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Red Hat Success Stories: Beyond the technology solutions

Red Hat News - Mon, 11/02/2020 - 13:00

We understand that digital transformation isn’t just about technology — it’s also about the process and people. How will your team get trained? How do you implement new business models to execute more rapid development cycles? And how will modernization help employers meet the needs of their employees? 

Linux 5.10-rc2 Released Following The Intel MIC Removal

Phoronix - Mon, 11/02/2020 - 07:10
The second weekly release candidate to Linux 5.10 is now available for testing...

Trinity Desktop 14.0.9 Is The Latest For This Decade-Old KDE 3.5 Fork

Phoronix - Mon, 11/02/2020 - 02:04
For those still fond of the once venerable KDE 3.5 desktop, the Trinity Desktop Environment is still maintaining its KDE 3.5 fork after more than one decade. Trinity Desktop R14.0.9 debuted today with some additional applications now included and other updates...

Intel's Abandoned "Many Integrated Core" Architecture Being Removed With Linux 5.10

Phoronix - Sun, 11/01/2020 - 22:06
While Linux 5.10-rc2 is coming later today and a week past the merge window, a notable late pull request sent in this morning by Greg Kroah-Hartman is removing the Intel MIC (Many Integrated Core) architecture drivers, a.k.a. Xeon Phi...

IO_uring Passthrough For KVM Guests Is Yielding Fantastic Results

Phoronix - Sun, 11/01/2020 - 18:47
At the Linux Foundation's KVM Forum 2020 this week, Stefano Garzarella of Red Hat presented on the possibility of speeding up virtual machine I/O performance by sharing the host's IO_uring queues with guests. In doing so the virtual machines have near bare-metal performance with the proposed patches...

Intel Bus Lock Detection For The Linux Kernel Proceeding

Phoronix - Sun, 11/01/2020 - 18:24
Earlier this year the Linux kernel landed split lock detection for being able to detect and optionally kill processes leading to a split lock since it can cause measurable performance issues and even possible unprivileged denial of service...

OpenIndiana 2020.10 Released For Continuing Where OpenSolaris Left Off

Phoronix - Sun, 11/01/2020 - 17:59
September marked a decade since the OpenIndiana project was announced for continuing on with the OpenSolaris code-base (and ultimately based on Illumos) in being born out of the justified and proven accurate concerns when Oracle acquired Sun Microsystems. OpenIndiana Hipster 2020.10 was released this weekend as the newest version of this open-source operating system...

In it together: When your manager is your greatest advocate

opensource.com - Sun, 11/01/2020 - 16:00

For this installment of the "Managing with Open Values" series, we met again with Allison Matlack, an Open Organization Ambassador, to discuss her experiences using open values to manage her team by empowering individuals and creating partnerships, so everyone can feel accountable for their work.


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AMD, Kernel Advancements & Tiger Lake Captivated Linux Readers In October

Phoronix - Sun, 11/01/2020 - 12:00
Another month in the books, another month closer to the end of the dreadful 2020. It was at least an eventful October with 268 original news articles and another 21 multi-page featured articles and Linux hardware reviews. The content ranged from the continuous Linux kernel advancements to exciting hardware announcements...

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