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New Chromebook Users: 10 things you need to know to get started [VIDEO]  Chrome Unboxed

Redox OS, the micro-kernel based Rust-written operating system, is out with a new Christmas release...

6 Best Ubuntu Linux Alternatives for Beginners to use in 2021 - Linux Shout  H2S Media

For those looking to get involved with the Fedora project in manner besides the likes of coding and documentation, a Fedora Zine is being established and are looking for creative submissions...

There’s a somewhat obscure feature in Linux and Unix shells that allows you to open a sort of do-while loop for the cat command. It’s called the heredoc, and it enables you to have, more or less, a text editor no matter what shell you’re using. The syntax is:

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The COVID-19 pandemic required a paradigm change in education in 2020, as face-to-face interaction between teachers and students was largely replaced by remote learning beginning in the spring. Opensource.com writers helped teachers, students, and families around the world rise to the challenge with examples of open software tools fueling innovation in teaching and learning.

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Looking back through Opensource.com's articles about DevOps in 2020, there was a bit of something for everyone—from people starting the DevOps journey to seasoned DevOps veterans. The articles focused on testing, software methodologies, and DevOps' most important part: the people. Here are the top 10 DevOps articles of 2020.

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Wasmer 1.0 RC1 Released For Running WebAssembly On The Desktop Or Anywhere  Phoronix

It's looking like Wasmer 1.0 will be released early in the new year as the open-source WebAssembly run-time for desktops or to run WASM code anywhere as a "universal runtime" in contexts outside of the web browser...

Sony Releases Official Linux Driver to Support DualSense Controllers  PlayStation LifeStyle

8 Reasons Linux is the Most Used OS for Web Hosting  TechShout!

Well here is a pleasant Christmas surprise... Sony has published a new "hid-playstation" Linux kernel driver for bringing up the PlayStation 5 DualSense controller and will also be used for supporting other PlayStation hardware on Linux...

Linux Computer Market Segmentation and Analysis by Latest Trends, Development and Growth by Trending Regions 2020  Factory Gate

Sony Publishes An Official Linux Driver For PlayStation 5 DualSense Controllers  Phoronix

Happy Holidays As We End Out 2020 Plus One Last Phoronix Premium Special  Phoronix

IAR Adds Continuous Integration Support for RISC-V-Based Linux Automation Workflows  Embedded Computing Design

A few days ago I noted nice AMD EPYC performance improvements with PostgreSQL when running on Linux 5.11 compared to prior kernels. I've confirmed that for even more AMD EPYC servers now that the PostgreSQL uplift is there, but other workloads are unfortunately regressing for both Ryzen and EPYC. Here's the start of an exciting Christmas benchmarking adventure looking at this change with Linux 5.11.....

Linux 5.11 Is Looking Like A Wild And Bumpy Ride On AMD CPUs So Far  Phoronix

How The Gates (Almost) Stole Christmas  Hackaday

Global Linux Software Market Forecast 2020-2029 COVID-19 Impact Analysis | Google, Twitter, Facebook, Amazon, IBM, Oracle, Novell  NeighborWebSJ