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Clang 11 Changes -O To Match GCC Behavior

Phoronix - Tue, 05/19/2020 - 19:08
Clang 11.0 has changed its "-O" optimization flag to match the defaults of GCC...

AOMedia AV1 2.0 Codec Library Released With Many Improvements

Phoronix - Tue, 05/19/2020 - 18:53
Version 2.0 of the libaom AOMedia AV1 video encoder / video codec SDK library is now available as the first major update in nearly two years...

Linux Kernel Seeing Workaround Revived For Buggy Micron NAND Block Erase Behavior

Phoronix - Tue, 05/19/2020 - 18:40
A new patch series has been revived from work originally published by Micron back in 2018 for dealing with the behavior on their planar 2D NAND devices where in rare cases when issuing block erase commands, the flash block might not actually be erased and this could lead to further problems down the road when touching said block...

24 Linux desktops you need to try

opensource.com - Tue, 05/19/2020 - 15:02

One of the great strengths of the Linux desktop is the choice it affords its users. If you don't like your application menu in the lower left of your screen, you can move it. If you don't like the way your file manager organizes your documents, you can use a different one. Admittedly, however, that can be confusing for new users who aren't used to having a say in how they use their computers. If you're looking at installing Linux, one of the choices you're going to have to make is which desktop you want to use, and the best way to do that is to try a few different ones until you find the on


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An open source HTTP router to increase your network visibility

opensource.com - Tue, 05/19/2020 - 15:01

In my previous article, I introduced Skipper, an open source HTTP router and reverse proxy for service composition. This article focuses on how Skipper increases network visibility and describes its advantages for both developers of scalable applications and operators of the infrastructure they run on.


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Pandemic stress test: The open source cloud is up to the challenge

opensource.com - Tue, 05/19/2020 - 15:00

We all know that modern business has become a rapid-response environment. Never before have we had the number of IT resources at the tips of our fingers as we have today, and most of them are enabled by the cloud. When we refer to "the cloud", we may be talking about several computing concepts, but typically the cloud consists of a set of remotely-hosted resources and services, from web pages to mobile apps or even traditional desktop applications.


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How to Install LAMP Stack with PhpMyAdmin in Ubuntu 20.04

Tecmint - Tue, 05/19/2020 - 14:05
LAMP stack is the combination of the most frequently used software packages to build dynamic websites. LAMP is an abbreviation that uses the first letter of each of the packages included in it: Linux, Apache, MariaDB, and...

Fedora 33 Looks To Up Its Code Hardening For 64-Bit Arm Systems

Phoronix - Tue, 05/19/2020 - 12:08
Fedora has been improving its 64-bit ARM (AArch64) support for quite some time and with this autumn's Fedora 33 release it should be in even better shape...

Awards roll call: March 2020 to May 2020

Red Hat News - Tue, 05/19/2020 - 12:00

Summer is just around the corner and Red Hat is adding more awards to our roster! We are proud to announce that several Red Hatters and Red Hat products are being recognized by leading industry publications and organizations for efforts in driving innovation. 

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