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Everyone knows they shouldn't take shortcuts, especially in their work, and yet everyone does. Sometimes it doesn't matter, but when it comes to code development, though, it definitely does.

As any experienced programmer knows, building your code the quick and dirty way soon leads to problems down the line. These issues might not be disastrous, but they incur a small penalty every time you want to develop your code further.

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Examining files from the command-line is generally an easy thing to do. You just run the command you want, followed by a list of files to be examined. Dealing with binary files, however, is more complicated. These files are often packaged up into archives, tarballs, or other packaging formats. The run-on-binaries script provides a convenient way to run a command on a collection of files, regardless of how they are packaged.

The invocation of the script is quite simple:

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This should come as little surprise to regular Phoronix readers and those that follow the Mesa release cadence, but Mesa 20.1 as the next quarterly feature release now has a release calendar putting its debut towards the end of May...

C++/Linux which IDE are you using or would you recommend ?  GameDev.net

The os108 project is one of the few (or only?) distributions based on NetBSD currently providing a MATE-based desktop experience atop this BSD. The os108 9.0 release is now available that re-bases against the recent NetBSD 9.0 release while continuing to provide its out-of-the-box desktop goodness...

the setup of a development-environment on a MX-Linux Machine - Linux & Unix  BleepingComputer

C++/Linux which IDE are you using or would you recommend ?  GameDev.net

Debian has the debian.social domain where they are looking to deploy a set of services to share content and collaborate among Debian contributors as their own federated social platform...

Going back to Ivy Bridge processors, Intel has supported "PPIN" as the Protected Processor Identification Number as a globally unique identification number set in the factory. It turns out recent AMD CPUs are also supporting PPIN and that reading their value is about to be supported on Linux...

AMD Plumbing Linux Support For Reading The CPU's Protected Processor Identification Number (PPIN)  Phoronix

AMD Plumbing Linux Support For Reading The CPU's Protected Processor Identification Number (PPIN)  Phoronix

For those that may be working from home more frequently now and looking for a very capable laptop to serve as a mobile workstation, HP's ZBook 17 G6 is the most powerful contender we have tested to date that offers great performance potential paired with very reliable build quality and also offering easy upgrade potential.

While not Linux specific news, for those interested in graphics APIs or cross-platform aspects of gaming, Microsoft today announced DirectX 12 Ultimate...

Pet the cat, own the bathrobe: Linus Torvalds on working from home  ZDNet

How to listen to port traffic on a Linux server  TechRepublic

Linux Software Market by Top Manufacturers – Twitter, Novell, IBM, Amazon, Microsoft, Facebook, RedHat, Oracle, Google, Samsung, DELL  Galus Australis

Google develops Linux tool that tackles USB keystroke injection attacks  The Daily Swig

AIoT Has a Nice Ring To It  WIND

Chrome OS to shrink Linux disk image for Chromebooks with limited storage  Chrome Unboxed

Paragon Software and Sagemcom Partner to Offer Solutions for Linux Systems  Database Trends and Applications