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I’ve spent a considerable amount of time in NetBeans, a Java IDE (integrated development environment) maintained by the Apache Foundation. I find it’s got a good mix of automated abstraction and manual configuration that helps me keep my Java projects organized and optimized. Not all IDEs give much thought to text files, but XML is frequently used in Java projects, so XML support in NetBeans is an important feature.

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My article about learning different programming languages lists five things you need to understand when starting a new language. An important part of learning a language, of course, is knowing what you intend to do with it.

I've found that simple games are both fun to write and useful in exploring a language's abilities. In this article, I demonstrate how to create a simple guessing game in Java.

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Clearing up the CentOS Stream confusion  TechRepublic

Being able to build and tear down a public cloud environment is very useful, but most of us don’t have easy access to a public cloud. The next best thing would be to have a lab on your local machine, but even running on a local machine brings performance, flexibility, and other challenges. Most of the time, the additional workloads on our local machines interfere with doing our daily job, and they certainly prevent having a readily available environment to play and experiment with new software.

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Sometimes you might encounter the error “W: Some index files failed to download.” on Ubuntu when updating the system. Here’s an excerpt of the error. W: Failed to fetch archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal-security/Release.gpg Unable to connect to

The post How to Fix “W: Some index files failed to download.” Error In Ubuntu first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides.

The Fedora Engineering and Steering Committee (FESCo) has signed off on the proposal for defaulting to PipeWire with Fedora 34 due out next spring...

As expected, Linus Torvalds today officially released Linux 5.10. Besides being the last kernel release of 2020, this is a significant milestone in that it's also a Long Term Support (LTS) kernel to be maintained for at least the next five years and also is a huge kernel update in general with many new features...

Linux 5.10 LTS Released As One Of The Biggest Kernel Releases In A While  Phoronix

Mageia 8 Beta 2 Linux distro now available with KDE Plasma, GNOME, and Xfce  BetaNews

While there are a lot of driver improvements throughout, as usual those on Intel HD/UHD/Iris/Xe Graphics and AMD Radeon graphics with their first-rate open-source graphics drivers have a lot of grand improvements to find with the forthcoming Linux 5.11 cycle...

Open-Source Graphics Driver Updates For Linux 5.11 Have Lots Of Intel + AMD Presents  Phoronix

Following Mesa 21.0 beginning to see AMD Smart Access Memory optimizations, I ran some benchmarks looking at the current state of S.A.M. / Resizable BAR support on Linux with Radeon graphics...

How to Install and Set Up Your Own Mumble Server  MakeUseOf

Adding to the Linux 5.11 changes and set of new drivers is "lcd2s" as a driver for supporting a 20x4 LCD character display connected via SPI/I2C and with this support can serve as a kernel console output device...

Linux 5.11 Adding New Driver For Another Budget-Friendly, LCD Character Display  Phoronix

Mageia 8 Beta 1 came all the way back in August while ahead of Christmas that has now been succeeded by a second beta release for this Mandriva/Mandrake-derived Linux distribution...

Earlier this year we covered Zrythm as an open-source digital audio workstation that is cross-platform, supports a wide variety of plug-ins, and built atop GTK3. Back then it was on the pre-1.0 version numbering while this weekend marks the release of 1.0 Alpha 6...

Global Linux Operating System Market size, market trends, growth trends, competitive landscape and future outlook  BAVIATION Business Aviation News

Best Free Linux Distributions for Desktops and Servers  It's FOSS

A Mini Browser War in Linux  LinuxInsider.com