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Similar to the recent upstream Linux kernel discussions over the poor Linux desktop experience when in memory pressure situations particularly with systems having limited amounts of RAM, Fedora developers are discussing ways to improve this experience as well...

Fedora Developers Discuss Ways To Improve Linux Interactivity In Low-Memory Situations  Phoronix

Similar to the recent upstream Linux kernel discussions over the poor Linux desktop experience when in memory pressure situations particularly with systems ...

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Knut Omang of Oracle is working on integrating the Kernel Test Framework into the Linux kernel source tree/repository...

Oracle's Kernel Test Framework Might Be Added To The Linux Kernel Tree  Phoronix

Knut Omang of Oracle is working on integrating the Kernel Test Framework into the Linux kernel source tree/repository. The Kernel Test Framework is used for ...

Leading Barcode Software Introduces Barcode Creation on Linux, Polymer Web Components and Excel Custom Functions  PR Web

Singapore (PRWEB) August 13, 2019 -- ConnectCode, a world leading provider of barcode fonts and software, today announced the release of a new version ...

The Canonical team led by Alan Griffiths for maintaining the Mir display server with Wayland support today rolled out Mir version 1.4...

Being evaluated for Qt 5.14 is shipping Qt PDF that allows PDF documents to be rendered/viewed inside QWidget-based applications...

Leaving Windows 7? Here are some non-Windows options.  Computerworld

If you're not feeling too comfortable about Windows 10 as Windows 7 comes to the end of its days, there are alternatives.

Fix for no sound issue on Linux when using headphones  Ghacks Technology News

Find out how to fix a no sound issue on Linux when headphones don't play any sound on Linux devices while connected to the system.

This is the story of how our team at Rookout built non-breaking breakpoints for Python and some of the lessons we learned along the way. I'll be presenting all about the nuts and bolts of debugging in Python at PyBay 2019 in San Francisco this month. Let's dig in.

The heart of Python debugging: sys.set_trace

There are many Python debuggers out there. Some of the more popular include:

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Linux Software Market to Witness a Pronounce Growth During 2024 by Top Key players like Google, Twitter, Facebook, Amazon, IBM, Oracle  Insta Newsletters

Linux Software Market Insights 2019, Global and Chinese Analysis and Forecast to 2024.

Today's world—marked by an increase of Internet-connected devices, digital assets, and information systems infrastructure—demands more cybersecurity professionals. Cybersecurity is the practice of defending these devices, assets, and systems against malicious cyberattacks from both internal and external entities. Often these cyberattacks are linked to cybercrimes, or crimes committed using a computer to generate profit or to affect the integrity, availability, and confidentiality of the data or system.

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With a focus on continuous improvements, agile project management upends the traditional linear way of developing products and services. Increasingly, organizations are adopting agile project management because it utilizes a series of shorter development cycles to deliver features and improve continually. This management style allows for rapid development, continuous integration (CI), and continuous delivery (CD).

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NVIDIA Publishes GPU Hardware Documentation  Linux.com

NVIDIA is releasing freely-available hardware interface documentation to assist in the development of the open-source NVIDIA Linux driver (Nouveau).

It's super easy to get lost in the world of big data technologies. There are so many of them that it seems a day never passes without the advent of a new one. Still, such fast development is only half the trouble. The real problem is that it's difficult to understand the functionality and the intended use of the existing technologies.

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A well-known means to improve the efficiency of modern computer applications is by enabling caching. Caching simply means keeping active data in a temporary store to make it easier and faster to access and...

Queued now for Linux 5.3 and also marked for back-porting to existing kernel stable series is a fix to address distorted and crackling analog audio input that has affected AMD systems for at least the past two years with certain Realtek audio codecs...

At $39 to $66 USD depending upon model, the ROCK Pi 4 is evolving to offer nice open-source support down to the Arm Mali graphics thanks to the Panfrost Mesa driver and also works nicely with Wayland...