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Linux 5.6 Crypto Code Brings The New AMD TEE Driver

Phoronix - Tue, 01/28/2020 - 20:55
Herbert Xu sent in all of the crypto subsystem changes on Tuesday for the in-development Linux 5.6 kernel. Interesting us the most out of this crypto work is the AMD Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) driver...

Intel Makes Public Two More Data Leakage Disclosures

Phoronix - Tue, 01/28/2020 - 19:42
Intel last night made public two more data leakage disclosures, which tie back to Zombieload and November's TAA issue...

EFI Code Gets More Cleaning With Linux 5.6

Phoronix - Tue, 01/28/2020 - 19:06
The EFI kernel code has seen a variety of clean-ups and low-level improvements to it for the Linux 5.6 cycle...

How to Install Yii PHP Framework on CentOS 8

Tecmint - Tue, 01/28/2020 - 19:05
Yii is an open-source, high-performance, flexible, efficient and secure PHP framework for rapidly building modern Web applications. It is a generic and full-stack web programming framework for writing code in an object-oriented fashion and...

Fedora Stakeholders Discuss Possibility Of Using Pre-Built Initramfs Images

Phoronix - Tue, 01/28/2020 - 16:55
Another alternative to slow initramfs generation could be distributing pre-built initramfs images to users. An additional benefit of that is possibly better security with measured boot capabilities, a matter currently being discussed by Fedora stakeholders...

Send email and check your calendar with Emacs

opensource.com - Tue, 01/28/2020 - 16:03

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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How I had a nerdy date night with StreetComplete quests

opensource.com - Tue, 01/28/2020 - 16:02

StreetComplete is an Android app that makes it fun and easy to contribute to open data by completing quests.

Quests are used to fill in incomplete or inaccurate information on OpenStreetMap, an open data project dedicated to mapping the world through crowdsourcing. Anyone can contribute to the map and, thanks to free culture and open source licenses, that data can then be used by anyone for anything, from video games to custom map applications and artwork.


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How I teach physics using open source tools

opensource.com - Tue, 01/28/2020 - 16:01

The nice aspect of being a physicist and a researcher is the openness of our community. There is a lot of collaboration and sharing of ideas (especially during coffee breaks). We also tend to share the software we write. Since we are very picky about algorithms, we want to modify other people’s code to fix the obvious errors that we find. It feels frustrating when I have to use proprietary tools since I cannot understand their inner workings. Having grown up professionally in such an environment, open source has been my go-to solution for all the software I use.


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