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It can take a while to understand the concept of open source software—at least for me, it was difficult to understand why anyone would develop a product and then open it up to the entire world. It is a general assumption that products are developed to be sold, not to be given for free, and I saw software as such a product. After a while, however, the value of open source, especially in terms of product development, became clearer to me.

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The Linux 5.9 kernel is set to introduce support for the new IBM POWER System Call Vectored (SCV) ABI with the new SCV and RFSCV instructions. These new instructions can help with performance...

Linux 5.9 Bringing IBM POWER "System Call Vectored" Support  Phoronix

While GNOME software may be free as in beer, at today's GUADEC 2020 annual GNOME developers conference there was a call that GNOME software should label their "embodied carbon cost" as part of collecting more data on the environmental impact of creating said software and working to reduce said impact...

A quick and easy way to lock down SSH  TechRepublic

military aviation real time software operating systems  Military & Aerospace Electronics

AMD Ryzen 4000-powered KDE Slimbook Linux laptop is ready to run  ZDNet

Whiskey Lake panel PCs feature Linux-based HMI tookit  LinuxGizmos.com

Following the recent Chrome 84 stable release, Google has now promoted Chrome 85 to beta as their latest feature update to this cross-platform web browser...

Intel open-source developer Kristen Carlson Accardi continues work on Function Granular Kernel Address Space Layout Randomization (FGKASLR) as a big improvement over traditional KASLR address space layout randomization...

FGKASLR Revved For Improving Linux Kernel Security  Phoronix

FGKASLR Revved For Improving Linux Kernel Security  Phoronix

Take your Linux skills to the next level with this 12-course training bundle, just $69  AndroidGuys

SiFive speeds up U7 RISC-V cores as Codasip releases first Linux-ready IP  LinuxGizmos.com

SiFive speeds up RISC-V cores as Codasip releases first Linux-ready IP  LinuxGizmos.com

Advanced cloud engineer bootcamp available from The Linux Foundation  App Developer Magazine

Meet Karmbian OS: Kali Linux For ARM-Based SBCs Like Raspberry Pi  Fossbytes

Ghacks Deals: The Complete 2020 Learn Linux Bundle (98% off)  Ghacks Technology News

Deals: The Complete 2020 Learn Linux Bundle (98% off) - gHacks Tech News  Ghacks Technology News