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Linux 5.10 will deliver 'historic' upgrade  TechRadar

Linux and open-source jobs are hotter than ever  ZDNet

Version 1.5 of the Fwupd utility is available for updating various component firmware/BIOS natively on Linux and integrating with the Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS) for the easy distribution of said firmware images...

If all goes well Qt 6.0 will make its official debut in December. One of the areas much talked about for Qt 6 development has been the graphics architecture changes and better supporting more APIs besides OpenGL...

1. Linux 5.10 finally ditches decades-old tool that caused security bugs  ZDNet
2. Linux 5.10 will deliver 'historic' upgrade  TechRadar
3. Linux 5.10 is a bigger kernel release than expected and sees the removal of setf_fs()  BetaNews
4. Linux 5.10 Is The Next LTS Kernel  Phoronix
5. Torvalds hails the removal of a relic from Linux's early days  Developer Tech
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Linux 5.10 finally ditches decades-old tool that caused security bugs  ZDNet

ReactOS Deutschland e.V. has hired one of their long-time contributors to work full-time on the "open-source Windows" implementation's memory management for the next quarter...

Select high-end Corsair power supplies such as their RMi / HXi / AXi series are able to expose various sensor metrics via USB interface to the system. To date this sensor functionality has only worked under Windows with their proprietary software but now an open-source driver is seeking mainline inclusion for supporting these sensors under Linux...

Wikiman: An Offline Search Engine For Arch Linux, Gentoo Wiki, And More  Fossbytes

MongoDB is an open-source, modern, general-purpose, document-based distributed database management system developed, distributed, and supported by MongoDB Inc. It is a powerful and flexible, agile NoSQL (non-relational) document database that stores data in documents

The post What is MongoDB? How Does MongoDB Work? first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides.

Ansible is a complete automation solution for your IT environment. You can use Ansible to automate Linux and Windows server configuration, orchestrate service provisioning, deploy cloud environments, and even configure your network devices.

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Git is one of the most common version control systems available, and it's used on private systems and publicly hosted websites for all kinds of development work. Regardless of how proficient with Git I become, it seems there are always features left to discover. Here are seven tricks that have changed the way I work with Git.

1. Autocorrection in Git

We all make typos sometimes, but if you have Git's auto-correct feature enabled, you can let Git automatically fix a mistyped subcommand.

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Linux Foundation: Latest trends and most-needed skills for open source jobs  TechRepublic

Pulp is an open source repository management tool that helps you fetch, mirror, upload, and publish content within your organization. It can be used to manage various types of content such as software packages (from RPM packages to Ruby gems), as well as Ansible collections, container images, and even arbitrary files.

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How to Install Linux on Chromebook?  Fossbytes

K-12 Mobile Computing Shipments Operating System Market including top key players Windows, Mac OS, Linux, iOS, Chrome OS, Android  PRnews Leader

Linux Software Market 2020 Geographical Segmentation, Opportunities by Types, Application, Players – Amazon, Twitter, Facebook, Novell, Oracle, IBM, RedHat, Microsoft, Samsung, DELL, Google  TechnoWeekly

Linux Patches AIm To Provide Fork'ing Brute Force Attack Mitigation  Phoronix

Building off a set of "request for comments" patches from September, a set of patches were sent out on Sunday for providing brute force attack mitigation around the fork system call...

Building community and serving our customers is a huge part of Red Hat. Not only do we encourage customers to get involved, but we also create and foster various opportunities where it’s possible to do so. A perfect example of this is Red Hat Accelerators, which launched as an established way to serve passionate enterprise customers who wanted to share and engage with each other around relevant IT issues, remedies, and solutions.