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The Intel "Gen11" Iris Plus Graphics on Ice Lake are a big upgrade over earlier Intel graphics generations but the gains are even more enticing if making use of their new Gallium3D OpenGL Linux driver...

ACBbackdoor trojan designed to hit Linux and Windows systems  SC Magazine UK

Python 2.7 will officially become unsupported beginning January 1, 2020. There is one final bugfix planned after this date, but then that's it.

What does this end of life (EOL) mean for you? If you run Python 2, you need to migrate.

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No matter what operating system you're running, there are usually several ways to install an application. Sometimes you might find an application in an app store, or you might install it with a package manager like DNF on Fedora or Brew on Mac, and other times, you might download an executable or an installer from a website. Because Java is such a popular backend for so many applications, it's good to understand the different ways you can install it. The good news is that you have many options, and this article covers them all.

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The exciting thing about open source is that nobody needs permission to try something new. That's a formula that allows new ideas to emerge all the time.

Here are three open source projects that are still in their early stages but show real promise.

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The long overdue X.Org Server 1.21 still hasn't been organized for release but at least the extra time is allowing more XWayland bits to land...

In this article, you will learn how to install the curl command-line tool for transferring data to and from a server using various types of requests. It’s an alternative to downloading files other than...

IBM and Microsoft and Linux Foundation to fight patent trolls with 'multi-million' scheme  The Register

Linux Software Market Technology Innovations and Demand 2019 to 2025  The Market Publicist

While there is no sign of Solaris 11.5 or Solaris.Next (last year was a road-map pointing to Solaris 11.Next in H2'19 or H1'20 that has since been removed), Oracle does continue putting out more updates to the Solaris 11.4 series...

HONOR MagicBook 15 finally revealed with Linux as main operating system  TechNave

1. Google outlines plans for mainline Linux kernel support in Android  Ars Technica
2. Google outlines ideas for mainline Linux kernel aid in Android  Liist Studio
3. Google outlines ideas for mainline Linux kernel help in Android  Mash Viral
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Google outlines plans for mainline Linux kernel support in Android  Ars Technica

Google outlines plans for mainline Linux kernel support in Android  Ars Technica

US student was allegedly building a custom Gentoo Linux distro for ISIS  ZDNet

It's been three weeks already since the last DXVK update but that was succeeded this evening by DXVK 1.4.5 as another notable update to this project mapping Direct3D 10/11 onto Vulkan for speeding up the Wine/Proton-based Windows gaming experience on Linux...

The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) is hosting its core conference for the fifth year running. It’s official title is KubeCon + CloudNativeCon, but it’s most importantly the home for Kubernetes. Adopters, contributors, and Kubernetes-curious attendees add up to a record-breaking 12,000 people.

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With the many Intel Ice Lake Linux benchmarks we began publishing over the past month since picking up a Dell XPS with Core i7-1065G7, there have been many benchmarks compared to the likes of the Core i7 Whiskey Lake and Kaby Lake processors. For those curious how the performance stacks up going further back, here are some Ubuntu 19.10 laptop benchmarks putting it up against the likes of Core i7 Haswell and Broadwell processors.

A few days ago Debian Project Leader Sam Hartman laid out the proposals for the upcoming Debian General Resolution vote concerning "init system diversity" and just how much Debian developers still care in 2019 about supporting non-systemd init systems within the Linux distribution...

New ACBackdoor Malware Targeting Both Linux and Windows Systems  Security Intelligence