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Radeon Pro Software for Enterprise 20.Q3 Released For Linux  Phoronix

AMD has released their Radeon Pro Software for Enterprise 20.Q3 driver as their quarterly update to this enterprise-rated driver for their professional/workstation graphics offerings. In step with the new Windows driver release is also the 20.Q3 packaged Linux driver for enterprise distributions including RHEL/CentOS 8.1, RHEL/CentOS 7.8, Ubuntu 18.04.4, and SUSE SLED/SLES 15...

While Mesa 20.2 isn't even releasing for a few weeks, Mesa 20.3 is already seeing new feature work that will debut next quarter...

Google announces that Chrome apps will continue working on Mac, Windows and Linux till 2021  Firstpost

Linux Operating System Market 2020: Global Trends, End Users And Regional Forecast Till 2027  The Midland Weekly

Cosmo Communicator Review: the dual boot pocket PC phone  Pocketnow

The Linux Basis Needs Open-Supply Tech to Tackle Future Pandemics  Fintech Zoom

QEMU 5.1 is now available for this important piece of the open-source Linux virtualization stack...

QEMU 5.1 Release Brings Many Improvements To This Open-Source Virtualization Component  Phoronix

It was just one week ago that LibreOffice 7.0 was released and it has already seen around a half-million downloads for this leading open-source, cross-platform office suite...

With the recently released Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2, the Flatpak sandboxing and app distribution tech is ready to shine and there is also the new Red Hat Enterprise Linux Flatpak runtime...

Red Hat Begins Talking Up The New RHEL Flatpak Runtime  Phoronix

How to Fix Unreliable USB Hard Drives, Stalled Transfers in Linux  CNX Software

MS Office Alternative Software for Linux Market by Technology Innovations and Growth 2020 to 2027  Chelanpress

The Linux Foundation Wants Open-Source Tech to Address Future Pandemics - CoinDesk  CoinDesk

Bleeping #855}}933{{329O] QuickBooks Support Phone Number - Linux & Unix  BleepingComputer

Linux systems are finally getting this much-needed security boost  TechRadar

I consider myself a happy Bash user. However, when I started exploring Unix, it was on a proprietary Unix system that provided tcsh by default, so my earliest shell experiences were on a modern version of the C shell (csh). That turned out to be a fortunate accident because tcsh was also the shell of choice at the film studio where I worked later in my career.

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In 2010, Google released AngularJS, an open source, JavaScript-based frontend structure for developing single-page applications (SPAs) for the internet. With its move to version 2.0 in 2016, the framework's name was shortened to Angular. AngularJS is still being developed and used, but Angular's advantages mean it's a smart idea to migrate to the newer version.

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Android and iOS devices are notorious for uploading your personal data to their cloud services without your permission. If you are concerned about your mobile data privacy, you have another option to consider for your next smartphone: the /e/ operating system, a free and open source, Android-based operating system. The eFoundation community is led by Gaël Duval, a legacy Linux developer and entrepreneur who founded Mandrake Linux in 1998.

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