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Linux Kernel 5.4 Gets First Point Release, It's Now Ready for Mass Deployments  Softpedia News

Exton|OS Distro Is Now Based on Ubuntu 19.10 and Ships with Linux Kernel 5.4  Softpedia News

Systemd has a present for you with a new release that comes bearing more features for this Linux init system...

Windows 10 vs. Linux Performance On The AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X  Phoronix

The new AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X is performing faster on Linux than Microsoft Windows 10. When carrying out more than 80 different tests on Windows 10 compared to five Linux distributions, Windows 10 was beat out by the open-source competition. However, the performance loss for Windows isn't as dramatic as we have seen out of earlier generations of Ryzen Threadripper HEDT workstations. Here are those benchmarks of Windows 10 compared to Ubuntu 19.10, CentOS 8, Clear Linux, Fedora Workstation 31, and openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Linux phones need to succeed and it isn’t just about privacy  SlashGear

Master the essentials of CentOS and Red Hat Linux and get certified  TechSpot

As we've known for a long time, VirtIO-GPU / Virgl Vulkan support to allow accelerated Vulkan within virtual machines is in the works but still has a long road ahead. A number of other VirtIO-GPU features are also in the works or at least planning stages...

When X.Org Server 1.21 finally lands those relying upon XWayland for running various Linux games should find less (or ideally, none at all) stuttering or tearing...

Reported on earlier this month is the decision by Linux kernel developers to disable HPET for Intel Coffee Lake systems. The High Precision Event Timer was being disabled since on some Coffee Lake systems at least this timer skews when entering the PC10 power state and that makes the time-stamp counter unstable...

The Linux Kernel Disabling HPET For More Platforms - Including Ice Lake  Phoronix

This tiny handheld laptop with QWERTY keyboard boots Android and Linux  Techworm

The Cedrus video decode driver developed by Bootlin after successful crowdfunding for creating an open-source Linux video decoder for Allwinner SoCs now has H.265 support!..

The Allwinner "Cedrus" Video Decoder Supports H.265 On Linux 5.5  Phoronix

In software terms, especially at the operating system level, a port is a logical construct that identifies a specific process/application or a type of network service and each network service running on a Linux...

Linux Operating System Market 2019: Global Manufacturers: IBM, Ubuntu Linux, Linux Mint, Elementary OS, openSUSE, etc. - VaporBlash  VaporBlash

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Django is the comprehensive web framework by which all other frameworks are measured. One of the most popular names in Python API development, Django has surged in popularity since its start in 2005.

Django is maintained by the Django Software Foundation and has experienced great community support, with over 11,600 members worldwide. On Stack Overflow, Django has around 191,000 tagged questions. Websites like Spotify, YouTube, and Instagram rely on Django for application and data management.

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It is my pleasure to introduce Opensource.com's selection of books that would make excellent holiday gift ideas. We hope you find them interesting items to give as gifts this holiday season or to add to your own holiday wishlist. Each book exhibits qualities that make them excellent gifts for open source enthusiasts, as they all encourage learning, exploring, and tinkering.

The Big Book of Maker Camp Projects

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From time to time, when I'm looking for some help on how to do something on my GNU/Linux desktop or server, I'll come across an article or conversation in a language other than English. If that language happens to be French or Spanish, that's fine for me. If it's in Portuguese or Italian, I can stumble through it. And, for other languages, occasionally, I'll give one of those online AI translators a go in the hopes of gleaning something useful.

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