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The first batch for 2020 of DRM-Misc updates have been sent to DRM-Next of the smaller Direct Rendering Manager drivers and other core / user-space API changes to our favorite subsystem...

More Improvements Queued For The Smaller DRM Drivers In Linux 5.6  Phoronix

As of New Year's morning, systemd's Git tree was at 1,273,896 lines spread across 3,522 commits built up over 42,700+ commits from around 1,500 different authors...

With last month's release of KDE's Kate 19.12 text editor there was an initial plug-in for Language Server Protocol (LSP) support to better allow language-agnostic support for code syntax highlighting and other features. There were some issues in that initial implementation but with Kate 19.12.1 and beyond will be better support...

7 game-changing moments for open technologies in 2019  Information Age

When Java SE 8 (aka core Java 8) was introduced in 2014, it introduced changes that fundamentally impact programming in it. The changes have two closely linked parts: the stream API and the functional programming constructs. This article uses code examples, from the basics through advanced features, to introduce each part and illustrate the interplay between them.

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Open source isn't just for techies. On your desktop (regardless of your operating system), on your phone, and in your business, open source software can help you become better organized, more productive, more secure, and healthier. Best of all, you don't need to worry about the shackles of proprietary licenses.

Throughout 2019, Opensource.com's team of Correspondents and community of writers have highlighted top-notch open source alternatives to proprietary software. Take a quick look at the best 10 of those articles.

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5 Best Linux Distro for Windows users as alternatives- 2020  H2S Media

This is part 9 in an ongoing series about creating video games in Python 3 using the Pygame module. Previous articles are:

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Christian Hergert of Red Hat who is known for his work on the GNOME Builder IDE has recently been hacking on a new project called Bonsai that is designed as a GNOME-focused multi-device synchronization service akin to a personal cloud...

Bonsai Is A New Effort For GNOME-Focused Multi-Device Cloud/Synchronization  Phoronix

Why 2019 was the year of Linux and open-source software - Video  ZDNet

Among the issues that game developers have been facing in bringing their games to Linux for Google's Stadia cloud gaming service apparently stem from kernel scheduler issues. We've known the Linux kernel scheduler could use some improvements and independent developers like Con Kolivas with BFS / MuQSS have pushed for such, but hopefully in 2020 we'll see some real action...

The Linux Kernel's Scheduler Apparently Causing Issues For Google Stadia Game Developers  Phoronix

Clear Linux Saw New Features, New Desktop Installer + Increased Adoption In 2019  Phoronix

Clear Linux Saw New Features, New Desktop Installer + Increased Adoption In 2019  Phoronix

In addition to Clear Linux seeing more performance optimizations in 2019 (more so than Fedora and Ubuntu during the year), it also benefited from a new desktop installer, new help forums, and more of Intel's partners talking about their current or planned usage of Clear Linux...

There hasn't been a new GNU Hurd release since the microkernel's 0.9 release back in 2016, but at least other areas of the stack continue inching further. Glibc as an important piece to the GNU toolchain saw some improvements for Hurd during December...

Glibc Sees End Of Year Improvements For GNU Hurd With The Microkernel Entering Its 30th Year  Phoronix

As of this morning in the Linux kernel Git source tree, the kernel weighs in at 27.8 million lines!..