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C++20 Is Still Settling While LLVM Clang Already Adds Option For Starting C++2b/C++23

Phoronix - Thu, 12/03/2020 - 19:33
It was just in September that the C++20 standards draft was approved as a major update to the programming language over C++17. While compilers like GCC and LLVM Clang are still completing all of the changes for C++20 support, Clang is already moving ahead and has added support for the "-std=c++2b" option as it begins the endeavor of staging changes likely for C++23...

Dbus-Broker 25 Released With More Fixes

Phoronix - Thu, 12/03/2020 - 19:13
The BUS1 kernel code for providing an in-kernel, capability-based IPC mechanism hasn't seen much (or any?) activity in well over a year but at least the Dbus-Broker project continues ahead. Dbus-Broker continues ahead as this D-Bus compatible implementation focused on correctness while being optimized for performance...

Stratis Storage 2.3 Released With Clevis Encryption Policy Support

Phoronix - Thu, 12/03/2020 - 17:40
In addition to OpenZFS 2.0 releasing and Bcachefs hitting up more performance optimizations, some further next-gen Linux storage news is Red Hat's Stratis Storage 2.3 being released...

POCL 1.6-RC1 Released With Better CUDA Performance

Phoronix - Thu, 12/03/2020 - 16:30
POCL as the "Portable Computing Language" that implements OpenCL and allows it to function atop CPUs as well as CUDA-enabled NVIDIA GPUs, HSA-supported AMD GPUs, and other possible back-ends, is preparing for a new feature release...

Support your work-life balance with this open source productivity tool

opensource.com - Thu, 12/03/2020 - 16:01

Super Productivity is a to-do app for people that spend a lot of their time working from a computer. Its philosophy is that disciplined, focused work and cutting yourself some slack benefit from each other, rather than being on opposite sides of the spectrum.


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Get the most out of the Vi text editor

opensource.com - Thu, 12/03/2020 - 16:00

Whether you know it as Vim, Neovim, gVim, nvi, or even Elvis, the quintessential Unix editor is easily Vi. Included in probably every Linux and BSD distribution, Vi is a lightweight and minimalist text editor that many users love for its simple and succinct keyboard shortcuts and dual-mode design.


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How to Fix “MySQL ERROR 1819 (HY000):” in Linux

Tecmint - Thu, 12/03/2020 - 13:05

When creating a MySQL user with a relatively weak password, you might encounter the error ‘MySQL ERROR 1819 (HY000): Your password does not satisfy the current policy requirements’. Technically, this is not an error,

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Radeon ROCm 3.10 Released With Data Center Tool Improvements, New APIs

Phoronix - Thu, 12/03/2020 - 13:00
While we have been looking out for Radeon ROCm 4.0 that was announced back at SC20 as well as an updated ROCm for providing the RDNA2 compute support only found currently in their packaged RX 6800 series Linux driver, ROCm 3.10 arrived on Wednesday as an unexpected twist...

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