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4 ways developers can have a say in what agile looks like

opensource.com - Thu, 10/24/2019 - 15:01

Agile has become the default way of developing software; sometimes, it seems like every organization is doing (or wants to do) agile. But, instead of trying to change their culture to become agile, many companies try to impose frameworks like scrum onto developers, looking for a magic recipe to increase productivity. This has unfortunately created some bad experiences and leads developers to feel like agile is something they would rather avoid. This is a shame because, when it's done correctly, developers and their projects benefit from becoming involved in it.


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My Linux Story: Why introduce people to the Raspberry Pi

opensource.com - Thu, 10/24/2019 - 15:01

My first steps into Linux happened around 2003 or 2004 when I was a student. The experiment lasted an hour or two. Being used to Windows, I was confused and quickly frustrated at having to learn the most basic stuff again.


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Get sorted with sort at the command line

opensource.com - Thu, 10/24/2019 - 15:00

If you've ever used a spreadsheet application, then you know that rows can be sorted by the contents of a column. For instance, if you have a list of expenses, you might want to sort them by date or by ascending price or by category, and so on. If you're comfortable using a terminal, you may not want to have to use a big office application just to sort text data. And that's exactly what the sort command is for.


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Imagination Getting Behind Open-Source SYCL Libraries For TensorFlow

Phoronix - Thu, 10/24/2019 - 12:05
The SYCL train continues rolling: besides this single-source high-level C++ target for OpenCL playing a big role at Intel with their forthcoming oneAPI and as part of that also working on SYCL LLVM support for upstream, new SYCL learning courses, and other industry adoption around this Khronos standard, Imagination Technologies is getting behind it in at least one way...

Google Plumbing The Linux Support For Privacy Screens On Intel Laptops

Phoronix - Thu, 10/24/2019 - 07:28
A number of recent laptops have begun appearing that offer support for built-in privacy screens with the press of a button. These privacy screens reduce much of the visible light when viewed at angles to try to block out the screen contents from anyone that may be sitting besides the user. Linux has finally begun seeing this support prepared...

Purism Provides Update On Librem 5 Shipping, Known Issues

Phoronix - Thu, 10/24/2019 - 03:48
Following the closure of Librem 5 initial "Aspen" batch shipping window and it coming out that the devices were just sent to employees/insiders, Purism has now provided more information on the shipping windows ahead and known issues...

UBports' Ubuntu Touch OTA-11 Released

Phoronix - Thu, 10/24/2019 - 01:26
The UBports community has released the eleventh over-the-air update to Ubuntu Touch that they continue advancing as the open-source Linux smartphone/tablet stack based currently on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS...

AMD Joins The Blender Foundation With An Emphasis On Vulkan

Phoronix - Thu, 10/24/2019 - 00:30
Just earlier this month NVIDIA announced their funding of the Blender Foundation at the flagship "patron" level and now AMD has followed them in backing this foundation for assisting the development of this leading 3D creation software...

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