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Unpatched KDE vulnerability disclosed on Twitter  ZDNet

Just viewing --not running-- a malicious .desktop or .directory file inside a file browser can run malicious code on a user's system.

Since Microsoft's first preview release of Windows Terminal earlier this summer it's been entertaining to watch its evolution with the Redmond giant trying to make a first-rate terminal emulator for Windows and one that can appease veteran Linux users...

What's the point: TensorFlow, Istio, glibc, Cloudera Altus Director, and all's well that ends well for Linux floppy driver • DEVCLASS  DevClass

TensorFlow's model optimisation toolkit has been updated, Linux floppy isn't dead, and new versions of Istio, glibc, and Cloudera Altus Director are here.

We're less than two months out until the annual X.Org Developers' Conference (XDC) and the featured presentations for this three-day event have now been announced...

One of the long-time work-in-progress patch series has been realized in time for next month's GNOME 3.34 release... Mutter when acting as a Wayland compositor will allow starting XWayland on-demand, or rather only running it when needed to handle an X11 client/application...

Global Supercomputer Market By Product Type (Linux, Unix) And By End-Users/Application (Commercial Industries, Research Institutions) Global Market Share, Forecast Data, In-Depth Analysis, And Detailed Overview, and Forecast, 2013 – 2026  Market Analyst

Innovate Insights added Most up-to-date research on Supercomputer Market Forecast to 2026 to its huge collection of research reports database. An insight on ...

TensorFlow Lite for Microcontrollers Benchmarked on Linux SBCs  CNX Software

Dimitris Tassopoulos (Dimtass) decided to learn more about machine learning for embedded systems now that the technology is more mature, and wrote a.

When the Raspberry Pi 4 was announced at the end of June, I wasted no time. I ordered two Raspberry Pi 4 Starter Kits the same day from CanaKit. The 1GB RAM version was available right away, but the 4GB version wouldn't ship until July 19th. Since I wanted to try both, I ordered them to be shipped together.

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Is there an endangered species list for programming languages? If there is, Command Line Heroes suggests that Perl is somewhere between vulnerable and critically endangered. The dominant language of the 1990s is the focus of this week's podcast (Season 3, Episode 4) and explores its highs and lows since it was introduced over 30 years ago.

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Tired of creating and displaying presentation slides using LibreOffice Impress or various slightly geeky tools and frameworks? Instead, consider running the slides for your next talk from a terminal window.

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Get 'Linux All-In-One For Dummies, 6th Edition' ($30 value) FREE for a limited time  BetaNews

Linux All-in-One For Dummies covers topics such as getting up and running with Linux basics, desktops, networking, internet services, administration, security, ...

Microsoft Teams might be coming to Linux  Neowin

According to Microsoft's UserVoice forum, a version of the company's Teams collaboration *service* could be on its way to Linux. As it turns out, an apt repo has ...

Red Hat Launches Enterprise Linux 7.7  Light Reading

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 adds enhanced features for hybrid cloud deployments and containerized application development, with a focus on production ...

Microsoft Teams could be headed to Linux  MSPoweruser

Windows, Mac, iOS, Android, these are the platforms that most of the users to prefer to spend time on for their computing needs and these are platforms on which ...

In both personal and organizational life, energy levels are important. This is no less true of open organizations. Consider this: When you're tired, you'll have trouble adapting when challenges arise. When your energy is low, you'll have trouble collaborating with others. When you're feeling fatigued, building and energizing an open organization community is difficult.

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System76 announces Adder WS Linux workstation with 4K OLED display  Notebookcheck.net

Linux laptop seller System76 recently announced a new workstation. The Adder WS, which is set to release on August 8, is the retailer's first laptop with a ...

While a new Proton 4.11 release came out last week as a big Valve update that included pulling in DXVK 1.3, Philip Rebohle who leads work on this Direct3D-over-Vulkan layer today released DXVK 1.3.2 as the latest update for improving the Windows/Direct3D on Linux gaming experience...

Windows Terminal Preview v0.3 Released | Linux.com | The source for Linux information  Linux.com

Windows Terminal Preview v0.3 has been published to the Microsoft Store. The very-preview code has hit 0.3, and we took a look at version 0.3.2142.0, which ...

Windows Terminal Preview v0.3 has been published to the Microsoft Store. The very-preview code has hit 0.3, and we took a look at version 0.3.2142.0, which can currently be found in the otherwise moribund Microsoft Store. The release can also be picked up on GitHub if downloading from the Store just isn't your thing. (Source: The Register)

Survey Identifies Myriad Kubernetes Adoption Drivers | Linux.com | The source for Linux information  Linux.com

One of the assumptions made about key drivers Kubernetes adoption is that organizations are trying to accelerate the rate at which software is built by ...