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Particularly for those on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS or derivative distributions based on the current long-term support base, moving to Ubuntu 20.04 LTS due out next month will yield some nice improvements particularly for those on newer platforms like the AMD Ryzen 3000 series. Here are some benchmarks at how the Ryzen 9 3900X performance is looking between Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS, Ubuntu 19.10, and the current Ubuntu 20.04 LTS development snapshot.

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS A Nice Upgrade For AMD Ryzen Owners From 18.04 LTS  Phoronix

Microsoft's Windows Terminal now has mouse support for Windows Subsystem for Linux  ZDNet

Red Hat Linux Azure VMs: Using LVM to improve disk performance  TechGenix

How to Work with Snap Packages on Linux  How-To Geek

It looks like in the next one or two kernel releases we could see Intel transitioning their CPU frequency scaling governor default from the long-standing powersave to the modern schedutil governor. It's now believed schedutil should be at least as good as powersave...

Intel P-State Driver Preparing To Migrate From "Powersave" To Passive Schedutil Default  Phoronix

A user experimenting with Clear Linux had an opinion to share on their mailing list and referred to it as a "toy" distribution and some of our readers have expressed similar opinions on it. Here is the response by one of the Intel developers central to Clear Linux's development...

Is Clear Linux Just A Toy Distribution By Intel?  Phoronix

Meet The Innovative Linux OS That’s Easier To Use Than Windows 10 and MacOS  Forbes

Meet The Innovative Linux OS That’s Easier To Use Than Windows 10 and MacOS  Forbes

Devuan 3.0 "Beowulf" has finally reached beta as a spin of Debian 10 "Buster" created without a dependence on systemd...

ESET expands protection for businesses with Endpoint Antivirus for Linux  Telecompaper

Download Android SDK Platform Tools (2020) - ADB and Fastboot for Windows, Mac & Linux  DigiStatement

IPFire Firewall Using Cryptography To Secure Linux Kernel Against RootKit  Fossbytes

Linux Software Market Market- Industry Statistics, Trends, Size, Growth, Share, Demand and Forecast to 2027  Investors Trust

If you work from home, you know how important it is to have a great set of tools that stay out of your way and let you focus on what matters. The harder you work during work hours, the more easily you can relax once the workday is through.

I've been working from home for years, and here are my top picks for the best tools open source has to offer the remote worker.

Jitsi video conferencing

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I've had moments as a software engineer when I'm asked to do a task that sends shivers down my spine. One such moment was when I had to write an interface between some new hardware infrastructure that requires C and a cloud infrastructure, which is primarily Python.

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If there's one word people use to describe Git, it's "powerful." Nobody can deny that Git is indeed a powerful beast, but after months of struggling to do embarrassingly basic things in it, I realized that mere mortals like me were never going to wield that power through a command-line interface.

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Purism launches Librem Mini Linux desktop computer for $699 and up  Liliputing