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After 3,600 Original Articles This Year On Linux/Open-Source, Let's Have A Holiday Special

Phoronix - Mon, 12/23/2019 - 17:00
So far this calendar year on Phoronix has been more than 3,400 original news articles on Linux/open-source and more than 260 featured multi-page articles / Linux hardware reviews. From 2010 to date that count becomes more than 27,950 original news articles and more than 2,800 featured articles. But due to the continued use of ad-blockers by much of our audience, it becomes an increasingly tight ship to continue operating and producing new content each and every day. So for the Christmas / Hanukkah / end-of-year holidays, here is a way you can show your support while enjoying a great deal...

How to Use Ansible Vault in Playbooks to Protect Sensitive Data – Part 10

Tecmint - Mon, 12/23/2019 - 16:20
As you go about using Ansible, you may be required to key in some confidential or secret information in playbooks. This includes SSH private and public keys, passwords, and SSL certificates to mention just...

10 articles to learn Linux your way

opensource.com - Mon, 12/23/2019 - 16:02

The year 2019 has been good for Linux with Opensource.com readers. Obviously, the term "Linux" itself is weighted: Does it refer to the kernel or the desktop or the ecosystem? In this look back at the top Linux articles of the year, I've intentionally taken a broad view in defining the top 10 Linux articles (for some definition of "top" and some definition of "Linux"). Here they are, offered in no particular order.


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10 resources to become a better Bash user

opensource.com - Mon, 12/23/2019 - 16:02

As another great year wraps up at Opensource.com, my fascination with all things Bash has me looking back at the top 10 Bash articles we published in 2019. These articles include basic how-to articles, tools, shortcuts, and even a way to build your own command-line game with Bash.

I didn't select these articles based solely on the number of hits they had but rather on a number of criteria. In the true spirit of top 10 countdowns, the top Bash article from 2019 is at the end for the final reveal.


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Prioritizing simplicity in your Python code

opensource.com - Mon, 12/23/2019 - 16:01

"Il semble que la perfection soit atteinte non quand il n'y a plus rien à ajouter, mais quand il n'y plus rien à retrancher."


"It seems that perfection is finally attained not when there is no longer anything to add, but when there is no longer anything to take away."
—Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Terre des Hommes, 1939


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F2FS Data Compression Using LZO/LZ4 + Selective File Extension Handling To Land In 2020

Phoronix - Mon, 12/23/2019 - 15:09
F2FS is the latest Linux file-system gaining transparent data compression support for saving on-disk space. With F2FS there are two compression algorithms supported so far plus the support of making the data compression opt-in per file or applying the compression to select file extensions(s)...

More Logitech Device Additions + Refinements Coming With Linux 5.6

Phoronix - Mon, 12/23/2019 - 13:01
While there still is at least a full month to go before seeing the Linux 5.5 stable release and that marking the opening of the Linux 5.6 merge window, already a fair amount of HID subsystem work is queuing in its "-next" tree ahead of the first full kernel cycle of 2020...

Celebrating 20 years of enterprise Java: reflections

Red Hat News - Mon, 12/23/2019 - 13:00

"The world doesn't need another object-oriented language." At the time Java got its start, it was easy to dismiss the language as unnecessary, just like industry analyst John R. Rymer did when he was first introduced to Java while working at Giga Information Group, at a time when SmallTalk and C++ were "really big deals." And yet, the Java language—and the enterprise platform built on it—would go on to become important parts of the enterprise technology stack for many years.

Linux 5.5-rc3 Released With A Lot Of Fixes Ahead Of The Holidays

Phoronix - Mon, 12/23/2019 - 09:28
Linux 5.5-rc3 is out following a week of seeing many bug/regression fixes landing as we approach the half-way point of the Linux 5.5 kernel...

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