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Global Linux Operating System Market Competitive Intelligence Insights 2020 – 2024 : IBM, Ubuntu Linux, Linux Mint, Elementary OS  NY Telecast 99

Last year, I brought you 19 days of new (to you) productivity tools for 2019. This year, I'm taking a different approach: building an environment that will allow you to be more productive in the new year, using tools you may or may not already be using.

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With so many tools on the web offered as services, there's more to getting organized than just choosing the most convenient online vendor.

You have to think of your system of organization as part of your product, whether that's personal productivity or a software project you ship to hundreds or thousands of users. Using open source isn't a matter of brand loyalty. Open source is about you owning the tools that enable you to do what you do.

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Being able to validate your network connection speed puts you in control of your computer. Three open source tools that enable you to check your internet and network speeds at the command line are Speedtest, Fast, and iPerf.

Speedtest

Speedtest is an old favorite. It's implemented in Python, packaged in Apt, and also available with pip. You can use it as a command-line tool or within a Python script.

Install it with:

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The MIPS-based SGI Octane IRIX workstations were first introduced in the late 90's while recently there has been a resurgence in the work on getting these vintage PCs running off a mainline Linux kernel...

Two Decades Late: Mainline Linux Kernel Getting Keyboard / Mouse Driver For SGI Octane  Phoronix

Converseen is an open source batch image processor for Windows and Linux  Ghacks Technology News

Seafile is an open-source, high-performance, secure and enterprise-ready file synchronization and sharing solution built using Python. It features simple data organization using libraries, fast, reliable and efficient synchronization between devices. It comes with built-in...

Mesa 20.0 Now Defaults To The New Intel Gallium3D Driver For Faster OpenGL  Phoronix

After missing their original target of transitioning to Intel Gallium3D by default for Mesa 19.3 as the preferred OpenGL Linux driver on Intel graphics hardware, this milestone has now been reached for Mesa 20.0!..

ZFS On Linux 0.8.3 is out today as the first official update to ZoL since last September...

ZFS On Linux 0.8.3 Released With Many Fixes  Phoronix

ZFS On Linux 0.8.3 Released With Many Fixes  Phoronix

While the Linux 5.5 kernel is expected to be released as soon as this Sunday, a last minute change to the AMDGPU DRM driver makes the Renoir graphics no longer treated as experimental. With that, there is open-source support out-of-the-box rather than being hidden behind a kernel module flag...

AMD Ryzen 4000 Mobile Series "Renoir" Graphics No Longer Experimental With Linux 5.5  Phoronix

Rocket League will drop support for Mac, Linux versions in March  Ars Technica

1. Rocket League will drop support for Mac, Linux versions in March  Ars Technica
2. Rocket League is killing online multiplayer on macOS and Linux  The Verge
3. Rocket League loses Mac and Linux support  Polygon
4. Psyonix ending Rocket League support for Mac and Linux  Daily Esports
5. Rocket League ending MacOS and Linux support in March  Gamasutra
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In addition to WireGuard being part of "net-next" as the networking subsystem material targeting the upcoming Linux 5.6 cycle, there is another big last minute addition to the networking space: the Flow Queue PIE packet scheduler has been merged...

Linux 5.6 To Bring FQ-PIE Packet Scheduler To Help Fight Bufferbloat  Phoronix

Linux 5.6 To Bring FQ-PIE Packet Scheduler To Help Fight Bufferbloat  Phoronix