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Poll: What do you think of the save icon?

opensource.com - Fri, 09/11/2020 - 15:02

Ok, I have just been doing some writing – something I do a lot of – and for some strange reason, I actually paid attention to the icon that stands for “Save.” It is – what?? – a diskette!! Why? How long has it been since diskettes were actually used? And how would the young people coming into computing even know what a diskette is?


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How open source legal teams can get to yes

opensource.com - Fri, 09/11/2020 - 15:01

As I shared in the first part of this two-part series, I am an open source lawyer for Red Hat. One important part of my job is to provide information to other companies, including their in-house counsel, about how Red Hat builds enterprise-class products with a completely open source development model and to answer their questions about open source licensing in general.


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Why the future of IoT depends on open source

opensource.com - Fri, 09/11/2020 - 15:00

Most people are familiar with the Internet of Things (IoT), which refers to smart objects in a connected network, as this diagram shows.


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The 10 Best Rolling Release Linux Distributions

Tecmint - Fri, 09/11/2020 - 14:23

In this guide, we will discuss some of the popular rolling release distributions. If you are new to the concept of a rolling release, worry not. A rolling release system is a Linux distribution

The post The 10 Best Rolling Release Linux Distributions first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides.

Why TensorFlow Lite Has Been Running Slower On Recent Linux Kernels

Phoronix - Fri, 09/11/2020 - 06:49
The Linux 5.0 to 5.9 kernel benchmarking posted this week showed TensorFlow Lite running slower since the Linux 5.5 kernel... On top of looking at the new Linux 5.9 regressions, I also spent some time bisecting and figuring out what happened for TensorFlow Lite last year that has at least for the system under test caused it to run slower for all the kernel releases this year as shown in the aforelinked article.

GNOME's New Power-Profiles-Daemon Sees "v0.1" Release

Phoronix - Fri, 09/11/2020 - 05:42
As work that should come together during the GNOME 3.40 cycle, the power-profiles-daemon project has just tagged its "v0.1" inaugural release as part of the work on better power management handling / power profiles easily configurable from the GNOME desktop...

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