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Tips and tricks for optimizing container builds

opensource.com - Mon, 05/11/2020 - 15:03

How many iterations does it take to get a container configuration just right? And how long does each iteration take? Well, if you answered "too many times and too long," then my experiences are similar to yours. On the surface, creating a configuration file seems like a straightforward exercise: implement the same steps in a configuration file that you would perform if you were installing the system by hand. Unfortunately, I've found that it usually doesn't quite work that way, and a few "tricks" are handy for such DevOps exercises.


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How I track my home's energy consumption with open source

opensource.com - Mon, 05/11/2020 - 15:02

An important step towards optimizing energy consumption is knowing your actual consumption. My house was built during the oil crisis in the 1970s, and due to the lack of a natural gas connection, the builders decided to use electricity to do all of the heating (water and home heating). This is not unusual for this area of Germany, and it remains an appropriate solution in countries that depend highly on nuclear power.


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Modify a disk image to create a Raspberry Pi-based homelab

opensource.com - Mon, 05/11/2020 - 15:01

Building a homelab can be a fun way to entertain yourself while learning new concepts and experimenting with new technologies. Thanks to the popularity of single-board computers (SBCs), led by the Raspberry Pi, it is easier than ever to build a multi-computer lab right from the comfort of your home.


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Start using systemd as a troubleshooting tool

opensource.com - Mon, 05/11/2020 - 15:00

No one would really consider systemd to be a troubleshooting tool, but when I encountered a problem on my webserver, my growing knowledge of systemd and some of its features helped me locate and circumvent the problem.


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Intel Ice Lake "0x78" Microcode Update Having Small But Measurable Performance Hits

Phoronix - Mon, 05/11/2020 - 07:39
Following new Intel Ice Lake CPU microcode being published on Friday without any change-log and not updating prior Intel CPU family microcodes, I've begun looking at the performance as this first Intel CPU microcode update for Linux users since November. From my initial weekend testing there does seem to be some small but measurable and consistent performance impairments for Ice Lake from this microcode upgrade.

Linux 5.7-rc5 Released With More Changes But Not Worrying Torvalds

Phoronix - Mon, 05/11/2020 - 07:16
Linus Torvalds did his usual Sunday release dance and shipped Linux 5.7-rc5 as the latest kernel test release...

Rust Performance Is Getting Hurt On LLVM 10 With Noticeably Longer Build Times

Phoronix - Sun, 05/10/2020 - 23:23
While our benchmarks of Clang 10.0 have generally been favorable or at least no big regressions compared to LLVM/Clang 9.0, it seems the same can't be said for Rust when shifting their compiler base to LLVM 10.0...

Arch-Based EndeavourOS Sees New Release With Faster Installation, i3 Improvements

Phoronix - Sun, 05/10/2020 - 23:02
EndeavourOS 2020.05.08 has been released as the latest monthly install media for this Arch-based Linux distribution born out of the ashes of the former Antergos Linux...

FSGSBASE Patches Sent Out An 11th Time For Boosting CPU Performance Back To Ivy Bridge

Phoronix - Sun, 05/10/2020 - 19:18
The FSGSBASE patches for the Linux kernel have been sent out for their 11th time over the past few years to make use of this CPU instruction supported going back to Ivy Bridge hardware...

Intel Updates Microcode Binaries For Ice Lake On Linux

Phoronix - Sun, 05/10/2020 - 18:58
Intel on Friday quietly released new Intel CPU microcode files for Linux...

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