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DevOps vs Agile: What's the difference?

opensource.com - Tue, 02/04/2020 - 16:01

Early on, software development didn't really fit under a particular management umbrella. Then along came waterfall, which spoke to the idea that software development could be defined by the length of time an application took to create or build.


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Send commands to multiple SSH sessions with Terminator

opensource.com - Tue, 02/04/2020 - 16:01

Terminator is a single-window split-screen terminal multiplexer that allows you to send identical keystrokes to all terminals at once. This means you can SSH into any number of machines, run the same commands simultaneously, and see them all at the same time.

Install Terminator with: sudo apt install terminator


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Stuck in a loop: 4 signs anxiety may be affecting your work

opensource.com - Tue, 02/04/2020 - 16:00

Editor's note: This article is part of a series on working with mental health conditions. It details the author's personal experiences and is not meant to convey professional medical advice or guidance.


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The Modern Flang "f18" Compiler Is The Most Exciting Fortran Compiler Of Recent Times

Phoronix - Tue, 02/04/2020 - 13:10
While merging of the Flang "f18" Fortran compiler into the LLVM source tree was delayed in January, this is still looking like the most exciting Fortran open-source compiler in development...

The Current State of AMD Zen Coreboot Support: Basically Limited To Chromebooks

Phoronix - Tue, 02/04/2020 - 08:20
Firmware developer Michał Żygowski of embedded consulting firm 3mdeb has provided a convenient overview over the current state of AMD Coreboot support for booting with this open-source alternative to conventional proprietary BIOS...

Intel's Linux Graphics Stack Is Close To Landing A Code-Generator Generator

Phoronix - Tue, 02/04/2020 - 05:14
Intel's Linux graphics stack has seen a lot of major changes in recent years besides the addition of their "ANV" Vulkan driver. The Intel Linux OpenGL driver saw their new Gallium3D driver, NIR has come about as the new intermediate representation used across their drivers, and other fundamental changes and improvements. The latest underlying work is introducing a pattern-based code generator for their graphics compiler...

The $199 Motile M141 With AMD Ryzen 3 3200U Offers Surprisingly Decent Performance

Phoronix - Tue, 02/04/2020 - 00:32
Last week we published benchmarks of the Motile M141, Walmart's private-label tech branch, and the M141 being a Ryzen 3 3200U powered laptop that has been retailing for just $199 USD. In those initial benchmarks was an extensive look at the Windows vs. Linux performance while this article today is looking at the performance of this AMD Ryzen 3 laptop against a number of old and new Intel laptops, all tested using a daily snapshot of Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.

Codeplay Brings SYCL, Intel DPC++ To NVIDIA GPUs

Phoronix - Mon, 02/03/2020 - 23:38
Codeplay announced last year they were working on an open-source layer for running Intel's oneAPI and Data Parallel C++ on NVIDIA GPUs and as part of that supporting Khronos' SYCL on NVIDIA hardware. Today they revealed more details on this achievement and new software layer...

NVIDIA 440.59 Linux Driver Brings DP MST Audio, PRIME Sync For Linux 5.4+

Phoronix - Mon, 02/03/2020 - 23:08
NVIDIA has kicked off February by releasing the 440.59 Linux driver as their newest stable driver...

AMD's Zen 2 Scheduler Model Gets Partially Fixed Up In LLVM

Phoronix - Mon, 02/03/2020 - 22:00
Landing in the LLVM compiler infrastructure code-base in January was finally an AMD Zen 2 scheduler model optimized for the latest-generation AMD processors when compiling code with Clang using the -march=znver2 targeting. However, now some important fixes to this scheduler model have landed...

GRUB 2.06 Planning For Release This Year - Possibly With Intel TXT + AMD SKINIT Support

Phoronix - Mon, 02/03/2020 - 20:42
Oracle's Daniel Kiper provided an update on the GRUB boot-loader efforts and their hopes on sticking to a yearly release cadence...

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