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Create a list in a Flutter mobile app

opensource.com - Tue, 11/03/2020 - 16:02

Flutter is a popular open source toolkit for building cross-platform apps. In "Create a mobile app with Flutter," I demonstrated how to install Flutter on Linux and create your first app. In this article, I'll show you how to add a list of items in your app, with each item opening a new screen. This is a common design method for mobile apps, so you've probably seen it before, but here's a screenshot to help you visualize it:


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4 ways to run Kubernetes locally

opensource.com - Tue, 11/03/2020 - 16:01

Kubernetes is an open source orchestration platform for containers. Developed by Google, it offers an open source system for automating deployment, scaling, and managing containerized applications. Although most people run Kubernetes in a cloud environment, running a Kubernetes cluster locally is not only possible, it has at least two benefits:


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How the Kubernetes scheduler works

opensource.com - Tue, 11/03/2020 - 16:00

Kubernetes has emerged as the standard orchestration engine for containers and containerized workloads. It provides a common, open source abstraction layer that spans public and private cloud environments.


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How to Use Platform and Keyword Module in Python

Tecmint - Tue, 11/03/2020 - 14:48

The platform module provides an API to get information about the underlying system/platform where our code runs. Information such as OS name, Python Version, Architecture, Hardware information, etc. is exposed via platform module functions.

The post How to Use Platform and Keyword Module in Python first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides.

Monado Open-Source OpenXR Implementation Begins Working On Android

Phoronix - Tue, 11/03/2020 - 13:04
Monado as the open-source OpenXR implementation has been working on support for Google's Android platform...

Steam On Linux Ticks Lower For October 2020

Phoronix - Tue, 11/03/2020 - 09:20
Valve has published their latest Steam Survey results. For October 2020 the Linux gaming marketshare pulled back or at least not keeping up with the pace of Steam's growing user-base...

Zink Seeing macOS Support For OpenGL Over Vulkan Then MoltenVK On Top Of Metal

Phoronix - Tue, 11/03/2020 - 07:12
The Zink Gallium3D driver that implements OpenGL on top of Vulkan has been on quite a roll recently... Beyond reaching OpenGL 4.6 support in yet-to-be-merged patches and passing ~97% of the Piglit OpenGL tests and increasingly good performance compared to Intel's OpenGL driver, the latest interesting milestone is seeing initial work on bringing Zink to macOS...

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