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FreeBSD Can Now Be Built From Linux/macOS Hosts, Transition To Git Continues

Phoronix - Thu, 10/22/2020 - 16:00
The FreeBSD project has published their Q3-2020 report on the state of this leading BSD operating system...

How to influence people to join open source

opensource.com - Thu, 10/22/2020 - 15:00

If you are reading Opensource.com, you might be able to code, and you are probably reading this on an open source browser on some elusive Linux distro. You probably have not seen a browser ad in years because you are running an open source ad blocker. You feel warm and fuzzy when you think about penguins.


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5 steps to learn any programming language

opensource.com - Thu, 10/22/2020 - 15:00

Some people love learning new programming languages. Other people can't imagine having to learn even one. In this article, I'm going to show you how to think like a coder so that you can confidently learn any programming language you want.


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Linux 5.10 Hardens Against Possible DMA Attacks By External PCIe Devices

Phoronix - Thu, 10/22/2020 - 12:00
The PCI changes were submitted on Wednesday for the Linux 5.10 kernel...

Phoronix Test Suite 10.0.1 Released

Phoronix - Thu, 10/22/2020 - 09:09
Following last week's big Phoronix Test Suite 10.0 and the new OpenBenchmarking.org, a small update is out this week to address some initial hiccups...

AMD Linux Driver Preparing For A Navi "Blockchain" Graphics Card

Phoronix - Thu, 10/22/2020 - 02:46
While all eyes are on the AMD Radeon RX 6000 "Big Navi" graphics cards set to be announced next week, it also looks like AMD is preparing for a Navi 1x "Blockchain" graphics card offering given the latest work in their open-source Linux driver...

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