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10 ways to get started with open source in 2021

opensource.com - Mon, 01/18/2021 - 16:00

Opensource.com exists to educate the world about everything open source, from new tools and frameworks to scaling communities. We aim to make open source more accessible to anyone who wants to use or contribute to it.

Getting started in open source can be hard, so we regularly share tips and advice on how you can get involved. If you want to learn Python, help fight COVID-19, or join the Kubernetes community, we've got you covered.


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Tips for incorporating self-care into your daily routine

opensource.com - Mon, 01/18/2021 - 16:00

In prior years, this annual series covered individual apps. This year, we are looking at all-in-one solutions in addition to strategies to help in 2021. Welcome to day 8 of 21 Days of Productivity in 2021.

There is a term you hear a lot these days: Self-care. This concept is possibly one of the most critical things we need to do in a world where we are mostly working from home, social distancing, and spending a lot more time on video conferences.


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Farewell 2020: A year of togetherness with our EMEA partners

Red Hat News - Mon, 01/18/2021 - 13:00

When reflecting on 2020, I do what many people do and think about what things were like prior to this year.  For me, I immediately go back to a spring day three years ago. Red Hat was hosting our EMEA Partner Conference; a mix of distributors, independent software vendors (ISVs), system integrators and solution providers from across the region. Alongside the usual product updates and market insight sessions you might expect, we decided to do a little drumming.

Wine Developers Are Working On A New Linux Kernel Sync API To Succeed ESYNC/FSYNC

Phoronix - Mon, 01/18/2021 - 13:00
While there is the prior "ESYNC" and "FSYNC" work pursued by Wine for the Linux kernel, it appears Wine developers are back to the drawing board in coming up with a Linux kernel implementation for Wine synchronization primitives that will address all their needs and match the Windows behavior well...

Linux 5.11-rc4 Released With NVIDIA RTX 30 Mode-Setting, Haswell GT1 Graphics Restored

Phoronix - Mon, 01/18/2021 - 09:11
Linux 5.11-rc4 was just released and it's looking like a fairly normal release at this stage of development aside from some notable additions that were merged this week...

Linux 5.10.8 Kernel Released - Finally Fixes That Btrfs Performance Regression

Phoronix - Mon, 01/18/2021 - 02:24
Linux 5.10.8 is out today as the latest stable release for the Linux 5.10 LTS series. Making this point release notable is that it finally addresses the 5.10 Btrfs performance regression...

Gentoo Saw Total Commits Rise By 42% In 2020, Great Progress On Wayland

Phoronix - Sun, 01/17/2021 - 23:13
The pandemic didn't adversely impact the Gentoo Linux project's operations with seeing the overall number of commits grow by nearly 42% last year within the Gentoo repository. Gentoo also saw commits from 333 unique authors in 2020, up from 333 the year prior. Plus they've made other improvements too for this technical-minded Linux distribution too during 2020...

Corellium Posts Very Early Linux Port To Apple M1 Macs

Phoronix - Sun, 01/17/2021 - 21:29
Apple-focused security/virtualization startup Corellium has posted a very primitive build of Linux for Apple M1 Mac devices...

Better Microsoft Surface Support Is On The Way With Linux 5.12

Phoronix - Sun, 01/17/2021 - 20:50
More improvements for Microsoft Surface laptops on Linux are set to land for Linux 5.12...

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