Open-source News

X.Org Server Lands Fixes For XWayland Full-Screen Support

Phoronix - Mon, 02/24/2020 - 19:26
There still is no sign of the long overdue X.Org Server 1.21 but the changes for it continue to build up particularly on the XWayland front...

PCI Express 6.0 Reaches Version 0.5 Ahead Of Finalization Next Year

Phoronix - Mon, 02/24/2020 - 19:16
Following the PCI Express 6.0 announcement from last summer that called for 64 GT/s transfer rates, version 0.5 of the PCIe 6.0 specification is now out for evaluation...

PulseAudio 14 Is Releasing Soon With Better USB Gaming Headset Support

Phoronix - Mon, 02/24/2020 - 19:04
In addition to PipeWire 0.3 having shipped last week, also making it out a few days prior was a development snapshot in the road to PulseAudio 14.0...

Using C and C++ for data science

opensource.com - Mon, 02/24/2020 - 16:03

While languages like Python and R are increasingly popular for data science, C and C++ can be a strong choice for efficient and effective data science.


read more

What developers need to know about domain-specific languages

opensource.com - Mon, 02/24/2020 - 16:02

domain-specific language (DSL) is a language meant for use in the context of a particular domain. A domain could be a business context (e.g., banking, insurance, etc.) or an application context (e.g., a web application, database, etc.) In contrast, a general-purpose language (GPL) can be used for a wide range of business problems and applications.


read more

Who cares about Emacs?

opensource.com - Mon, 02/24/2020 - 16:00

GNU Emacs isn't the oldest interactive text editor for Unix—it's predated (at least) by the Vi editor—nor is it the only Emacs in existence. However, it's surely the most popular Emacs and one of the best editors available on POSIX.


read more

Learn Python Tuples Data Structure – Part 2

Tecmint - Mon, 02/24/2020 - 15:55
In this Part 2 of Python Data Structure series, we will be discussing what is a tuple, how it differs from other data structure in python, how to create, delete tuple objects and methods...

Linux 5.6-rc3 Released As A "Fairly Normal" Kernel

Phoronix - Mon, 02/24/2020 - 09:45
Linus Torvalds is out today with the Linux 5.6-rc3 kernel as the latest weekly release candidate for Linux 5.6 that will be releasing as stable approximately in one month's time...

Netrunner 20.01 Released For Offering Latest Debian 10 + KDE Plasma Experience

Phoronix - Mon, 02/24/2020 - 08:26
Netrunner 20.01 is out today as the 20th release for this Debian + KDE focused project over its ten year history...

C-SKY CPU Architecture For Linux 5.6 Picks Up Stack Protector, PCI Support

Phoronix - Mon, 02/24/2020 - 02:19
While two weeks past the Linux 5.6 merge window some late changes for the C-SKY CPU architecture were accepted today...

Pages