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OpenZFS Now Supports Reacting To CPU/Memory Hot-Plugging

Phoronix - Fri, 12/11/2020 - 19:08
Following the recent OpenZFS 2.0 release, a new feature that has landed in the latest OpenZFS development code is the ability to respond to CPU and memory hot-plugging...

Intel Adding Interface To Pass Workload Hints To The Linux Kernel For Thermal/Power Purposes

Phoronix - Fri, 12/11/2020 - 16:28
Intel's INT340X thermal code that is used by the likes of the Intel Thermal Daemon "Thermald" for thermal/power management with their modern SoCs will now be able to accept workload hints for making more informed thermal decisions...

Try FeatherPad as your Linux terminal text editor

opensource.com - Fri, 12/11/2020 - 16:02

There’s always room in my Activities menu for a utilitarian text editor. Of course, the exact meaning of "utilitarian" is different for each user, but for me, it means a text editor with all the features I need and not much else. So far, FeatherPad has proven in many ways to fit these requirements.


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Create a DevOps culture with open source principles

opensource.com - Fri, 12/11/2020 - 16:01

As this article goes online, DevOps teams are rounding the bend of eight months of remote work. Some teams were remote by design. Other teams had remote work forced on them. Now is an excellent time to take a refresher on what it means to be a high performing DevOps team that just works remotely.

Remember that people come before tools for a remote DevOps team. Here’s how you keep your people operating and feeling refreshed during these times.


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Learn Julia by coding a game

opensource.com - Fri, 12/11/2020 - 16:00

Most programming languages have certain things in common, such as:

  • Variables
  • Expressions
  • Statements

These concepts are the basis of most programming languages. Once you understand them, you can start figuring the rest out.

Programming languages usually share some similarities. Once you know one programming language, you can learn the basics of another by recognizing its differences.


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How to Migrate CentOS 8 Installation to CentOS Stream

Tecmint - Fri, 12/11/2020 - 13:31

This week, Red Hat created a huge public outcry over its announcement regarding the future of CentOS. Red Hat, in a shocking move, is discontinuing CentOS Project in favor of the rolling release, CentOS

The post How to Migrate CentOS 8 Installation to CentOS Stream first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides.

Intel's Cloud-Hypervisor 0.12 Released With Better ARM64 Support

Phoronix - Fri, 12/11/2020 - 13:18
The Intel-led, KVM-based, Rust-written Cloud-Hypervisor 0.12 released with continued contributions coming in from Microsoft and Arm...

AMD Provides A HIP-Based CPU Implementation For When Lacking A GPU

Phoronix - Fri, 12/11/2020 - 04:49
AMD's HIP C++ Runtime API / Kernel Language for allowing portable, single-source applications on AMD and NVIDIA GPUs can now run on CPUs too...

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