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A practical guide to JavaScript closures

opensource.com - Mon, 02/15/2021 - 16:00

In 4 reasons why JavaScript is so popular, I touched on a few advanced JavaScript concepts. In this article, I will dive into one of them: closures.


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Linux Foundation Certified IT Associate (LFCA)

Tecmint - Mon, 02/15/2021 - 15:17

The Linux Foundation Certified IT Associate (LFCA) is an entry-level certification offered by the Linux Foundation. It targets beginners or professionals in the IT field seeking to upskill and get a better understanding of

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Google Engineers Propose Adding Linux Kernel Option For ARM SLS Mitigation

Phoronix - Mon, 02/15/2021 - 14:00
Made public last year was the Arm Straight Light Speculation (SLS) vulnerability. SLS with ARM hardware can result in speculative executing instructions following an unconditional change in control flow. The Linux kernel may soon have an option for enabling the mitigation of the Arm SLS vulnerability...

Linux 5.11 Released With Intel Integer Scaling, AMD Performance Boost, RTX 30 KMS

Phoronix - Mon, 02/15/2021 - 07:00
What better way for open-source enthusiasts to celebrate Valentine's Day than with the stable release of the Linux 5.11 kernel... Linus Torvalds even changed the kernel codename for the occasion to being the "Valentine's Day Edition" kernel...

Facebook's Linux Desktop Choice Is Fedora But Ramping Up CentOS Stream

Phoronix - Mon, 02/15/2021 - 05:16
Among Facebook employees while they are mostly using Windows and macOS on their laptops/desktops, for those using Linux the primary choice has shifted from Ubuntu to Fedora but they have begun ramping up CentOS Stream too...

AMD "Green Sardine" Firmware Published For Linux Users

Phoronix - Mon, 02/15/2021 - 02:38
The open-source Linux graphics driver support for the Ryzen 5000 series mobile hardware has been developed under the "Green Sardine" codename. With the soon-to-be-stable Linux 5.11 kernel offering the initial enablement for the new hardware and Ryzen 5000 series laptops expected this quarter, the Green Sardine firmware blobs have landed in linux-firmware.git...

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