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Screenshot your Linux system configuration with Bash tools

opensource.com - Wed, 01/22/2020 - 16:00

There are many reasons you might want to share your Linux configuration with other people. You might be looking for help troubleshooting a problem on your system, or maybe you're so proud of the environment you've created that you want to showcase it to fellow open source enthusiasts.


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New Linux System Call Proposed To Let User-Space Pin Themselves To Specific CPU Cores

Phoronix - Wed, 01/22/2020 - 14:23
A "pin_on_cpu" system call has been proposed for the Linux kernel as a new means of letting user-space threads pin themselves to specific CPU cores...

How to Install Nextcloud in Ubuntu

Tecmint - Wed, 01/22/2020 - 14:15
Nextcloud is an open-source, powerful and secure PHP-based content collaboration platform built for file synchronization and sharing. It offers a safe, secure, and flexible solution that allows users to share one or more files...

Vulkan 1.2.132 Released As The First Documentation Fix-Up Following Vulkan 1.2

Phoronix - Wed, 01/22/2020 - 13:14
Following last week's release of Vulkan 1.2, Vulkan 1.2.132 was released on Tuesday as the first maintenance/point release to this major Vulkan API revision...

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 for SAP Solutions on IBM POWER9: An open foundation to power intelligent business decisions

Red Hat News - Wed, 01/22/2020 - 13:00

At Red Hat Summit 2019, we unveiled Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, the next generation of the world’s leading enterprise Linux platform, which provides the scale, flexibility and innovation to drive enterprise workloads across the hybrid cloud. Even with the advancements across the platform, we recognize that there’s no singular panacea to overcome every unique IT challenge.

Keith Packard Talks About The Early Politics Of X Window System + Code Licensing

Phoronix - Wed, 01/22/2020 - 07:28
At last week's Linux.Conf.Au conference was an interesting presentation by longtime X developer Keith Packard on the early days of the pre-X.Org X Window System, the collapse of Unix, and how his views formed on copyleft licenses for building thriving communities...

Wine 5.0 Released With Big Improvements For Gaming, Countless Application Fixes

Phoronix - Wed, 01/22/2020 - 01:20
Wine 5.0 has been released as stable as the annual timed release of this software for running Windows games and applications on Linux, macOS, and other platforms...

Wayland 1.18 Alpha Released With Meson Support, Connection Sharing

Phoronix - Wed, 01/22/2020 - 00:56
In meeting the plans for releasing Wayland 1.18 in February, the alpha release of this Wayland update is now available...

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