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In the first article in this series, I showed how to create a custom application to track donations using Corteza Low-Code, a graphical user interface- (GUI) and web-based development environment that serves as an alternative to Salesforce. So far, the Donations application merely exists, but this article explains how to make it do something by populating it with a data structure using modules and fields.

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C is the original general-purpose programming language. The Season 3 finale of the Command Line Heroes podcast explores C's origin story in a way that showcases the longevity and power of its design. It's a perfect synthesis of all the languages discussed throughout the podcast's third season and this series of articles.

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Linux Kernel 5.4 to Have Kernel Lockdown and ExFat Support  It's FOSS

Red Hat commissioned Forrester Consulting to conduct a Total Economic Impact (TEI) study1 to examine the value that customers could achieve by deploying Red Hat OpenShift Dedicated. Forrester interviewed OpenShift Dedicated customers about the benefits, costs, risks, and flexibility they experienced using the platform. The companies interviewed had annual revenues of over $1 billion and used Red Hat for over three years. 

zfs-0.8.2 releases with support for 2.6.32 – 5.3 Linux kernels and major bug fixes  Security Boulevard

Linux Security Simplified: How To Make Linux More Secure (With Less Work)  Security Boulevard

For those that had been interested in GNOME 3.34 for Intel's Clear Linux when running their developer-focused, performance-optimized desktop those packages have now landed...

Manjaro Linux makes two bold moves  TechRepublic

How to limit bandwidth on Linux to better test your applications  TechRepublic

Neural computing kit combines Atomic Pi SBC with Intel's NCS2  LinuxGizmos.com

Linus Torvalds Kicks Off Development of Linux Kernel 5.4, First RC Is Out Now  Softpedia News

It's coming one day late due to the last minute entropy/RNG patches to improve the random behavior during boot time (among other late patches), but Linus Torvalds has just tagged Linux 5.4-rc1 as what will be the last major stable kernel release of 2019...

Raspbian 2019-09-26 is out as the latest version of this Debian-based Linux distribution that leads the default OS experience for Raspberry Pi devices...

Microsoft Loves Linux Needs More Work Argues Open Source Leader  WinBuzzer

Following last month's release of Xfce 4.14 that transitioned from GTK2 to GTK3 as its tool-kit, old remnants of GTK2 support are now being nuked...

As part of my role as a senior product marketing manager at an enterprise software company with an open source development model, I publish a regular update about open source community, market, and industry trends for product marketers, managers, and other influencers. Here are five of my and their favorite articles from that update.

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LuxCoreRender, the open-source physically based renderer for execution on CPUs as well as OpenCL accelerators / GPUs, is out with version 2.2 and now integrates Intel's open-source Open Image Denoise...

How the Linux screen tool can save your tasks -- and your sanity -- if SSH is interrupted  Network World

HAT-compatible SBC runs Linux on i.MX6 ULL  LinuxGizmos.com

Microsoft to Linux developers: We want your help to bring Edge browser to Linux  ZDNet