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Extreme Gifts StackStorm to Linux Foundation  SDxCentral

One of the areas of performance I had been meaning to look more at following the recent AMD EPYC 7002 series launch was for database servers. With the original EPYC 7000 series performance, the performance came up short in competing with Intel Xeon CPUs, but for the EPYC Rome processors it ends up being a very different story. Given the launch last week of PostgreSQL 12, I've been trying out this new database server release on both EPYC and Xeon processors.

Linus Torvalds isn't worried about Microsoft taking over Linux  ZDNet

In addition to The Cascadelake X-Series CPUs laqunching at a much lower price, Intel announced the Xeon W-2200 series today also at lower pricing while cutting prices on their existing Core 9000 F-series desktop CPUs too...

Red Hat Streamlines Operating System Update Cycle  DevOps.com

AMD today lifted the lid on the Radeon RX 5500 series as their first Nav 14 based graphics card. This is the soft launch with no units shipping yet but expected to starting in November...

SparkyLinux 5.9 Released with Latest Updates from Debian GNU/Linux 10 "Buster"  Softpedia News

Extreme Networks Transitions StackStorm to the Linux Foundation  Yahoo Finance

Extreme Networks Transitions StackStorm to the Linux Foundation  PRNewswire

How to recover Windows files with Linux Live CD/USB  TWCN Tech News

For those wondering, NVIDIA is still pursuing a generic allocator / Unix device memory allocator that has been talked about for years and a potential successor to the likes of the Generic Buffer Manager (GBM). They now have an implementation of their proposed allocator working for the open-source NVIDIA (Nouveau) driver though there still is a lot of work ahead...

With RMS resigning as head of the FSF but ultimately is remaining as head of the GNU, the Free Software Foundation is now publicly re-evaluating its relationship with the GNU...

The GNU Debugger (GDB) now has support for the Compact C Type Format following support for this debugging information format having been added to the GCC compiler and Binutils...

Install Cockpit on Ubuntu 19.04 Linux to manage server remotely  H2S Media

Pinebook Pro Linux laptop launches from $199  Geeky Gadgets

The Red Hat Certified Specialist in Ansible Automation exam (EX407) is a new certification program by Red Hat that tests your skills to use Ansible to automate the configuration of systems and applications. The...

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The Java Persistence API (JPA) is an important Java functionality for application developers to understand. It translates exactly how Java developers turn method calls on objects into accessing, persisting, and managing data stored in NoSQL and relational databases.

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With the advent of DevOps, engineering teams are taking on more and more ownership of the reliability of their services. While some chafe at the increased operational burden, others welcome the opportunity to treat service reliability as a key feature, invest in the necessary capabilities to measure and improve reliability, and deliver the best possible customer experiences.

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While popularity in Solaris-based operating systems may be on the decline, for Meson to ultimately replace other build systems it will need good support for said operating systems where Automake, CMake, and others are well supported. As such, with this weekend's Meson 0.52 release comes with better support for Solaris and the OpenSolaris-derived Illumos platforms...