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Releasing on schedule was the GNU C Library 2.30 release. Glibc 2.30 brings with it more optimizations and new features for this all-important part of the GNU toolchain...

GNOME's Sysprof profiler continues on a trajectory of becoming an incredibly versatile component for developers looking to maximize performance and efficiency under this desktop environment. Sysprof already picked up a number of new features for GNOME 3.34 but work is not yet finished...

Linux Software Market is Booming Worldwide | Google, Twitter, Facebook, Amazon, IBM  Market News Reports

HTF MI released a new market study on Global Linux Software Market with 100+ market data Tables, Pie Chat, Graphs & Figures spread through Pages and ...

Best Linux Laptop of 2019 Takes on The Competition  SegmentNext

Undoubtedly, one of the best factory-ready Linux laptop models you can buy right now is the Dell XPS 13. It is all the Ubuntu fans are talking about right now, ...

Xfce 4.12 was released in February 2015 while finally getting ready to succeed that is the long talked about Xfce 4.14 that is expected to ship this month...

AMD dominated the Linux hardware conversations and benchmarking in July with their 7/7 launch of their 7nm Ryzen 3000 series "Zen 2" processors and Radeon RX 5700 "Navi" processors. Of the 273 original news articles on Phoronix during July and the 19 featured Linux hardware reviews / benchmark specials, AMD news and Linux benchmark results tended to dominate many of the top spots...

AMD Dominated The Conversation Among Linux/Open-Source Fans In July  Phoronix

AMD dominated the Linux hardware conversations and benchmarking in July with their 7/7 launch of their 7nm Ryzen 3000 series "Zen 2" processors and ...

A “LAMP” stack is a collection of open-source software that is generally installed together to allow a system to deploy dynamic applications. This term is an acronym which describes the Linux operating system, Apache...

Understanding Linux permissions and how to control which users have access to files is a fundamental skill for systems administration.

This article will cover standard Linux file systems permissions, dig further into special permissions, and wrap up with an explanation of default permissions using umask.

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One of GitHub's superpowers is the ability to magically turn your documentation into a website. If you configure a GitHub Page for your docs/ folder on your AwesomeProject website, you'll end up with yourname.github.io/awesomeproject, showing your documentation, all for free.

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GNOME and KDE work together on the Linux desktop  ZDNet

Fragmentation has long been a problem for the Linux desktop, but now the two biggest open-source desktop foundations are joining forces.

DevOps is just another term for value stream development. What does value stream mean?

Value is what arises during our interactions with customers and stakeholders. Once we get into value stream development, we quickly realize that value is not an entity. Value constantly changes. Value is a process. Value is a flow.

Hence the term stream. Value is only value if it's a stream. And this streaming of value is what we call continuous integration (CI).

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Linux Smartphone Librem 5 is Available for Preorder  It's FOSS

The specification for the much awaited Linux-based smartphone Librem 5 is out now. You can even preorder it to get it before most other people.

The newest initiative within the Fedora camp is a "Minimization Team" seeking to reduce the size of packaged applications, run-times, and other software available on Fedora Linux...

Steam Proposes Linux Kernel Changes To Improve Game Performance  Linux.com

The game distribution company, Steam, has proposed changes to the Linux kernel to gain access to extra core functionality they need to improve performance of ...

The game distribution company, Steam, has proposed changes to the Linux kernel to gain access to extra core functionality they need to improve performance of gaming on Linux. Steam recently released the first build of Proton 4.11, a WINE based tool that can run Windows games on Linux. They observed that the performance can be significantly improved if the proposed changes are made to the kernel.

Steam Proposes Linux Kernel Changes To Improve Multi-Threaded Games  Tom's Hardware

Steam developers have proposed some changes to the Linux kernel that would reduce the CPU load for multi-threaded Windows games that run on Linux via ...

The latest upstream GNOME performance shortcomings being investigated by prolific contributor Daniel Van Vugt of Canonical are OpenGL pipeline stalls...

Open Source Talent in Demand,
With Linux Back on Top

Read the results from our survey of 750+ hiring managers, and 6,500 open source professionals

Wealth of Opportunities for Skilled Open Source Professionals

Developed in partnership with Dice, we share the latest trends in open source careers, which skills are in demand, what motivates open source job seekers, and how employers can attract and retain top talent.

Key Findings

• Hiring open source talent is a priority for 83% of hiring managers, an increase from 76% in 2017.
• Linux is back on top as the most in-demand open source skill category, making it required knowledge for most entry-level open source careers.
• Containers are rapidly growing in popularity and importance, with 57% of hiring managers seeking that expertise, up from only 27% last year.
• There’s a gulf between the views of hiring managers and IT pros on the effectiveness of efforts to improve diversity in the industry.
• Hiring managers are moving away from hiring outside consultants, and opting to train existing employees on new open source technologies and help them gain certifications.

Share your learnings and comments on the Open Source Jobs Report by using the hashtag #OSSJobs.

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Valve-backed Xrdesktop Brings Linux Desktop Environments Into VR  UploadVR

Collabora's xrdesktop, sponsored by Valve, adds full VR support to Linux desktop environments such as GNOME and KDE.