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GCC 7.5 Gearing Up For Release As The Last Compiler Update Of The Series

Phoronix - Wed, 11/06/2019 - 17:40
With GCC 10 due to be released in just a few months, GCC 7.5 is being prepared for release as what will be the last of the GCC7 stable series...

An introduction to monitoring with Prometheus

opensource.com - Wed, 11/06/2019 - 16:02

Metrics are the primary way to represent both the overall health of your system and any other specific information you consider important for monitoring and alerting or observability. Prometheus is a leading open source metric instrumentation, collection, and storage toolkit built at SoundCloud beginning in 2012.


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Getting started with Pimcore: An open source alternative for product information management

opensource.com - Wed, 11/06/2019 - 16:01

Product information management (PIM) software enables sellers to consolidate product data into a centralized repository that acts as a single source of truth, minimizing errors and redundancies in product data.


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My first contribution to open source: Make a fork of the repo

opensource.com - Wed, 11/06/2019 - 16:00

Previously, I explained how I ultimately chose a project for my contributions. Once I finally picked that project and a task to work on, I felt like the hard part was over, and I slid into cruise control. I knew what to do next, no question. Just clone the repository so that I have the code on my computer, make a new branch for my work, and get coding, right?


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GPU Passthrough For FreeBSD's Bhyve Can Work But Is Fairly Rudimentary

Phoronix - Wed, 11/06/2019 - 14:27
FreeBSD's Bhyve hypervisor has had a wild ride over the past half-decade of development for advancing BSD virtualization support. Bhyve is mostly used on the server front but can also fill some desktop use-cases now that there is GPU pass-through support working albeit not yet polished...

Freedreno's MSM DRM Driver Getting Support For Older Adreno Parts On Linux 5.5

Phoronix - Wed, 11/06/2019 - 13:02
Rob Clark and his gang working on the Freedreno/MSM driver stack have prepared their kernel driver changes slated for the upcoming Linux 5.5 cycle...

FuryBSD Is A New Attempt At A Desktop Focused BSD

Phoronix - Wed, 11/06/2019 - 09:00
Joe Maloney of iXsystems has lifted the wraps on FuryBSD, a new desktop BSD focused on tight integration with FreeBSD. FuryBSD joins the likes of MidnightBSD and GhostBSD on providing a sane and easy-to-use desktop experience out-of-the-box along similar lines to the former PC-BSD (TrueOS)...

Shadow of the Tomb Raider Now Officially Available For Linux

Phoronix - Wed, 11/06/2019 - 03:18
Feral Interactive has just shipped their Linux (and macOS) port of Shadow of the Tomb Raider Definitive Edition...

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