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Linux 6.1 LTS Kernel To Receive An Extra Year Of Support

Phoronix - Tue, 12/17/2024 - 19:55
Greg Kroah-Hartman has decided to extend the Linux 6.1 LTS planned lifespan from four to five years...

Fedora Atomic Desktops For POWER PPC64LE To End Due To Finding No Users

Phoronix - Tue, 12/17/2024 - 19:29
While Fedora is often times eager to introduce new spins and other variants as well as supporting a comprehensive set of CPU architectures, it doesn't always drive new users. In the case of atomic versions of Fedora Linux for desktop use on POWER hardware, it turns out there are seemingly no active users...

Intel IFS For Clearwater Forest & VSEC For Panther Lake Land In Linux 6.13

Phoronix - Tue, 12/17/2024 - 19:14
Merged yesterday as part of "fixes" to the Linux 6.13 were new Intel support additions for their next-generation Core Ultra and Xeon processors...

Qt 6.9 Beta Released With New Toolkit Features

Phoronix - Tue, 12/17/2024 - 18:56
Qt 6.9 beta is out today as the first test release for this updated Qt6 toolkit...

Innotop – MySQL Performance Monitor Tool for Linux

Tecmint - Tue, 12/17/2024 - 16:44
The post Innotop – MySQL Performance Monitor Tool for Linux first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

Innotop is an excellent command-line program, similar to the top command, designed to monitor local and remote MySQL servers running

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Setting Up a Development Environment for Python, Node.js, and Java on Fedora

Tecmint - Tue, 12/17/2024 - 15:25
The post Setting Up a Development Environment for Python, Node.js, and Java on Fedora first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

Fedora is a popular Linux distribution known for its cutting-edge features and stability, making it an excellent choice for setting

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How to Use PyTest for Unit Testing in Python

Tecmint - Tue, 12/17/2024 - 14:39
The post How to Use PyTest for Unit Testing in Python first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

When you’re writing code in Python, it’s important to make sure that your code works as expected. One of the

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The Ultimate Guide to Python Operators with Examples

Tecmint - Tue, 12/17/2024 - 13:15
The post The Ultimate Guide to Python Operators with Examples first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

Python is one of the most popular programming languages for beginners and professionals alike, as it is simple, easy to

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Fedora Linux Grappling With New vs. Old Intel Hardware Support For Compute Stack

Phoronix - Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:45
Fedora is among the Linux distributions that package up the Intel Compute Runtime stack to make it easy to run OpenCL and oneAPI Level Zero workloads on Intel graphics hardware via the distribution package manager and without having to jump through any extra hoops. But now with upstream Intel Compute Runtime dropping support for Ice Lake and older leaves the Fedora support in a pickle. Currently they are focusing on the "legacy" branch with older hardware support but for Fedora 42 are looking at upgrading the support to focus on newer Intel graphics hardware support while leaving that older hardware support behind...

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