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FreeDOS, the open source implementation of DOS, provides a lightweight operating system for running legacy applications on modern hardware (or in an emulator) and for updating hardware vendor fails with a Linux-compatible firmware flasher. Getting familiar with FreeDOS is not only a fun throwback to the computing days of the past, it's an investment into gaining useful computing skills. In this article, I'll look at some of the essential commands you need to know to work on a FreeDOS system.

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This week Intel's open-source developers released version 2.2 of oneDNN, their deep neural network library that is part of their oneAPI offering after previously being developed under the names MKL-DNN and the Deep Neural Network Library (DNNL)...

AMD published a security whitepaper this week looking at their Predictive Store Forwarding (PSF) feature that is new to Zen 3 series processors. AMD is going to allow customers to disable this performance feature as they think it may be vulnerable to a Spectre-like attack...

10 Practical Examples of the Linux Grep Command  MUO - MakeUseOf

What Is Chrome OS? Here's Everything You Need to Know  MUO - MakeUseOf

How to Find the Public IP Address on a Linux System  MUO - MakeUseOf

How to Find the Public IP Address on a Linux System  MakeUseOf

A new collaboration demonstrates how tech can help understand rare diseases  TechRepublic

The Free Software Foundation's leadership crisis worsens  ZDNet

How to Fix an Unresponsive Linux System With the SysRq Key Combination  MUO - MakeUseOf

Spectre Mitigation Performance Impact For Intel's Rocket Lake  Phoronix

For those wondering about the state of speculative execution vulnerabilities and what software-based mitigations are required for Intel's new Rocket Lake processors, here is the rundown along with benchmarks when disabling those present Linux kernel mitigations.

Linux-based Set Top Box Market 2021 Is Booming Across the Globe by Share, Size, Growth, Segments and Forecast to 2027 | Top Players Analysis- Sagemcom, Skyworth, Huawei, Coship, Changhong, etc. – The Bisouv Network  The Bisouv Network

Linux Software Market 2021 Will Reflect Significant Growth in Future with Size, Share, Growth, and Key Companies Analysis- Google, Twitter, Facebook, Amazon, IBM, etc.  The Bisouv Network

Another round of AMDGPU kernel driver updates were sent out on Thursday to DRM-Next ahead of the Linux 5.13 merge window opening in a few weeks...

VCN Load Balancing, LTTPR, More Aldebaran + Other Changes For Radeon In Linux 5.13  Phoronix

While GCC 11 is seeing its first stable release in the form of GCC 11.1 in just a few short weeks, GCC 10.3 is imminent as the latest point release for those on the current GCC 10 stable series...

How to try Elementary OS 6 early build on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS or Linux Mint  H2S Media

Version control is an inseparable part of software developers' daily lives. It's hard to imagine any team developing software without using a version control tool. It's equally difficult to envision any developer who hasn't worked with (or at least heard of) Git. In the 2018 Stackoverflow Developer Survey, 87.2% of the 74,298 participants use Git for version control.

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The need to be productive is ingrained in who we are as human beings on some level. We oftentimes have to do yoga and meditate and breathe deeply in order to consciously slow down our minds and bodies, but when we do it helps us focus and be more productive when the time comes. Instead of constantly moving and doing, we should take periods of thoughtful breaks... or veg out in front of the TV or a sunset. And sleep at night! Then, when we're ready again, we can tackle that to-do list. Rinse and repeat.

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