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Red Hat Has Been Working On "stalld" As A Thread Stall Detector + Booster

Phoronix - Mon, 08/31/2020 - 22:11
Red Hat engineers in recent weeks began working on a new project called "starved" though recently renamed to "stalld". The stalld service is for serving as a Linux thread stall detector...

Linux Receiving Generic Casefolding Implementation For File-Systems

Phoronix - Mon, 08/31/2020 - 21:14
In making for easier code re-use among file-systems and allowing a unified implementation to focus on a single code-base for optimizations moving forward, a generic case-folding implementation for Linux file-systems is being prepared for mainline...

Linux Patch Proposed To Double Raspberry Pi 4 Transfer Speed To eMMC/SD Storage

Phoronix - Mon, 08/31/2020 - 16:29
Manjaro Linux developer Tobias Schramm brought to light that only single data rate mode is currently being used for micro SD cards and eMMC storage with Raspberry Pi 4 Model B SBCs. But with a two line kernel patch, the double data rate mode can be enabled...

Try Linux on your Mac with open source virtualization

opensource.com - Mon, 08/31/2020 - 15:02

Virtualization opens up a wonderland of new opportunities for anyone, including ordinary computer users who want to try out a new operating system. Are you using a Mac but want to try Microsoft Windows? You can, with a virtualization solution. What about if you are using Windows but want to try a macOS or a Linux platform? This is also possible with virtualization.


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How a local government migrated to open source

opensource.com - Mon, 08/31/2020 - 15:01

In 2015, the Eyüpsultan Municipality in Istanbul, Turkey, began a bold migration to adopting open source software. This involved several major changes: Linux on the desktop and major changes to the IT infrastructure, including a transition to the Zimbra email server and the PostgreSQL database.


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