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Managing a non-profit organization's supply chain with Groovy

opensource.com - Fri, 09/04/2020 - 15:00

There are many reasons I'm a big fan of Java, but perhaps most of all, because of the particular combo of static typing and object-orientedness that imbues its design. However, when I need a quick solution, especially to a "solve it and forget it" problem dealing with data, I usually reach for Groovy (or sometimes Python) instead, especially if the library that addresses my problem exists and is well-documented.


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Clang LTO Patches Updated For The Linux Kernel

Phoronix - Fri, 09/04/2020 - 14:55
Google engineers have posted a new revision of their work from earlier this summer for allowing the Linux kernel to be LTO-optimized using Clang...

How to Create Your Own IM/Chat Server Using “Openfire” in Linux

Tecmint - Fri, 09/04/2020 - 13:52

With the invention of the Internet, the way of communication revolutionized, a long ago. E-mail replaced traditional postal mail. The email was fast still there were some bottlenecks. One would not know if the

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Oak Ridge Sponsoring GCC Compiler Improvements For NVIDIA + AMD GPU Offloading

Phoronix - Fri, 09/04/2020 - 12:00
Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF) announced on Thursday that they are funding improvements to the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) around GPU compute offloading...

Oracle Releases Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel "R5U4"

Phoronix - Fri, 09/04/2020 - 08:41
While Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel 6 is the latest and greatest series for Oracle's kernel spin derived from upstream Linux 5.4 as an alternative on Oracle Linux to their "Red Hat Compatible Kernel", for those still making use of the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 5, a new update was issued today...

Chrome 86 Beta Enables Native File-System API By Default, WebCodecs Added

Phoronix - Fri, 09/04/2020 - 06:50
Building off the recent release of Chrome 85, Google has now released the beta of Chrome 86 with a number of goodies introduced and promotions for some existing functionality...

Mesa 20.2 Aiming For Release Next Week As Big Advancement For Open-Source GPU Drivers

Phoronix - Fri, 09/04/2020 - 06:19
The fourth and likely last release candidate of Mesa 20.2 is now available for testing while the formal release should happen next week...

GTK 3.99.1 Released As The Latest Development Step Towards GTK4

Phoronix - Fri, 09/04/2020 - 05:27
Just over one month ago was the GTK 3.99 release and now that has been succeeded by GTK 3.99.1 in getting quite close to the long-awaited GTK 4.0 tool-kit release...

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