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Security-Oriented Container Linux Gets Patched Against Latest Intel CPU Flaws  Softpedia News

Zorin OS 15 Lite Linux distro can rejuvenate your aging Windows PC  BetaNews

While the official NVIDIA Linux driver has worked well with DisplayPort Multi-Stream Transport (DP MST) setups for years now for driving large displays, audio hasn't worked under Linux for NVIDIA's driver in this combination. But with the upcoming Linux 5.5 cycle that will be addressed...

NVIDIA DP MST Audio To Begin Working With The Linux 5.5 Kernel  Phoronix

The long-awaited WireGuard secure VPN tunnel functionality looks like it will land with the Linux 5.6 kernel cycle happening in early 2020. Linux 5.5 is kicking off next week but the necessary crypto subsystem changes have yet to take place as well as a final sign-off on the new WireGuard code...

Latest WireGuard Patch Out For Review With It Looking Like It Will Land For Linux 5.6  Phoronix

Global Linux Operating System Market Outlook 2019-2025: openSUSE, Linux Mint, IBM, Arch Linux  Eastlake Times

Google wants to use the Linux kernel  Fudzilla

Google wants to use the Linux kernel  Fudzilla

he real world is full of movement and life. The thing that makes the real world so busy and dynamic is physics. Physics is the way matter moves through space. Since a video game world has no matter, it also has no physics, so game programmers have to simulate physics.

In terms of most video games, there are basically only two aspects of physics that are important: gravity and collision.

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Python code can include documentation right inside its source code. The default way of doing so relies on docstrings, which are defined in a triple quote format. While the value of documentation is well... documented, it seems all too common to not document code sufficiently. Let's walk through a scenario on the power of great documentation.

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Even though open source software (OSS) is pervasive in IT, many people in business don't understand what open source is and how it differs from proprietary software. According to Brandeis University, "open source software now accounts for between 78% and 98% of all core digital infrastructure, yet few organizational managers understand the business behind it."

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Zorin OS 15 Lite Release: Good Looking Lightweight Linux  It's FOSS

Linux comes with a bounty of commands, each command unique and used in specific cases. The goal of Linux is to help you be as fast and efficient as possible. One property of a...

With the initial Navi 14 support to be found in the Linux 5.4 kernel releasing this weekend the GPU ASIC (along with Navi 12) have been marked as experimental and thus not enabled by default unless passing a special module parameter to the kernel. But now at the last minute this support has been deemed non-experimental for Navi 14...

AMD Promotes Navi 14 Linux Support Out Of "Experimental" + Fixes For Raven Ridge  Phoronix

Linux Servers Running Webmin App Targeted By DDoS Attacks  Fossbytes

Wednesday marked the v1.0.2878 update to Intel's "IGC" Graphics Compiler that is used by their graphics hardware compute stack...

Guy Arrested For Creating 'Custom' Linux Distro For ISIS  Fossbytes

Mesa 19.3 had been expected for release next week per their original release calendar, but as we are used to seeing for these quarterly feature releases, at least one if not more weekly release candidates tend to be needed for ironing out bugs. As such, Mesa 19.3.0 is now solidly looking like at least an early December release while Mesa 19.3-RC4 shipped on Wednesday...