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With Debian 10 "Buster" out the door and Python 2 hitting end-of-life at the end of the year, Debian is working on their process of removing Python 2 packages that don't get ported to Python 3 and Ubuntu is working on similar action for their Python 2 packages not found in upstream Debian...

Joshua Ashton has released D9VK 0.20 "Frog Cookie" as the newest version of this project mapping Direct3D 9 over Vulkan to help improve the Windows gaming on Linux experience...

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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The VKMS virtual kernel mode-setting driver is seeing support for PRIME import added to it so this software solution can be used for helping to test multi-GPU PRIME configurations on Linux even without the hardware attached...

VKMS Getting PRIME Import Support For Helping To Test Linux's PRIME Functionality  Phoronix

The VKMS virtual kernel mode-setting driver is seeing support for PRIME import added to it so this software solution can be used for helping to test multi-GPU ...

Chrome OS gets first Chromebook Enterprise devices, faster Admin Console, and managed Linux environments  VentureBeat

Google announces Chromebook Enterprise laptops, Dell's Latitude 5300 for $819 and Latitude 5400 for $699, faster Admin console, and new Chrome OS ...

Chrome OS gets first Chromebook Enterprise devices, faster Admin Console, and managed Linux environments  VentureBeat

Google announces Chromebook Enterprise laptops, Dell's Latitude 5300 for $819 and Latitude 5400 for $699, faster Admin console, and new Chrome OS ...

Chromebooks in schools and businesses can now use Linux apps  Android Police

The Linux container on Chrome OS has become better and better since it was first introduced last year. It's now possible to run a wide range of Linux.

Chrome OS gets first Chromebook Enterprise devices, faster Admin Console, and managed Linux environments  VentureBeat

Google announces Chromebook Enterprise laptops, Dell's Latitude 5300 for $819 and Latitude 5400 for $699, faster Admin console, and new Chrome OS ...

While AMD's next-gen Renoir APUs are Vega-based and not Navi, beyond the initial Linux driver enablement seen over the past few weeks coming out a few days ago were a set of patches just getting the power management in order...

FFmpeg has landed a "deshake" OpenCL filter to its code-base to serve for video stabilization support...

Ultimately the goal is to get Valve's Steam client running on NetBSD using their Linux compatibility layer while the focus the past few months with Google Summer of Code 2019 were supporting the necessary DRM ioctls for allowing Linux software running on NetBSD to be able to tap accelerated graphics support...

NetBSD Made Progress Thanks To GSoC In Its March Towards Steam Support  Phoronix

Ultimately the goal is to get Valve's Steam client running on NetBSD using their Linux compatibility layer while the focus the past few months with Google ...

One month ago was the release of KernelShark 1.0 as the GUI for visualizing Ftrace Linux kernel traces. While v1.0 was a big step forward and switched from GTK to Qt, KernelShark 2.0 is already in planning with more features...

Beginner's Guide: How To Install Your Favorite Software On Ubuntu Linux 18.04 And 19.04  Forbes

So you've just installed Ubuntu? Learn how easy it is to load up your favorite software, and the advantages you can expect compared to Windows.

When setting up a website, one of the key considerations that you should have in mind is your site’s security. An SSL certificate is a digital certificate that encrypts data that is sent from...

Scrcpy – Control your Android phone from PC (Windows/Linux/Mac)  H2S Media

Here in this tutorial, we will let you know how to download and use Scrcpy on Windows 10/8/7, macOS and Linux PC after downloading to control Android ...

Linux Operating System Market Report Globally by 2014-2024: Industry Key Players- IBM, Ubuntu Linux, Linux Mint, Elementary OS, openSUSE, Fedora Linux  Market Expert

This Global Linux Operating System market elaborate report, compiled by Market Research Globe, offers a summary study on the regional forecast, business ...

In computer science (and casual computing), a variable is a location in memory that holds arbitrary information for later use. In other words, it’s a temporary storage container for you to put data into and get data out of. In the Bash shell, that data can be a word (a string, in computer lingo) or a number (an integer).

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In this DevOps world, it sometimes appears the Dev half gets all the limelight, with Ops the forgotten half in the relationship. It's almost as if the leading Dev tells the trailing Ops what to do, with almost everything "Ops" being whatever Dev says it should be. Ops, therefore, gets left behind, punted to the back, relegated to the bench.

I'd like to see more OpsDev happening. So let's look at a handful of things Ansible can help you do with your day-to-day Ops life. 

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