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Automate image processing with this Bash script

opensource.com - Tue, 10/12/2021 - 15:01

Writers not only work with words, they often have to work with images. Technical writing involves presenting a lot of screenshots to convey the technology and processes. Different publishing platforms may have various requirements for images, such as image format or file size.


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Create a timer on Linux

opensource.com - Tue, 10/12/2021 - 15:00

The timing of certain events is a common task for a developer. Common scenarios for timers are watchdogs, cyclic execution of tasks, or scheduling events for a specific time. In this article, I show how to create a POSIX-compliant interval timer using timer_create(...).

You can download the source code for the following examples from GitHub.


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Celebrating Ada Lovelace with 4 career lessons from women in technology

Red Hat News - Tue, 10/12/2021 - 12:00

Every year in mid-October, we celebrate women tech pioneers on Ada Lovelace Day. In this post, we break down what four Red Hatters had to say about getting started in tech, practicing allyship and overcoming imposter syndrome.

 

Lutris 0.5.9 Released With Support For The Epic Games Store, New Options

Phoronix - Tue, 10/12/2021 - 03:43
Lutris 0.5.9 is now available for this open-source Linux game manager program that has now added initial support for the Epic Games Store among other new options and enhancements in this new version...

Microsoft Publishes WSL Preview Inside the Windows 11 Store

Phoronix - Tue, 10/12/2021 - 03:21
Those running Microsoft's recently released Windows 11 will now be able to find the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) available from within the Microsoft Store for easier setting up of this Linux-based environment...

Intel Posts Latest DG2/Alchemist Linux Patches In Requiring 64K Page Size Handling

Phoronix - Tue, 10/12/2021 - 02:53
While Linux 5.15 brings very early bits around DG2/Alchemist graphics card support, further work is needed to bring it into usable shape for end-users. The latest new patch series to be posted came out today with more driver changes needed around local device memory handling for DG2...

Walmart Pushes Open-Source L3AF To Help Out eBPF Ecosystem

Phoronix - Tue, 10/12/2021 - 02:07
Retail shopping giant Walmart has found use out eBPF programs and today announced the open-source L3AF to help in the effort...

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