and installing packages. All the other modules and plugins found their homes in dedicated Ansible collections.


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