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Use Wireshark at the Linux command line with TShark

opensource.com - Mon, 01/20/2020 - 16:02

Most of the time when we connect to the internet, we don't think about the network protocols at work underneath that make it all possible. Right now, while you are reading this article, numerous packets are being exchanged by your computer and traveling across the internet.


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Celebrating Opensource.com's 10-year anniversary

opensource.com - Mon, 01/20/2020 - 16:01

Today officially marks 10 years of Opensource.com as a publication sharing free and open source stories. Here is a look at where we've come from, what principles help us succeed, and where we're going. 

People-powered*

As we celebrate 10 years of publishing, our focus is on the people from all over the globe, in various roles, from diverse backgrounds, who have helped us explore the multitude of ways in which open source can improve our lives—from technology and programming to farming and design, and so much more. 


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Announcing the 2020 Opensource.com Community Awards winners

opensource.com - Mon, 01/20/2020 - 16:00

Every year, Opensource.com awards people from our community who have excelled in contributing and sharing stories with our community of authors and readers. These stories reflect how we use open source in our everyday lives, how it helps us build a better future with open technology, and how openness is changing the world. All authors in these lists are officially the People's Choice Award winners for 2020.


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Linux 5.5-rc7 Kernel Released

Phoronix - Mon, 01/20/2020 - 08:27
The seventh weekly release candidate to Linux 5.5 is now available for testing...

GNU Make 4.3 Released With Performance Improvements, Newer GNU libc + Musl Support

Phoronix - Mon, 01/20/2020 - 07:44
While a Red Hat developer is working on "Goals" to try to improve upon Make, the GNU Make project is not slowing down and is out this Sunday with a big update...

The Performance Cost To SELinux On Fedora 31

Phoronix - Mon, 01/20/2020 - 03:10
Following the recent AppArmor performance regression in Linux 5.5 (since resolved), some Phoronix readers had requested tests out of curiosity in looking at the performance impact of Fedora's decision to utilize SELinux by default. Here is how the Fedora Workstation 31 performance compares out-of-the-box with SELinux to disabling it.

Intel's ConnMan Is Ready With WireGuard Support

Phoronix - Sun, 01/19/2020 - 22:36
In addition to NetworkManager having good WireGuard support in advance of this secure VPN tunnel tech landing with the Linux 5.6 kernel, Intel's ConnMan software is also ready with supporting WireGuard...

Open source fights cancer, Tesla adopts Coreboot, Uber and Lyft release open source machine learning

opensource.com - Sun, 01/19/2020 - 22:00

In this edition of our open source news roundup, we take a look machine learning tools from Uber and Lyft, open source software to fight cancer, saving students money with open textbooks, and more!


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Intel's OSPray 2.0 Ray-Tracing Engine Released

Phoronix - Sun, 01/19/2020 - 20:26
An area where Intel continues striking with rhythm and near perfection is on the open-source software front with their countless speedy and useful open-source innovations that often go unmatched as well as timely hardware support. Out this weekend is their OSPray 2.0 release for this damn impressive ray-tracing engine...

KDE Plasma 5.18 Seeing More Last Minute Work To Make It One Of Their Best Releases Ever

Phoronix - Sun, 01/19/2020 - 20:12
This past week KDE Plasma 5.18 reached beta for this next long-term support release of the modern KDE desktop. While it's approaching the finish line next month, developers have not let up on more improvements in making this one of their best and most polished releases ever...

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