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Windows 11 WSL2 Performance Is Quite Competitive Against Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / Ubuntu 21.10

Phoronix - Wed, 09/29/2021 - 21:18
Recently I carried out some updated Windows 11 benchmarks against Linux to look at how this forthcoming Microsoft operating system release is competing with Ubuntu. In this article is a fresh look at the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2) performance on the near-final Windows 11 against Ubuntu Linux.

AMD Aims For 30x Energy Efficiency Improvement For AI Training + HPC By 2025

Phoronix - Wed, 09/29/2021 - 21:09
AMD this morning announced a goal of increasing the energy efficiency of EPYC processors running AI training and high performance workloads by 30x... Within the next four years...

LibreOffice Lands Initial Code For Qt6 Toolkit Support

Phoronix - Wed, 09/29/2021 - 20:54
Merged this morning into the LibreOffice code-base is the initial Qt6 VCL plug-in...

Updated Zstd Implementation For The Linux Kernel Coming Soon

Phoronix - Wed, 09/29/2021 - 17:45
While the Linux kernel is increasingly supporting the use of Zstd for various compression purposes, the current Zstd code within the kernel is out-of-date and efforts so far to re-base it against the closer to upstream Zstd state have been stalled. Fortunately, a new attempt at getting the Zstd code updated for the Linux kernel will be published soon...

How I keep my file folders tidy with Ansible

opensource.com - Wed, 09/29/2021 - 15:01

I try to use Ansible often, even for tasks that I know how to do with a shell script because I know that Ansible is easy to scale. Even though I might develop an Ansible playbook just for my personal workstation, sometimes it ends up being a lot more useful than intended, and it's easy to apply that same playbook to all the computers on my network. And besides, sometimes the greatest enemy of getting really good at something is the impression that it's only meant for serious professionals, or big projects, or whatever you feel that you're not.


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Manage CentOS Stream with Foreman

opensource.com - Wed, 09/29/2021 - 15:00

In December 2021, CentOS 8 will reach end of life and be replaced by CentOS Stream. One of the major changes between previous iterations of CentOS and CentOS Stream is the lack of minor versions. Centos Stream has adopted a continuous release cycle. From the beginning of this year, developers in the Foreman community started to see the benefits of earlier bug detection and patching that CentOS Stream offers as a result of the continuous releases. We no longer have to wait for the next release to take advantage of the latest changes and bugfixes.


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Install Java manually on Linux

opensource.com - Wed, 09/29/2021 - 15:00

It is easy to use your Linux distribution's package management tool to install the Java software packages. However, sometimes you need to do a manual installation of Java. This is of particular importance to administrators of Java-based application servers such as Tomcat or JBoss. Many open source and proprietary software products rely on these services.

Developer or Runtime kit?

The Java Virtual Machine (JVM) is provided in two different forms: The Java Development Kit (JDK) or the Java Runtime Environment (JRE).


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Ansible automation around the world

Red Hat News - Wed, 09/29/2021 - 12:00

Check out how customers from around the world, from Asia-Pacific, to Europe, to North America, tapped Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform to meet their own demands.

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