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HPE Puts Cumulus Open Network OS onto M-Series Switches  Channelnomics

HPE Puts Cumulus Open Network OS onto M-Series Switches  Channelnomics

A new work-in-progress feature for systemd is "PathImages" though there is a suggestion this option be renamed to "MountPaths", but in any case is about allowing arbitrary images / block devices to be mounted at any path by systemd...

While there still is several weeks to go until the Linux 5.5 kernel reaches stable and that marking the start of the Linux 5.6 merge window, already from the work we've been tracking in the various "next" branches, this first full kernel cycle of 2020 is going to be a big one...

Linux in 2020: 27.8 million lines of code in the kernel, 1.3 million in systemd  The Register

Linux in 2020: 27.8 million lines of code in the kernel, 1.3 million in systemd  The Register

Shortly before Christmas were a couple open-source Nouveau driver patches volleyed by NVIDIA. Some of that work is now queuing in the Nouveau DRM tree ahead of the Linux 5.6 merge window...

NVIDIA Sent Out Some Fresh Nouveau Patches Just Before Christmas  Phoronix

The best free video editor 2020: free video editing software for all your projects  TechRadar India

Linux scheduler issue claims garbage  Fudzilla

CES 2020: New Dell Linux developer XPS 13 laptop is coming  Mash Viral

How to Enable Microphone and GPU Acceleration in Linux on Chromebook  Beebom

EA boots Linux gamers out of multiplayer Battlefield V, Penguinistas respond by demanding crippling boycott  The Register

Crikey, you lot have been busy writing in December. We've got more data munging from Greg Sutcliffe; we've got writing modules for orchestrating security; we've got networks, containers and thoughts from a sysadmin. No YouTubes this month—we thought you'd have enough reading here with the articles. Enjoy!

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Python is a high-level, object-oriented programming language known for its simple syntax. It is consistently among the top-rated programming languages for building RESTful APIs.

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How to Use the free Command on Linux  How-To Geek

Like almost everyone on the planet, I have a few social media accounts. I mostly stick to Facebook to stay up to date with friends and family and Twitter to follow a few other people.

Have you ever wanted to make a post that includes italics or some other fancy formatting? You can easily change the text to italics or bold when you're writing an email, but most social media platforms don't provide many formatting options.

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Bandwhich, formerly known as “what”, is a terminal utility written in Rust programming language, which is used for monitoring current network bandwidth utilization by the process, connection, and remote IP/hostname. It sniffs a specified...

While still a draft standard, support for the RISC-V "V" Vector Extension support for the Linux kernel is currently being prepared...

What to know before upgrading to Windows Server 2019  Network World