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CryptoCurrency OS Makes It Easy to Buy and Spend Digital Cash - LinuxInsider.com

Google News - Sat, 08/24/2019 - 03:05
CryptoCurrency OS Makes It Easy to Buy and Spend Digital Cash  LinuxInsider.com

If you are ready to jump into the digital world of a bitcoin economy, CryptoCurrency OS might be your most convenient way to fast-track your entry.

VoCore2 Mini pint-sized Linux computer and router fits in palm of your hand - AndroidGuys

Google News - Sat, 08/24/2019 - 03:00
VoCore2 Mini pint-sized Linux computer and router fits in palm of your hand  AndroidGuys

The VoCore2 Ultimate is a Linux PC and wireless router, and can be used as a VPN gateway, AirPlay music streaming station, private cloud, and much more.

Daily Deal: VoCore2 Mini Linux Computer Bundle - Techdirt

Google News - Sat, 08/24/2019 - 01:58
Daily Deal: VoCore2 Mini Linux Computer Bundle  Techdirt

The VoCore2 Mini Linux Computer Bundle gives you a coin-sized computer and a screen that you can set up anywhere. The VoCore2 Ultimate is an ...

News Wrap: Steam Zero Day Disclosure Drama, Unix Utility Backdoor - Threatpost

Google News - Sat, 08/24/2019 - 00:38
News Wrap: Steam Zero Day Disclosure Drama, Unix Utility Backdoor  Threatpost

From a backdoor placed in the Webmin utility to vulnerability disclosure drama around zero-days in Valve's Steam gaming clients, Threatpost breaks down this ...

Wine 4.0.2 Released With 66 Bug Fixes

Phoronix - Fri, 08/23/2019 - 22:38
Wine 4.0.2 is out today as the second stable point release to this year's Wine 4.0 cycle...

AMD Ryzen 5 3400G Is Working Well On Linux Review - Phoronix

Google News - Fri, 08/23/2019 - 20:38
AMD Ryzen 5 3400G Is Working Well On Linux Review  Phoronix

AMD Raven Ridge APUs were a rough launch particularly on Linux where even with the latest motherboard BIOS updates and Linux kernel I am still hitting ...

AMD Ryzen 5 3400G Is Working Well On Linux

Phoronix - Fri, 08/23/2019 - 20:30
AMD Raven Ridge APUs were a rough launch particularly on Linux where even with the latest motherboard BIOS updates and Linux kernel I am still hitting occasional stability issues, so when the opportunity arose recently to try out the Ryzen 5 3400G as the successor in the Picasso family, I was interested. Fortunately, AMD Picasso APUs have proven to be in better shape on Linux so here is the initial round of performance tests for those interested in the AMD Linux performance on Ubuntu.

This Linux computer plus router is the size of a ring box - Boing Boing

Google News - Fri, 08/23/2019 - 20:00
This Linux computer plus router is the size of a ring box  Boing Boing

If there's one thing that stayed consistent through the last decade or so of tech industry turmoil, it's the love affair between techies and Linux. There's just a ton ...

Linux Virtual Machine App GNOME Boxes Has An Awesome Time-Saving Feature You Should Know About - Forbes

Google News - Fri, 08/23/2019 - 19:42
Linux Virtual Machine App GNOME Boxes Has An Awesome Time-Saving Feature You Should Know About  Forbes

What's better than quickly installing a new Linux distro in a virtual machine? Express installing it!

Linux Virtual Machine App GNOME Boxes Has An Awesome Time-Saving Feature You Should Know About - Forbes

Google News - Fri, 08/23/2019 - 19:42
Linux Virtual Machine App GNOME Boxes Has An Awesome Time-Saving Feature You Should Know About  Forbes

What's better than quickly installing a new Linux distro in a virtual machine? Express installing it!

Intel Submits Final Batch Of Graphics Driver Changes For Linux 5.4 - Growing Tiger Lake

Phoronix - Fri, 08/23/2019 - 19:00
After having been submitting various feature updates to DRM-Next the past few weeks of new graphics driver feature code to introduce in Linux 5.4, a final pull request was sent in today with the remaining feature work slated for this next version of the Linux kernel...

Parallel CPU Microcode Updates Being Restored To Help Large Core Count Servers

Phoronix - Fri, 08/23/2019 - 18:31
Following Spectre/Meltdown, the Linux CPU microcode updating was made serial while now a new patch pending for the Linux kernel would restore the behavior to be parallelized in order to speed-up the process for large core count servers...

Nouveau's Changes Sent Out For Linux 5.4 In Fixing Up The Open-Source NVIDIA Support

Phoronix - Fri, 08/23/2019 - 18:18
While NVIDIA recently began publishing more hardware documentation, don't expect it to make an immediate difference in the quality of the open-source NVIDIA "Nouveau" driver. Today the pull request was sent to DRM-Next of the Nouveau kernel driver changes for the upcoming Linux 5.4 cycle and there isn't much to get excited about...

Valve's Proton To Begin Shipping VKD3D For Direct3D 12 Over Vulkan

Phoronix - Fri, 08/23/2019 - 18:11
While VKD3D continues to be under heavy development, Valve already appears pleased with it enough that it's now being built as part of their Wine-based Proton software for powering Steam Play on Linux...

AMDGPU To Allow Memory Re-Clocking Soon For Multi-Monitor Setups

Phoronix - Fri, 08/23/2019 - 15:04
Currently the AMDGPU Linux kernel driver doesn't automatically adjust the video memory clock speeds when running a multi-monitor setup since it's more complicated to gracefully handle when scanning out to two or more displays. But a set of currently experimental patches will allow memory clock switching support on multi-monitor setups with the AMDGPU DC code...

The Linux kernel: Top 5 innovations

opensource.com - Fri, 08/23/2019 - 15:02

The word innovation gets bandied about in the tech industry almost as much as revolution, so it can be difficult to differentiate hyperbole from something that’s actually exciting. The Linux kernel has been called innovative, but then again it’s also been called the biggest hack in modern computing, a monolith in a micro world.

Setting aside marketing and modeling, Linux is arguably the most popular kernel of the open source world, and it’s introduced some real game-changers over its nearly 30-year life span.


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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 ...

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