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Linux 5.10-ck1 Released With Updated MuQSS Scheduler

Phoronix - Thu, 12/31/2020 - 20:43
Con Kolivas took some time out of his New Year's Eve to release Linux 5.10-ck1 as his independent patch-set applied to the recently minted Linux 5.10 kernel and with that the latest MuQSS scheduler...

Fedora Had A Super Year From Lenovo Preloads To Btrfs To Many Other New Features

Phoronix - Thu, 12/31/2020 - 19:31
The Fedora project had a pretty terrific and exciting year especially with everything happening in the world this year. Fedora began appearing on more Lenovo device pre-loads, many features landed like Btrfs by default in Fedora Workstation, they continue to be leading the Wayland charge, and a lot of great engineering work by the folks from Red Hat...

Fedora 34 Plans To Provide Xfce 4.16 Desktop Packages

Phoronix - Thu, 12/31/2020 - 17:39
While it shouldn't come as much of a surprise given Fedora's tendency to always ship with the freshest open-source packages, but Fedora 34 should be including the latest Xfce 4.16 desktop packages for those seeking that GTK based desktop...

Build your own text editor in Java

opensource.com - Thu, 12/31/2020 - 16:02

There are a lot of text editors available. There are those that run in the terminal, in a GUI, in a browser, and in a browser engine. Many are very good, and some are great. But sometimes, the most satisfying answer to any question is the one you build yourself.


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10 things to love about Git

opensource.com - Thu, 12/31/2020 - 16:00

Git is an essential tool in the open source developer's toolkit. This powerful version-control system has a lot of complex features. Not all of the features are necessary to use Git, but knowing more about how Git works makes working with Git easier.

During 2020, Opensource.com published many excellent articles about Git, including the top 10 covered below. Each article provides tips and tricks for improving and enhancing your Git experience.


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4 considerations for getting started with CI/CD in 2021

opensource.com - Thu, 12/31/2020 - 16:00

In 2020, Opensource.com's articles about continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) aimed to help you rethink your infrastructure with continuous delivery. If you're new to the CI/CD way of doing things or you need a refresher, read on for summaries of the top four CI/CD articles of 2020.


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GNU Had A Busy 2020 With The GCC Toolchain Still Rocking, Finally Converted To Git

Phoronix - Thu, 12/31/2020 - 15:32
The GNU Project had a very active year with the GNU toolchain in particular continuing to make major strides in punctually supporting new C/C++ features, continuing to enhance device offloading / accelerator support, support new CPU features, and more. GCC also saw its conversion this year finally over to Git among other accomplishments by the large number of GNU software projects...

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