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FSF-Approved Trisquel 9.0 Reaches Development Milestone Before Ringing In The New Year

Phoronix - Tue, 12/31/2019 - 19:57
Nearly two years after the release of Trisquel 8, the release of Trisquel 9 "Etiona" for this Free Software Foundation approved Linux distribution is quickly approaching. An alpha/development release of Trisquel 9 is available for testing...

12 programming resources for coders of all levels

opensource.com - Tue, 12/31/2019 - 16:03

"The best time to learn computer programming was 20 years ago. The second best time is now."
— A computer science proverb, maybe.


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7 resources to grow your Java skills

opensource.com - Tue, 12/31/2019 - 16:02

Java is still one of the most influential programming languages today. It only recently dropped from #2 to the third most used programming language on GitHub. You may say usage is not everything, but Java also remains popular.


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How to be a better organization: Top 10 reads for leaders

opensource.com - Tue, 12/31/2019 - 16:01

Modern organizations are adopting key elements from open source software. By leveraging the "open" in open source, leaders can help shape a more responsive and productive enterprise. Check out these top 10 articles from 2019 that can help you develop your own path in open leadership.


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What is GNU/Linux? - PCMag.com

Google News - Tue, 12/31/2019 - 16:00
What is GNU/Linux?  PCMag.com

What is GNU/Linux? - PCMag.com

Google News - Tue, 12/31/2019 - 16:00
What is GNU/Linux?  PCMag.com

What is GNU/Linux? - PCMag.com

Google News - Tue, 12/31/2019 - 16:00
What is GNU/Linux?  PCMag.com

10 Ansible resources to accelerate your automation skills

opensource.com - Tue, 12/31/2019 - 16:00

This year saw a wide range of really helpful Ansible articles. Whether you are just starting out with Ansible or a seasoned pro, there is something for everyone here to learn from.

A good number of these articles are worthy of your bookmarking and perhaps a cron (or maybe a Tower/AWX job) reminder to reread them periodically.

If you are new to Ansible, start with the following articles:


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Power Management Improvements Could Benefit Intel Server Performance In Linux 5.6

Phoronix - Tue, 12/31/2019 - 15:37
Some Intel server platforms could see better performance with the Linux 5.6 kernel cycle...

The Linux Kernel Highlights Of The 2010s From Torvalds' Sabbatical To Dealing With Vulnerabilities

Phoronix - Tue, 12/31/2019 - 14:09
Going along with our other end of year and decade recaps, here is a look back at the Linux kernel highlights for the 2010s...

The Experimental GCN 1.0 GPU Support Might Be Dropped From AMDGPU Linux Driver

Phoronix - Tue, 12/31/2019 - 13:00
By default the Linux kernel selects the aging Radeon DRM driver for GCN 1.0 "Southern Islands" and GCN 1.1 "Sea Islands" hardware (as well as all older ATI/AMD GPUs) while it's GCN 1.2 and newer that defaults to the modern AMDGPU kernel driver. But for years there has been experimental GCN 1.0/1.1 support available via kernel module options, but now for the original GCN GPUs that code is at risk of being dropped...

MLIR Lands In LLVM - Boosting LLVM For Heterogeneous Hardware, Machine Learning

Phoronix - Tue, 12/31/2019 - 08:00
Landing as a great Christmas present for LLVM developers interested in heterogeneous hardware compilation, TensorFlow and other machine learning use-cases was MLIR within the LLVM source tree...

Fwupd 1.3.6 Firmware Updater Released With Initial Windows Support

Phoronix - Tue, 12/31/2019 - 06:05
Fwupd 1.3.6 was released today for ending out a very successful year for this firmware updating utility that works in-step with the Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS) for allowing hardware firmware/BIOS updating on Linux systems...

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