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My top 7 Rust commands for using Cargo

opensource.com - Tue, 11/17/2020 - 16:02

I've been using Rust for a little over six months now. I'm far from an expert, but I have stumbled across many, many gotchas and learned many, many things along the way; things that I hope will be of use to those who are learning what is easily my favourite programming language.

This is the third article in my miniseries for Rust newbs like me. You can find my other excursions into Rust in:


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Forget ZFS and use Btrfs

opensource.com - Tue, 11/17/2020 - 16:01

Btrfs has been available for Linux for several years, so you may already be familiar with it. If not, you may have questions about it, especially if you use Fedora Workstation (Btrfs is now its default filesystem). This article aims to help you get familiar with it and its advanced features, such as copy-on-write and checksums.


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How to upgrade to Terraform 0.12

opensource.com - Tue, 11/17/2020 - 16:00

In getting started with Terraform, I used Terraform version 0.11. As some readers pointed out, this version lacks some significant features, so in this article, I'll explain how to update Terraform to the more feature-rich version 0.12.


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How to Install Microsoft Edge Browser in Linux

Tecmint - Tue, 11/17/2020 - 14:24

Long gone days where Microsoft products are not open-source and architected only for Windows. In their efforts to make a strong footprint in the Linux market, Microsoft has announced on “Microsoft Ignite 2020” Edge

The post How to Install Microsoft Edge Browser in Linux first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides.

A Bit Late: Linux PCH Temperature Support Mistakenly Missing From The Intel C620 Series

Phoronix - Tue, 11/17/2020 - 13:00
While Intel is normally very punctual with their Linux hardware support and ensure that the full capabilities of the hardware are exposed under Linux, especially when it comes to server and workstation hardware, occasionally oversights are made...

More OpenCL 3.0 Bits Merged For Mesa 20.1

Phoronix - Tue, 11/17/2020 - 04:24
It's still short of the full OpenCL 3.0 implementation, but more of the CL 3.0 enablement patches for Gallium3D's "Clover" OpenCL state tracker have now been merged into Mesa 20.1-devel..

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