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OPNsense 21.1 Open-Source Firewall/Router Platform Released

Phoronix - Thu, 01/28/2021 - 22:37
If changes around pfSense land have you looking at other possible open-source firewall/router options, OPNsense that forked from pfSense six years ago is out with its newest feature release...

LLVM 12.0-RC1 Available For Testing This Latest Open-Source Compiler

Phoronix - Thu, 01/28/2021 - 20:37
Following the LLVM 12 code branching earlier this week, the first release candidate of the forthcoming LLVM 12.0 is now available for testing...

GNU Parted 3.4 Released With Support For F2FS File-System

Phoronix - Thu, 01/28/2021 - 19:18
GNU Parted 3.4 is out as the first update to this open-source partition editor in sixteen months...

There Is Another Attempt At Allowing Zstd-Compressed Firmware For The Linux Kernel

Phoronix - Thu, 01/28/2021 - 16:27
With Facebook's Zstandard compression algorithm becoming quite popular and well supported across many different environments -- including support for Zstd compressing the Linux kernel, among other uses -- there is a renewed effort in allowing Linux firmware to be compressed via Zstd...

Start programming in Racket by writing a "guess the number" game

opensource.com - Thu, 01/28/2021 - 16:02

I am a big advocate of learning multiple programming languages. That's mostly because I tend to get bored with the languages I use the most. It also teaches me new and interesting ways to approach programming.


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4 tips for preventing notification fatigue

opensource.com - Thu, 01/28/2021 - 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 day 18 of 21 Days of Productivity in 2021.


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Open source leader in White House, Mapbox gets open source alternative, and more

opensource.com - Thu, 01/28/2021 - 16:00

In this edition of our open source news roundup, an open source leader heads to the White House, MapLibre launches an open source alternative, and more.


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