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Software Engineer (Linux, Device Drivers, C++)  Gi Media

Emmabuntüs DE4 Alpha 2 Released: An All-In-One GNU/Linux Distribution  Fossbytes

Yet another big change being eyed for Fedora 34 is to sign individual files within shipped RPM packages. The signatures will use the Linux Integrity Measurement Architecture (IMA) and in turn can be used to enforce run-time policies around only allowing the execution of trusted files...

Fedora 34 Looks To Sign Individual Files Within RPMs  Phoronix

How to use Windows 95 on modern PCs, Linux, macOS or Windows  Explica

Linux Operating System Industry Market 2020 – Impact of COVID-19, Future Growth Analysis and Challenges  LionLowdown

With Linux 5.12 the Broadcom BCM2711 SoC used by the Raspberry Pi 4 will see 10 and 12-bit color support with the VC4 Direct Rendering Manager driver...

Raspberry Pi "VC4" DRM Driver Sees 10/12 BPC Color Depth With Linux 5.12  Phoronix

Google engineers continue working on the Linux kernel around "Restricted DMA" for helping to protect systems that lack DMA access control for hardware without an IOMMU...

Google Continues Work On Linux "Restricted DMA" For Situations Like Remote WiFi Attacks  Phoronix

Two CentOS Replacements En Route After Red Hat's Unpopular Move to Drop Support  Data Center Knowledge

Writing Firebase Apps on Windows, Mac, and Linux Using Electron  InfoQ.com

Linux Computer Market by Manufacturers, Regions, Type and Application, Forecast To 2026 – Dell, System76, Purism, Slimbook, TUXEDO Computers, Vikings, and more  LionLowdown

While LLVM 12.0 should be out around March as the next half-year feature update to this innovative and widely-used open-source compiler stack, LLVM 11.0.1 is now being christened as the only planned stable point release to LLVM 11...

Choosing a Host Operating System for Embedded Development  DesignNews

Install Wine for Arch Linux such as Manjaro - Linux Shout  H2S Media

Productivity apps can really make your workflow much easier. In this article, I'll share a few of the open source applications I have used to streamline my workflow and increase my overall productivity. All of the productivity applications in this article are free Linux productivity applications.

Tomboy/Gnote

Tomboy is a simple note-taking application that can be used on Linux, Windows, and macOS. It's open source under the GNU LGPLv2.

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I taught myself about programming back in elementary school. My first programs were on the Apple II, but eventually, I learned C by reading books and practicing. And the best way to practice programming is to write sample programs that help exercise your new knowledge.

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It's been recently elaborated why the likes of FreeSync support over HDMI aren't coming to the open-source drivers, at least not yet... It stems from the decision by the HDMI Forum to prevent public access to the HDMI specification, which in turn is hurting open-source graphics drivers...

HDMI Forum Closing Public Specification Access Is Hurting Open-Source GPU Drivers  Phoronix