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OpenSUSE Jump Distribution Now Available For Alpha Testing

Phoronix - Fri, 08/28/2020 - 20:17
An alpha prototype of openSUSE "Jump" is now available for testing of this new build of openSUSE...

SuperTuxKart 1.2 Brings Better Gamepad Support, Other Features

Phoronix - Fri, 08/28/2020 - 20:04
For those looking at enjoying some open-source Linux gaming this weekend, SuperTuxKart 1.2 is out as the Mario Kart inspired racing game that is cross-platform and features the Linux mascot Tux...

Google Using AutoFDO On Linux Meant Up To 12% Less Cycles Spent Within The Kernel

Phoronix - Fri, 08/28/2020 - 17:40
While a Microsoft engineer was at Linux Plumbers Conference this week talking up their LTO and PGO optimization work for the Linux kernel, Google engineers have now one upped that work by also shipping kernels with AutoFDO optimizations...

Use GraphQL as an API gateway to monitor microservices

opensource.com - Fri, 08/28/2020 - 15:01

Microservices and GraphQL are a great combination, like bread and butter. They're both great on their own and even better together. Knowing the health of your microservices is important because they run important services—it would be foolish to wait until something critical breaks before diagnosing a problem. It doesn't take much effort to let GraphQL help you detect issues early.


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Why Comcast open sourced its DNS management tool

opensource.com - Fri, 08/28/2020 - 15:00

Adoption of DevOps practices at Comcast led to increased automation and configuration of infrastructure that supports applications, back-office, data centers, and our network. These practices require teams to move fast and be self-reliant. Infrastructure is constantly turned upside down, with network traffic moved around it constantly. Good DNS record management is critical to support this level of autonomy and automation, but how can a large, diverse enterprise move quickly while safely governing its DNS assets?


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ROCm 3.7 Has Open-Source OpenCL Image Module Included

Phoronix - Fri, 08/28/2020 - 14:42
With last week's release of ROCm 3.7 for the Radeon Open Compute stack, it turns out there is a welcome change that wasn't published as part of the announcement...

How to Install Multiple CentOS/RHEL Servers Using FTP Network Sources

Tecmint - Fri, 08/28/2020 - 13:38

This tutorial will demonstrate how you can install RHEL/CentOS 8/7, using an FTP server (vsftpd) as Network Source. This allows you to install RHEL/CentOS Linux on multiple machines from a single source point, using

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