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Get started with edge computing by programming embedded systems

opensource.com - Tue, 03/16/2021 - 15:00

RTOS is an open source operating system for embedded devices developed by RT-Thread. It provides a standardized, friendly foundation for developers to program a variety of devices and includes a large number of useful libraries and toolkits to make the process easier.


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LFCA: Learn Basic File Management Commands in Linux – Part 2

Tecmint - Tue, 03/16/2021 - 14:28
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This article is Part 2 of the LFCA series, here in this part, we will explain about Linux file system and cover the basic file management commands, that are required for the LFCA certification

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Ubuntu Touch OTA-16 Released As The Second Largest Release Ever

Phoronix - Tue, 03/16/2021 - 14:00
UBports released Ubuntu Touch OTA-16 as their largest update since the days of OTA-4 when the transition happened from an Ubuntu 15.04 base to 16.04 LTS...

Fedora Workstation 34 Should Be Very Exciting With GNOME 40, PipeWire Default

Phoronix - Tue, 03/16/2021 - 12:00
Fedora 34 due out in April is shaping up to be a very exciting feature release as usual with this Red Hat sponsored Linux distribution continuing to live on the bleeding-edge of the open-source software ecosystem. Fedora Workstation 34 in particular is heavy on updates and new features, led by the GNOME 40 desktop...

Additional AMD EPYC 75F3 / 7713 / 7763 Linux Performance Benchmarks

Phoronix - Tue, 03/16/2021 - 06:40
Complementing today's AMD EPYC 7003 series review with the initial testing on the EPYC 7F53, 7713, and 7763 processors, here are some additional raw data points in full for those interested in an even more diverse look at the performance...

Git 2.31 Released With Moving More Of The Bisecting Code To C

Phoronix - Tue, 03/16/2021 - 03:52
Git 2.31 is out today as the newest version of this distributed revision control system...

New & Much Improved WireGuard Implementation Comes To FreeBSD

Phoronix - Tue, 03/16/2021 - 01:31
Towards the end of last year FreeBSD imported a WireGuard kernel module. That initial WireGuard port to FreeBSD was sponsored by firewall company Netgate but the code quality was found to be poor and made without much involvement from upstream WireGuard developers. That FreeBSD WireGuard kernel code is now in the process of being replaced by a much better implementation...

AMD AOCC 3.0 Released As Zen 3 Optimized LLVM Clang 12 Based Compiler

Phoronix - Mon, 03/15/2021 - 23:46
With today's AMD EPYC 7003 "Milan" launch there is also the public availability of AOCC 3.0 as their LLVM/Clang downstream now carrying patches for optimized Zen 3 support...

AMD EPYC 7003 "Milan" Linux Benchmarks - Superb Performance

Phoronix - Mon, 03/15/2021 - 23:00
It's been one and a half years already since the EPYC 7002 "Rome" processors launched. It's hard to think it's been that long due not only to the pandemic but the incredible performance of these Zen 2 server processors. The EPYC 7002 series continues to largely outperform Intel's Xeon Scalable processors and while Ice Lake is coming soon, for now AMD is expanding their lead with today's EPYC 7003 "Milan" processor launch. We have begun our testing of AMD EPYC Milan processors in recent weeks under Linux and have preliminary performance figures to share today as well as more information on these next-gen server/HPC processors.

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