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Siemens Working To Upstream More Linux Drivers For Their Industrial PCs

Phoronix - Tue, 03/16/2021 - 18:18
Siemens has recently been engaging directly with the upstream Linux kernel developers in aiming to mainline various drivers for benefiting their industrial PC platforms...

The Last Minute GNOME Shell + Mutter 40 Release Candidate Changes

Phoronix - Tue, 03/16/2021 - 18:01
GNOME developers remain very busy as they approach the finish line for GNOME 40...

How to write 'Hello World' in WebAssembly

opensource.com - Tue, 03/16/2021 - 15:01

WebAssembly is a bytecode format that virtually every browser can compile to its host system's machine code. Alongside JavaScript and WebGL, WebAssembly fulfills the demand for porting applications for platform-independent use in the web browser. As a compilation target for C++ and Rust, WebAssembly enables web browsers to execute code at near-native speed.

When you talk about a WebAssembly, application, you must distinguish between three states:


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Get started with edge computing by programming embedded systems

opensource.com - Tue, 03/16/2021 - 15:00

RTOS is an open source operating system for embedded devices developed by RT-Thread. It provides a standardized, friendly foundation for developers to program a variety of devices and includes a large number of useful libraries and toolkits to make the process easier.


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LFCA: Learn Basic File Management Commands in Linux – Part 2

Tecmint - Tue, 03/16/2021 - 14:28
The post LFCA: Learn Basic File Management Commands in Linux – Part 2 first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

This article is Part 2 of the LFCA series, here in this part, we will explain about Linux file system and cover the basic file management commands, that are required for the LFCA certification

The post LFCA: Learn Basic File Management Commands in Linux – Part 2 first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides.

Ubuntu Touch OTA-16 Released As The Second Largest Release Ever

Phoronix - Tue, 03/16/2021 - 14:00
UBports released Ubuntu Touch OTA-16 as their largest update since the days of OTA-4 when the transition happened from an Ubuntu 15.04 base to 16.04 LTS...

Fedora Workstation 34 Should Be Very Exciting With GNOME 40, PipeWire Default

Phoronix - Tue, 03/16/2021 - 12:00
Fedora 34 due out in April is shaping up to be a very exciting feature release as usual with this Red Hat sponsored Linux distribution continuing to live on the bleeding-edge of the open-source software ecosystem. Fedora Workstation 34 in particular is heavy on updates and new features, led by the GNOME 40 desktop...

Additional AMD EPYC 75F3 / 7713 / 7763 Linux Performance Benchmarks

Phoronix - Tue, 03/16/2021 - 06:40
Complementing today's AMD EPYC 7003 series review with the initial testing on the EPYC 7F53, 7713, and 7763 processors, here are some additional raw data points in full for those interested in an even more diverse look at the performance...

Git 2.31 Released With Moving More Of The Bisecting Code To C

Phoronix - Tue, 03/16/2021 - 03:52
Git 2.31 is out today as the newest version of this distributed revision control system...

New & Much Improved WireGuard Implementation Comes To FreeBSD

Phoronix - Tue, 03/16/2021 - 01:31
Towards the end of last year FreeBSD imported a WireGuard kernel module. That initial WireGuard port to FreeBSD was sponsored by firewall company Netgate but the code quality was found to be poor and made without much involvement from upstream WireGuard developers. That FreeBSD WireGuard kernel code is now in the process of being replaced by a much better implementation...

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