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Dive into the life and legacy of Alan Turing: 5 books and more

opensource.com - Fri, 08/23/2019 - 15:01

Recently, Bank of England Governor, Mark Carney, announced that Alan Turning would be the new face on the UK£ 50 note.


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The lifecycle of Linux kernel testing

opensource.com - Fri, 08/23/2019 - 15:00

In Continuous integration testing for the Linux kernel, I wrote about the Continuous Kernel Integration (CKI) project and its mission to change how kernel developers and maintainers work. This article is a deep dive into some of the more technical aspects of the project and how all the pieces fit together.


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A Look at Redcore Linux: Gentoo based Linux Distribution - Ghacks Technology News

Google News - Fri, 08/23/2019 - 14:46
A Look at Redcore Linux: Gentoo based Linux Distribution  Ghacks Technology News

Redcore is one of the latest distributions to attempt to bring the power of Gentoo to the everyday user, and this is our first look at the Linux distribution.

Linux Code Reveals Intel’s New ‘Lightning Mountain’ SoC In The Making - Fossbytes

Google News - Fri, 08/23/2019 - 14:29
Linux Code Reveals Intel’s New ‘Lightning Mountain’ SoC In The Making  Fossbytes

As per reports, the silicon giant Intel is working on a new Atom SoC which goes by the codename Lightning Mountain. The details of the upcoming chip were ...

How to Install NTP Server and Client on Ubuntu

Tecmint - Fri, 08/23/2019 - 13:31
Network Time Protocol, commonly referred to as NTP, is a protocol that’s responsible for synchronizing system clocks in a network. NTP refers to both the protocol and the client system alongside the server programs...

Ubuntu Planning To Drop Qt4 & Its Dependencies Ahead Of 20.04 LTS

Phoronix - Fri, 08/23/2019 - 12:03
With Qt 6 becoming an increasing development focus and Qt 5 already seven years old, Ubuntu developers are looking at finally removing Qt 4 ahead of their 20.04 Long-Term Support release...

Accelerating the journey to open hybrid cloud with Red Hat Modernization and Migration Solutions

Red Hat News - Fri, 08/23/2019 - 12:00

The integration of technology into all areas of a business (the "digital transformation" we hear so much about) is fundamentally changing how organizations operate as well as how they deliver value to customers.

Let’s talk about Privacy by Design

Red Hat News - Fri, 08/23/2019 - 12:00

Privacy by Design or Privacy by Default (PbD) is not a new concept. However PbD received renewed attention when the GDPR added PbD as a legal requirement. PbD refers to the process of building in technical, organizational and security measures at the beginning stage of product development and throughout the product lifecycle. 

How the Linux Foundation Can Help Channel Partners Gain More Business - Channel Futures

Google News - Fri, 08/23/2019 - 08:26
How the Linux Foundation Can Help Channel Partners Gain More Business  Channel Futures

Channel partners are invested in many areas of IT, from cloud to hardware to software to services. One market where channel partners still are not heavily ...

IBM Open Sources Its Workhorse Power Architecture - Data Center Knowledge

Google News - Fri, 08/23/2019 - 08:14
IBM Open Sources Its Workhorse Power Architecture  Data Center Knowledge

RISC-V now has formidable competition from an architecture with a long track record in servers and supercomputers.

U-Boot Has Been Seeing Better x86 Support, EFI Improvements

Phoronix - Fri, 08/23/2019 - 05:55
Google's Simon Glass who is part of the Chromium / Chrome OS team presented at this week's Embedded Linux Conference in San Diego on U-Boot...

Automotive Grade Linux update clusters up -- and IBM's OpenPower opens up - LinuxGizmos.com

Google News - Fri, 08/23/2019 - 05:40
Automotive Grade Linux update clusters up -- and IBM's OpenPower opens up  LinuxGizmos.com

The Linux Foundation's AGL released UCB 8.0 with new improved profiles for telematics and instrument cluster and launched an Instrument Cluster Expert ...

CUDA 10.1 U2 Adds RHEL8 Support, Nsight Compute Tools For POWER

Phoronix - Fri, 08/23/2019 - 04:07
NVIDIA last week quietly released a second update to CUDA 10.1...

How to set the GNOME idle delay from the command line - TechRepublic

Google News - Fri, 08/23/2019 - 02:58
How to set the GNOME idle delay from the command line  TechRepublic

Control how long of an idle delay timeout GNOME has before it locks your screen with a single command.

How to set the GNOME idle delay from the command line - TechRepublic

Google News - Fri, 08/23/2019 - 02:58
How to set the GNOME idle delay from the command line  TechRepublic

Control how long of an idle delay timeout GNOME has before it locks your screen with a single command.

CoreCtrl: A Radeon Settings Alternative For Linux - Techgage

Google News - Fri, 08/23/2019 - 02:06
CoreCtrl: A Radeon Settings Alternative For Linux  Techgage

It's a frustrating reality for Linux users that Windows software counterparts tend to be better. They may offer greater functionality, better design, and be ...

Total War: THREE KINGDOMS - Eight Princes DLC out now on macOS and Linux - GamingLyfe Network

Google News - Fri, 08/23/2019 - 02:03
Total War: THREE KINGDOMS - Eight Princes DLC out now on macOS and Linux  GamingLyfe Network

Feral Interactive today announced that The Eight Princes Chapter Pack, DLC for the historical strategy game Total War™: THREE KINGDOMS is out now on ...

Microsoft, Intel and others are doubling down on open source Linux security - TechRadar

Google News - Fri, 08/23/2019 - 01:47
Microsoft, Intel and others are doubling down on open source Linux security  TechRadar

Microsoft is continuing its broad ongoing push to contribute with open source projects, joining the newly created Confidential Computing Consortium, ...

Microsoft, Intel and others are doubling down on open source Linux security - TechRadar

Google News - Fri, 08/23/2019 - 01:47
Microsoft, Intel and others are doubling down on open source Linux security  TechRadar

Microsoft is continuing its broad ongoing push to contribute with open source projects, joining the newly created Confidential Computing Consortium, ...

New Intel Lightning Mountain SoC Appears in Linux Code - Tom's Hardware

Google News - Fri, 08/23/2019 - 01:21
New Intel Lightning Mountain SoC Appears in Linux Code  Tom's Hardware

Intel has started Linux kernel development for what appears to be a new Atom SoC family, codenamed Lightning Mountain.

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