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GNU Rush 2.0 is out today as the latest major update to this restricted user shell that allows administrators greater control over the command line support exposed to users as well as system resource control and running remote programs within a chroot...

Linux Used More than Windows on Azure, Debian Asks for Help Testing Buster, Red Hat Announces Packit-as-a-Service, KaOS 2019.07 Released and Kernel 5.2-rc7 Is Out  Linux Journal

News briefs for July 1, 2019. Linux is now used more than Windows on Azure. According to ZDNet, Microsoft Linux kernel developer Sasha Levin revealed that ...

How Linux took over everything, including Microsoft Azure  TechRepublic

Linux usage on Microsoft Azure has now surpassed Windows. Here's how the OS came to dominate the enterprise.

Linux is more popular on Azure than Windows Server  Windows Report

The competition for the best OS to use on Azure seems to go in Linux's favour, as Linux is now more used on Azure than Windows Server.

Here's why Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2) is great for developers  OnMSFT

For the better part of their history Microsoft championed a Windows first approach to application development. But as of late, in an effort to remain competitive ...

Packit-as-a-Service has been announced as a GitHub integration app and leveraging the Packit project to provide for upstream CI testing to ensure different software projects continue to build and function fine on Fedora Linux...

With Debian 10.0 aiming to release next weekend, the near-final release images have been uploaded with enthusiasts encouraged to test out these builds for spotting any lingering bugs...

Mageia 7 Linux distro available for download  BetaNews

Today is the first day of the seventh month -- July. This month is special to Americans, as we celebrate our independence from the treacherous British on July the ...

The KaOS Linux distribution remains one of the best options for those wanting to check out a polished and bleeding-edge KDE desktop experience. Out today is KaOS 2019.07 as the newest stable ISO succeeding their earlier 2019.04 build...

KaOS 2019.07 Released For Delivering The Latest KDE Desktop Linux Experience  Phoronix

The KaOS Linux distribution remains one of the best options for those wanting to check out a polished and bleeding-edge KDE desktop experience. Out today is ...

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Prolific GNOME contributor Daniel Van Vugt of Canonical working to optimize the desktop stack for Ubuntu continues his great upstream-focused work on enhancing the performance of various key components. This past week he posted a new merge request that seeks to lower the input latency further for the Mutter compositor / window manager...

June was a very interesting month with the varying statements out of Canonical about the future of Ubuntu 32-bit support, AMD's Zen 2 processors and Navi product announcements (benchmarks next week!), Microsoft pushing out the new Windows Terminal and WSL2, Clear Linux continuing to further enhance their offering, and more Linux performance happenings in general...

Ubuntu Drama, Clear Linux Speed & WSL2 Sparked Lots Of Interest In June  Phoronix

June was a very interesting month with the varying statements out of Canonical about the future of Ubuntu 32-bit support, AMD's Zen 2 processors and Navi ...

Linux is now more popular than Windows Server on Azure  ITProPortal

Linux usage on Azure has finally surpassed Windows, almost four years after the trend was first spotted.

Microsoft bids for behind-the-scenes access to Linux flaws  Cloud Pro

Request to join security lists come as the firm reveals Linux usage on Azure VMs outweighs Windows usage.

1. Microsoft bids for behind-the-scenes access to Linux flaws  Cloud Pro
2. Microsoft asks to join private Linux security developer list  ZDNet
3. Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 Has Linux Kernel Shipping in Windows  InfoQ.com
4. Linux is now more popular than Windows Server on Azure  ITProPortal
5. Based On MS Developers Report, Linux Is More Useful On Azur Than Windows Server  The Inherent News
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The Mageia Linux distribution of Mandriva/Mandrake descent is kicking off July by shipping Mageia 7, two years after the debut of Mageia 6...

Nagios Core is an open source IT infrastructure monitoring and alerting platform built using PHP. It is used for monitoring mission-critical IT infrastructure components such as network infrastructure, servers, network protocols, system metrics, applications,...

Are you confused by fancy programming terms like functions, classes, methods, libraries, and modules? Do you struggle with the scope of variables? Whether you're a self-taught programmer or a formally trained code monkey, the modularity of code can be confusing. But classes and libraries encourage modular code, and modular code can mean building up a collection of multipurpose code blocks that you can use across many projects to reduce your coding workload.

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