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Generate QR codes with this open source tool

opensource.com - Mon, 02/01/2021 - 16:00

QR codes are an excellent way to provide information to people without the trouble and expense of printing it. Most people have smartphones that support QR code scanning, regardless of the operating system.


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5 Most Notable Open Source Centralized Log Management Tools

Tecmint - Mon, 02/01/2021 - 14:01

Centralized logging, just like security, is a fundamental aspect of monitoring and sound management of core resources in an IT infrastructure including web applications and hardware devices. Competent operation teams always have in place

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Red Hat success stories: Leveling up with OpenShift and Ansible Automation

Red Hat News - Mon, 02/01/2021 - 13:00

We love welcoming new users into open source, but also get really excited when our customers come back for a second or third helping of Red Hat. This month, we’re highlighting three customers who achieved incremental benefits after adding on more Red Hat products in their environment. Looking for ways to continue improving your business with the best of enterprise open source?

Linux 5.11, Pyston, Wayland & Other January Excitement

Phoronix - Mon, 02/01/2021 - 13:00
From Linux 5.11 adventures to the AMD CES keynote to many open-source software advancements, there was a lot of activity during the month of January to take one's mind off the pandemic...

Linux 5.11-rc6 Released With Itanium Support Now Orphaned

Phoronix - Mon, 02/01/2021 - 06:36
Linux 5.11-rc6 is out ahead of the stable release of Linux 5.11 coming in February...

OpenBenchmarking.org / PTS Adds Automated Per-Test Analysis Of CPU Instruction Set Usage

Phoronix - Mon, 02/01/2021 - 02:30
For those wondering how say AVX heavy a particular program is being benchmarked or if a given program/benchmark supports making use of new instruction set extensions such as Vector AES or forthcoming AVX VNNI or AMX, the Phoronix Test Suite and OpenBenchmarking.org can now provide that insight on a per-test basis with common CPU instruction set extensions...

Taiwins Wayland Compositor Switches From WLROOTS To Its Own Library

Phoronix - Mon, 02/01/2021 - 00:13
Taiwins debuted last year as a compact Wayland compositor and focused on being modular with Wayland scripting support. Up to now Taiwins relied upon the WLROOTS effort born out of the Sway project for doing much of the Wayland heavy-lifting but the developer has now replaced it with its own Wayland support library...

CXL 2.0 Support For Linux Moves Past "RFC" Phase

Phoronix - Sun, 01/31/2021 - 20:38
Immediately following the CXL 2.0 specification being made public in November, Intel developers began posting Linux enablement patches for CXL 2.0 with an initial focus on type-3 memory device support. It's looking like that CXL 2.0 enablement work is now closer to being mainlined in the Linux kernel...

Mesa Continues With More Optimizations For Workstation OpenGL Performance

Phoronix - Sun, 01/31/2021 - 19:12
Well known AMD open-source driver developer Marek Olšák continues squeezing Mesa for every bit of possible performance, which in recent months has been with a seemingly workstation focus...

Wine-Staging 6.1 Released With Nearly 800 Patches Blended Into Wine

Phoronix - Sun, 01/31/2021 - 18:45
Building off Friday's release of Wine 6.1 as the first development snapshot of the new series, Wine-Staging is out this morning with an updated release...

3 wishes for open source productivity in 2021

opensource.com - Sun, 01/31/2021 - 16:01

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 the final day of 21 Days of Productivity in 2021.

Here we are, at the end of another series. So let's talk about the things I want to see more of in 2021.

Disconnecting


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