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Libinput 1.15 Released For Improving Input On X.Org + Wayland Desktops

Phoronix - Fri, 01/03/2020 - 20:11
Just under one month since the libinput 1.15 test release, this input handling library is now out with its official update...

Fedora 32 Goes Through Its Formalities To Land GCC 10 + Golang 1.14

Phoronix - Fri, 01/03/2020 - 16:51
Fedora Linux has long been well known for always shipping with bleeding-edge GCC compiler releases even if it means a near-final pre-release, thanks in part to Red Hat's significant engineering resources to GCC and the GNU toolchain in general. With Fedora 32 it's expected to be no different with having the upcoming GCC 10 compiler...

What you need to know about Rust in 2020

opensource.com - Fri, 01/03/2020 - 16:03

Rust has drawn plenty of attention from programmers on sites like Hacker News for a while. While many have long loved using the language for hobby projects, it didn't start catching on in industry until 2019, when this really started to change.


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My Raspberry Pi retrospective: 6 projects and more

opensource.com - Fri, 01/03/2020 - 16:02

Historically and theoretically speaking, a decade, a century, or a millennium starts when the clock turns midnight on January 1 of the year one of its decimal order. For example, the 20th century started on January 1, 1901, not on January 1, 1900. The reason for this is simple: there is no year 0 in our modern calendar, so these periods of time start on year 1 (using the Gregorian calendar). But that's not how we refer to time periods colloquially and culturally; for example, when we mention '80s music or movies, we're talking about the period from 1980 to 1989.


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Introducing the guide to inter-process communication in Linux

opensource.com - Fri, 01/03/2020 - 16:01

Getting one software process to talk to another software process is a delicate balancing act. It can be a vital function for an application, though, so it's a problem any programmer embarking on a complex project has to solve.


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Add scorekeeping to your Python game

opensource.com - Fri, 01/03/2020 - 16:00

This is part 10 in an ongoing series about creating video games in Python 3 using the Pygame module. Previous articles are:


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GCC 10 Adds ARMv8.6-A Targeting, BFloat16 + i8MM Options

Phoronix - Fri, 01/03/2020 - 14:57
Building on earlier GCC commits for Arm's BFloat16 (BF16) support and other new extensions, a late change landing for GCC 10 is the command line options for targeting the ARMv8.6-A architecture and optionally toggling i8mm and BF16 extensions...

How to Fix Git Always Asking For User Credentials For HTTP(S) Authentication

Tecmint - Fri, 01/03/2020 - 14:53
To access or work with a remote Git repository, you can either use SSH or HTTP(S) protocols; with the former, when it comes to private repositories, you can simply configure SSH keys without a...

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