Open-source News

GNU Health expands Raspberry Pi support, Megadeth's guitarist uses open source principles, and more open source news.

opensource.com - Tue, 06/23/2020 - 15:30

In this week’s edition of our open source news roundup, GNU Health expands to Raspberry Pis, how Megadeth's guitarist uses open source principles, and more open source news.


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Make the switch from Mac to Linux easier with Homebrew

opensource.com - Tue, 06/23/2020 - 15:02

The Homebrew project began its life as an unofficial Linux-style package manager for the Mac. Its users quickly fell in love with its friendly interface and helpful prompts, and—in what may seem like a strange twist of fate—it got ported to Linux.


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Take control of your data with associative arrays in Bash

opensource.com - Tue, 06/23/2020 - 15:01

If you've ever written code, whether it's a shell script, a Python script, C++, or even Scratch, then you know that variables are vital. Computers and coders use variables as waystations, where they surreptitiously pass information back and forth. For instance, if you need to process a user's name in a shell script, you might set up a variable, put the username into the variable, and then instruct the computer to do something to the variable (check it against a list of authorized users, for example).


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Customize your Linux terminal with your favorite logo

opensource.com - Tue, 06/23/2020 - 15:00

I enjoyed using my terminal's green-on-black color scheme for many years. It is reminiscent of the DEC VT100/220 terminals that I used in college. I began to get bored with it earlier this year when I bought a tenkeyless keyboard from Hyper-X. The keyboard is black, and the keys are backlit in red, so I changed my terminal's colors to match. I think it looks really cool at night.


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How to Install Latest NodeJS and NPM in Linux

Tecmint - Tue, 06/23/2020 - 14:32
In this guide, we shall take a look at how you can install the latest version of Nodejs and NPM in RHEL, CentOS, Fedora, Debian, and Ubuntu distributions. Read Also: NVM – Install and...

Intel DG1 Graphics Card Support Lands In Mesa 20.2 For OpenGL / Vulkan

Phoronix - Tue, 06/23/2020 - 12:06
Intel has landed their Mesa OpenGL/Vulkan driver support for their "DG1" discrete graphics card!..

FSF Calls Software Patents A Disease Amid COVID-19 Crisis, USPTO A Super-Spreader

Phoronix - Tue, 06/23/2020 - 07:41
The Free Software Foundation (FSF) has renewed their attacks against the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and software patents in general, this time in relation to the COVID-19 / coronavirus crisis...

Apple Confirms Their Future Desktops + Laptops Will Use In-House CPUs

Phoronix - Tue, 06/23/2020 - 02:53
Apple finally confirmed the log-running rumor that their future laptops and desktop computers will be using in-house silicon with their custom designed Arm-based chips...

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