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Ubuntu 19.10 Beta Released - The Eoan Ermine Brings The Latest Linux Goods

Phoronix - Fri, 09/27/2019 - 18:02
The Ubuntu 19.10 "Eoan Ermine" is now available in beta form with the official release being less than one month away...

Installation of “CentOS 8.0″ with Screenshots

Tecmint - Fri, 09/27/2019 - 15:38
CentOS 8 has finally been released! The new version, which is a community version of RHEL 8, ships with new and exciting features which promise an enhanced user experience. Installing CentOS 8 is pretty...

10 counterintuitive takeaways from 10 years of DevOpsDays

opensource.com - Fri, 09/27/2019 - 15:02

Ten years ago, we started an accidental journey. We brought together some of our good friends in Ghent, Belgium, to discuss our agile, open source, and early cloud experiences.


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What does an open source AI future look like?

opensource.com - Fri, 09/27/2019 - 15:01

The recent announcement about Neuralink, Elon Musk's latest startup, added to the buzz already in the air about where tech is taking us in the not-so-distant future. Judging by its ambitious plans, which involve pairing computers wirelessly with the human brain, Neuralink demonstrates that the future is now.


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5 tips for GNU Debugger

opensource.com - Fri, 09/27/2019 - 15:00

The GNU Debugger (gdb) is an invaluable tool for inspecting running processes and fixing problems while you're developing programs.

You can set breakpoints at specific locations (by function name, line number, and so on), enable and disable those breakpoints, display and alter variable values, and do all the standard things you would expect any debugger to do. But it has many other features you might not have experimented with. Here are five for you to try.


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ZFS On Linux 0.8.2 Released With Linux 5.3 Compatibility, Many Fixes

Phoronix - Fri, 09/27/2019 - 12:07
ZFS On Linux 0.8.2 is out with fixes in order to provide compatibility with the brand new Linux 5.3 stable kernel while retaining support still going back to the Linux 2.6.32 days...

SVT-AV1 0.7 Released For Speedy AV1 Video Encoding With More AVX2/AVX512 Optimizations

Phoronix - Fri, 09/27/2019 - 08:00
The engineers maintaining Intel's open-source Scalable Video Technology (SVT) encoders today released SVT-AV1 0.7 as the newest feature update to their speedy AV1 video encoder...

Richard Stallman To Continue As Head Of The GNU Project

Phoronix - Fri, 09/27/2019 - 04:33
While Richard Stallman resigned as president of the Free Software Foundation last week, he just announced he'll be continuing as head of the GNU Project...

Microsoft Developer Shows Linux Commands Seamlessly Integrated Within Windows PowerShell

Phoronix - Fri, 09/27/2019 - 03:48
While Windows itself has begun offering Tar and OpenSSH support among other integration improvements for traditional Linux administrators, it's possible to seamlessly integrate Linux commands within the PowerShell thanks to some features of PowerShell intermixed with Microsoft's Windows Subsystem for Linux...

Steam Fixes Up Handling For Games With Vulkan Async Compute

Phoronix - Fri, 09/27/2019 - 02:34
A Steam beta update out today is notable for Linux gamers to avoid possible GPU crashes and corruption of the Steam overlay...

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