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Student Linux club refurbishes computers to support distance learning

opensource.com - Wed, 07/22/2020 - 15:03

This article is co-written by Cam Citrowske, a member of the Penguin Corps.


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The feature that makes D my favorite programming language

opensource.com - Wed, 07/22/2020 - 15:01

Back in 2017, I wrote about why the D programming language is a great choice for development. But there is one outstanding feature in D I didn't expand enough on: the Universal Function Call Syntax (UFCS). UFCS is a syntactic sugar in D that enables chaining any regular function on a type (string, number, boolean, etc.) like its member function of that type.


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6 ways to contribute to an open source alternative to Slack

opensource.com - Wed, 07/22/2020 - 15:00

Mattermost is a messaging platform built in Go and React for DevOps teams. You can discuss topics in channels, private groups, or one-to-one with rich Markdown formatting and easily share code snippets with syntax highlighting in more than 50 programming languages. You can self-host or deploy on a private cloud to connect in-house systems with plugins, Slack-compatible integrations, and extensive API support.


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How to Install Security Updates on CentOS 8

Tecmint - Wed, 07/22/2020 - 13:31
Keeping your Linux system up-to-date is a very critical task, especially when it comes to installing security updates. This ensures that your system stays safe, stable, and keeps you on top of the latest

10 Best Linux Server Distributions of 2020

Tecmint - Wed, 07/22/2020 - 12:41
Linux is free and open-source, this has emanated into the low total cost of ownership of a Linux system, compared to other operating systems. Although Linux operating systems (distributions) are not entirely doing well

10 Most Promising New Linux Distributions to Look Forward in 2020

Tecmint - Wed, 07/22/2020 - 12:06
If you visit Distrowatch regularly, you will notice that the popularity ranking barely changes from one year to another. There are Linux distributions that will always make it to the top ten, whereas others

LLVM Clang Should Be Able To Build Linux 5.9 x86 32-bit Kernels

Phoronix - Wed, 07/22/2020 - 12:00
With LLVM Clang 9 and Linux 5.3 the mainline kernel can be built following a years-long effort to be able to build the mainline Linux x86_64 kernel with Clang rather than GCC, which followed the AArch64 efforts in a similar achievement. Now with Linux 5.9 coming later this year, the i386 / 32-bit x86 mainline kernel will also now be capable of building under Clang...

OpenRGB 0.3 Released For Open-Source RGB Lighting Control

Phoronix - Wed, 07/22/2020 - 09:32
Out this evening is OpenRGB v0.3 as the newest feature release of this open-source RGB lighting control solution that works on both Windows and Linux. ASUS, ASRock, Corsair, GSKILL, Gigabyte, Kingston, MSI, Razer, and Thermaltake are among the brands of devices supported by this growing software package...

Build2 v0.13 Released As C/C++ Build Toolchain Inspired By Rust's Cargo

Phoronix - Wed, 07/22/2020 - 09:02
Version 0.13 of the Build2 build toolchain is now available, the open-source project inspired by the Rust programming language's Cargo system but instead tooled for C/C++ while serving not only as the build system but also a package and project manager...

LLVM 10.0.1 Finally Ready As Latest Stable Compiler Version

Phoronix - Wed, 07/22/2020 - 08:46
LLVM 10.0 released back in March and today marks the first point release finally shipping. Normally they try to be a bit more punctual in shipping the seldom point releases to LLVM but today marks LLVM 10.0.1 finally being available, just over one month out from the planned LLVM 11.0 debut...

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