Open-source News

How to use Slax Linux? A Portable Linux distribution that doesn’t require installation  H2S Media

Messaging apps have changed how we communicate. Where would we be today without SMS? Can you imagine returning to a world where near-instant communication is not pervasive?

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Steam Linux Marketshare Ticks Up Higher For September  Phoronix

Windows 10 vs. Eight Linux Distributions In Various "Creator" Workloads On An Intel Core i9  Phoronix

The acquisition and application of influence is a vital aspect of any organization. But the manner in which people acquire influence can vary widely. In traditional, hierarchical organizations, for example, someone might acquire influence by virtue of their title or position in a hierarchy. In government organizations, someone might acquire influence by virtue of being elected. On social media, someone might acquire influence through endless self-promotion. Or someone might acquire influence through inheritance or wealth.

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In the first article in this series, I showed how to create a custom application to track donations using Corteza Low-Code, a graphical user interface- (GUI) and web-based development environment that serves as an alternative to Salesforce. So far, the Donations application merely exists, but this article explains how to make it do something by populating it with a data structure using modules and fields.

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C is the original general-purpose programming language. The Season 3 finale of the Command Line Heroes podcast explores C's origin story in a way that showcases the longevity and power of its design. It's a perfect synthesis of all the languages discussed throughout the podcast's third season and this series of articles.

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Linux Kernel 5.4 to Have Kernel Lockdown and ExFat Support  It's FOSS

Red Hat commissioned Forrester Consulting to conduct a Total Economic Impact (TEI) study1 to examine the value that customers could achieve by deploying Red Hat OpenShift Dedicated. Forrester interviewed OpenShift Dedicated customers about the benefits, costs, risks, and flexibility they experienced using the platform. The companies interviewed had annual revenues of over $1 billion and used Red Hat for over three years. 

zfs-0.8.2 releases with support for 2.6.32 – 5.3 Linux kernels and major bug fixes  Security Boulevard

Linux Security Simplified: How To Make Linux More Secure (With Less Work)  Security Boulevard

For those that had been interested in GNOME 3.34 for Intel's Clear Linux when running their developer-focused, performance-optimized desktop those packages have now landed...

Manjaro Linux makes two bold moves  TechRepublic

How to limit bandwidth on Linux to better test your applications  TechRepublic

Neural computing kit combines Atomic Pi SBC with Intel's NCS2  LinuxGizmos.com

Linus Torvalds Kicks Off Development of Linux Kernel 5.4, First RC Is Out Now  Softpedia News

It's coming one day late due to the last minute entropy/RNG patches to improve the random behavior during boot time (among other late patches), but Linus Torvalds has just tagged Linux 5.4-rc1 as what will be the last major stable kernel release of 2019...

Raspbian 2019-09-26 is out as the latest version of this Debian-based Linux distribution that leads the default OS experience for Raspberry Pi devices...

Microsoft Loves Linux Needs More Work Argues Open Source Leader  WinBuzzer

Following last month's release of Xfce 4.14 that transitioned from GTK2 to GTK3 as its tool-kit, old remnants of GTK2 support are now being nuked...