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GlusterFS Planning To Drop 32-Bit Support

Phoronix - Tue, 08/06/2019 - 01:29
The GlusterFS network attached storage file-system developed by Red Hat with a focus on cloud computing is the latest open-source project eyeing the removal of 32-bit (i686) software support...

Another Look At The Maturing AMD Radeon RX 5700 Series Linux Performance - Phoronix

Google News - Tue, 08/06/2019 - 00:20
Another Look At The Maturing AMD Radeon RX 5700 Series Linux Performance  Phoronix

With the AMD Radeon RX 5700 / RX 5700 XT Linux driver support maturing and the early optimizations/fixes and lingering feature work now calming down for ...

Another Look At The Maturing AMD Radeon RX 5700 Series Linux Performance

Phoronix - Tue, 08/06/2019 - 00:18
With the AMD Radeon RX 5700 / RX 5700 XT Linux driver support maturing and the early optimizations/fixes and lingering feature work now calming down for the Linux 5.3 kernel and within RadeonSI/RADV for the imminent branching of Mesa 19.2, here is another look at how the Navi performance stands today compared to AMD Vega graphics cards and the high-end NVIDIA Pascal and Turing graphics cards.

GCC 9.2 Available For Testing With Tuned AMD Zen 2 Support Back-Ported

Phoronix - Mon, 08/05/2019 - 22:24
The GNU Compiler Collection 9.2 release should be out next Monday while until then a release candidate was issued today for testing...

Another GNOME Improvement Being Discussed To Help With Touchpad Scrolling / Tablets

Phoronix - Mon, 08/05/2019 - 20:35
Canonical developer Daniel van Vugt had another busy week continuing to focus on upstream GNOME performance improvements...

Open Source Is Good, but How Can It Do Good? - Linux Journal

Google News - Mon, 08/05/2019 - 19:37
Open Source Is Good, but How Can It Do Good?  Linux Journal

Open-source coders: we know you are good—now do good. The ethical use of computers has been at the heart of free software from the beginning. Here's what ...

Haiku Developers Begin Optimizing Their BeOS-Inspired OS For Performance

Phoronix - Mon, 08/05/2019 - 19:20
With the long-awaited Haiku R1 beta having happened at the end of last year and other modern features/support getting squared away, the developers behind this open-source BeOS-inspired operating system have begun investigating their OS performance and making necessary performance optimizations...

How to Scan QR code without app on PC Windows 10, Linux & Web - H2S Media

Google News - Mon, 08/05/2019 - 19:14
How to Scan QR code without app on PC Windows 10, Linux & Web  H2S Media

QR codes are to be scanned with mobile devices to carry out tasks on the go; it is possible to decode QR codes on a Windows or Linux computer without PC.

Debian 10.1 Expected For Release In One Month

Phoronix - Mon, 08/05/2019 - 18:58
Debian 10.1 along with Debian 9.10 are expected to be released on 7 September...

LLVM 8.0.1 Released With Bug Fixes

Phoronix - Mon, 08/05/2019 - 18:50
LLVM stable point release manager Tom Stellard has released LLVM 8.0.1 as the first minor update to this spring's LLVM 8.0 code-base...

NordVPN offers NordLynx for Linux, built around WireGuard - Open Source Insider - ComputerWeekly.com

Google News - Mon, 08/05/2019 - 18:30
NordVPN offers NordLynx for Linux, built around WireGuard - Open Source Insider  ComputerWeekly.com

Virtual Private Network (VPN) company NordVPN has introduced NordLynx technology built around the WireGuard protocol. WireGuard is thought to be shaking ...

Best Linux training providers and online courses 2019 - TechRadar

Google News - Mon, 08/05/2019 - 17:53
Best Linux training providers and online courses 2019  TechRadar

We highlight the most impressive training courses which focus on introducing Linux to newcomers.

Best Linux training providers and online courses 2019 - TechRadar

Google News - Mon, 08/05/2019 - 17:51
Best Linux training providers and online courses 2019  TechRadar

We highlight the most impressive training courses which focus on introducing Linux to newcomers.

Best Linux training providers and online courses 2019 - TechRadar

Google News - Mon, 08/05/2019 - 17:51
Best Linux training providers and online courses 2019  TechRadar

We highlight the most impressive training courses which focus on introducing Linux to newcomers.

Best Linux training providers - TechRadar

Google News - Mon, 08/05/2019 - 17:51
Best Linux training providers  TechRadar

We highlight the most impressive training courses which focus on introducing Linux to newcomers.

Linux 5.3-rc3 Comes In As A Calm Release

Phoronix - Mon, 08/05/2019 - 17:45
Linus Torvalds released Linux 5.3-rc3 on Sunday night and it was to his surprise that it was even smaller than the previous week's release candidate...

New Linux driver signals Intel Xe iGPU+dGPU multi-GPU support - Notebookcheck.net

Google News - Mon, 08/05/2019 - 15:30
New Linux driver signals Intel Xe iGPU+dGPU multi-GPU support  Notebookcheck.net

Intel's upcoming Xe GPUs will feature support for multi-GPU setups, according to a recent Linux kernel driver update. Xe will be able to form hybrid GPU pairs ...

Linux Mint 19.2 “Tina” Released: Here's What's New and How to Get it - It's FOSS

Google News - Mon, 08/05/2019 - 15:06
Linux Mint 19.2 “Tina” Released: Here's What's New and How to Get it  It's FOSS

Linux Mint 19.2 “Tina” has been released. See what's new in it and learn how to upgrade to Linux Mint 19.2. Recently, the Linux Mint team announced the ...

Navigating the filesystem with relative paths at the command line

opensource.com - Mon, 08/05/2019 - 15:02

If you’re on your way to work, but you stop by a deli for breakfast first, you don’t go back home after breakfast so you can restart your journey. Instead, you continue from where you are because you understand where your office is located relative to your current location. Navigating your computer is the same way. If you change your working directory in a terminal to a subdirectory, such as Pictures, you don’t necessarily have to go home again just to make your way into Documents. Instead, you use a relative path.


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PostgreSQL, managing Windows with Ansible, and more news

opensource.com - Mon, 08/05/2019 - 15:01

In our second monthly Ansible Around The Web, we're sharing a smorgasbord of useful Ansible information for your delectation. Read on to find stories and videos relating to databases, security, VMware, Infoblox, and Windows!

If you find an interesting Ansible story on your travels, please send us the link via Mark on Twitter, and the Ansible Community team will curate the best submissions.

On with the show…


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