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New Qt Releases Might Now Be Restricted To Paying Customers For 12 Months

Phoronix - Wed, 04/08/2020 - 19:53
With an apparent blame on the novel coronavirus, The Qt Company is said to be considering restricting new Qt releases to paying customers for a period of twelve months in an effort to boost their near-term finances...

Open-Source NVIDIA "Nouveau" Driver Should Trip Less Often On Some GPUs With Linux 5.7

Phoronix - Wed, 04/08/2020 - 19:17
Last week there were a bunch of new improvements and features for the open-source kernel graphics/display drivers merged for Linux 5.7. There were not any feature changes on the open-source NVIDIA "Nouveau" driver front while this week at least are some fixes/workarounds so it's less buggy for some hardware...

OverlayFS Can Be Paired With VirtIO-FS On Linux 5.7

Phoronix - Wed, 04/08/2020 - 19:00
The OverlayFS union mount file-system has a number of fixes and other changes with Linux 5.7...

5 tips for working from home from a veteran remotee

opensource.com - Wed, 04/08/2020 - 18:28

Due to the outbreak of COVID-19 and its rapid development, we are all being called to take protective and preventative measures, including avoiding social contact as much as possible. Events are canceled, trips are postponed, and companies are asking their employees to work from home. It's an exceptional situation for everyone, as remote work cultures with distributed teams are being introduced overnight. Many companies are being challenged to quickly organize a team that works completely remotely.


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The Qt Company Publishes A 2020 Roadmap Culminating With The Qt 6.0 Release

Phoronix - Wed, 04/08/2020 - 18:22
The Qt Company has made public their 2020 road-map for Qt software releases...

How to Reset Forgotten Root Password in Arch Linux

Tecmint - Wed, 04/08/2020 - 15:29
It’s quite frustrating getting locked out of your system as the root user because you cannot recall your password. This usually happens in case you haven’t logged in as root for an extended period...

My Linux Story: From 8-bit enthusiast to Unix sysadmin

opensource.com - Wed, 04/08/2020 - 15:02

It all started in the mid-1980s with an Apple ][c that my parents purchased for our family. Although I enjoyed playing games, I quickly became fascinated with BASIC programming and how useful it could be for work and fun. This was an era when computers were viewed as little more than typewriters, so people with "advanced computer skills" could easily use them to their advantage.


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