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The Dark Mod 2.09 Released With New OpenGL Rendering Backend

Phoronix - Mon, 02/15/2021 - 18:42
The Dark Mod that began as a total conversion mod for Doom 3 but evolved into a standalone game making use of the open-source id Tech 4 game engine is out with a big update. This is one of the few open-source games making use of the public id Tech 4 code-base and with today's v2.09 update is a large rewrite to its graphics back-end...

Learn Difference Between $$ and $BASHPID in Bash

Tecmint - Mon, 02/15/2021 - 16:06

Recently I was working on a shell script and I saw a significant difference in how bash special variable $ and BASHPID behaves. Every process running in Linux will be assigned with a process

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Why everyone should try using Linux

opensource.com - Mon, 02/15/2021 - 16:02

In 2021, there are more reasons why people love Linux than ever before. In this series, I'll share 21 different reasons to use Linux. Let's explore why anyone can try Linux.


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Protect your Home Assistant with these backups

opensource.com - Mon, 02/15/2021 - 16:01

In the last two articles in this series on home automation with Home Assistant (HA), I walked through setting up a few integrations with a Zigbee Bridge and some custom ESP8266 devices that I use for automation.


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A practical guide to JavaScript closures

opensource.com - Mon, 02/15/2021 - 16:00

In 4 reasons why JavaScript is so popular, I touched on a few advanced JavaScript concepts. In this article, I will dive into one of them: closures.


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Linux Foundation Certified IT Associate (LFCA)

Tecmint - Mon, 02/15/2021 - 15:17

The Linux Foundation Certified IT Associate (LFCA) is an entry-level certification offered by the Linux Foundation. It targets beginners or professionals in the IT field seeking to upskill and get a better understanding of

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Google Engineers Propose Adding Linux Kernel Option For ARM SLS Mitigation

Phoronix - Mon, 02/15/2021 - 14:00
Made public last year was the Arm Straight Light Speculation (SLS) vulnerability. SLS with ARM hardware can result in speculative executing instructions following an unconditional change in control flow. The Linux kernel may soon have an option for enabling the mitigation of the Arm SLS vulnerability...

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