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In a previous article, I explored how Ansible can integrate with Google Calendar for change management, but I didn't get into the details of the Ansible module that was built for this purpose. In this article, I will cover the nuts and bolts of it.

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I've been using Rust for a few months now, writing rather more of it than I expected—though quite a lot of that has been thrown away as I've learned, improved what I'm writing, and taken some more complex tasks beyond what I originally intended.

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Linux 5.9 Release – Main Changes, Arm, MIPS & RISC-V Architectures  CNX Software

Redo Rescue Linux Distro Adds Support for Mounting exFAT and F2FS Filesystems  LXer

Linus Torvalds has just released Linux 5.9 as stable...

Linux 5.9 Released With Initial AMD RDNA 2 GPU Enablement, Other New Hardware Support  Phoronix

How to install Dropbox GUI or Headless on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS - Linux Shout  H2S Media

The AMD Radeon Graphics Driver Makes Up Roughly 10.5% Of The Linux Kernel  Phoronix

Given the impending release of Linux 5.9, I was having some fun with cloc today looking at the current lines of code count for this near-final Linux 5.9 kernel state...

Acer Chromebook Spin 713 review: You can't get a better Chromebook than this for $629  About Chromebooks

Newest RoboLinux 11 Update Goes Far Beyond Typical Linux  LinuxInsider.com

Newest RoboLinux 11 Update Goes Far Beyond Typical Linux  TechNewsWorld

Pitivi 2020.09 is now available (well, actually, was tagged ten days ago but only announced today) as the first release for this GNOME video editor solution since Pitivi 0.999 back in August 2018...

Trends Of Linux Software Market Reviewed For 2020 With Industry Outlook To 2027  PRnews Leader

There Are Many Changes To Look Forward To With The Linux 5.10 Kernel  Phoronix

How To Install and Code Python on Android With Pydroid 3  MakeUseOf

The Linux 5.9 kernel is expected for release this evening which will in turn kick off the Linux 5.10 merge window for the next two weeks. As we've already been closely monitoring the various "-next" development trees in recent weeks of material building up for this next cycle, here is a look at a portion of what's to come for this late 2020 kernel...

While the Linux 5.9 kernel isn't even being released until later today, the ARM64 architectural changes have already been mailed in ahead of the opening of the Linux 5.10 merge window...

Arm Memory Tagging Extension Ready For Linux 5.10  Phoronix

Linux Jargon Buster: What is Display Manager in Linux?  It's FOSS