As there is such a dominant open source position we often see companies marketing their software as “Open Source” even though it does not provide all (or any) of the benefits offered by truly open source software. Take a look at some common traps and know how to avoid them.
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Ubuntu Touch OTA-12 has officially been released as the “largest release ever,” coming with massive improvements versus its predecessors. First and foremost, the highlight of this new release is the full Unity8 experience, as the dev team explains that importing of Canonical’s final changes is now complete.
There are quite a number of ways to look at running processes on Linux systems – to see what’s running, the resources that processes are using, and how memory is being used. Let’s run through a series of commands that can help view process details in a number of different ways.
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Uber has released a framework for designing experiments within Pyro, its open source tool for deep probabilistic modeling. The framework, which leverages machine learning to enable optimal experimental design, enables experimenters to apply OED to a large class of experimental models, from DNA assays to website and app A/B tests.
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In a notable U-turn for the city, newly elected politicians in Munich have decided that its administration needs to use open-source software, instead of proprietary products like Microsoft Office. The decision is being hailed as a victory by advocates of free software, who see this as a better option economically.
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Similar to numerous software usage, there’s a build-or-buy choice when getting started with Robotic Process Automation (RPA). There are various RPA tools accessible in the market and picking one could be a challenge. Let’s look at some of the best free and open-source RPA tools.
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According to the latest infographics shared by Adir Ron, who works at Microsoft as an open-source strategist, Linux is the most used operating system on the Microsoft Azure cloud platform. Even the top 100 Microsoft customers prefer Linux over other OS to deploy their workloads on the Microsoft Azure cloud platform.
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Open source rules. Everyone from Apple to Microsoft to Zoom uses it. Don’t believe me? Synopsys, a software and silicon design company, which also covers intellectual property, reported in its 2020 Open Source Security and Risk Analysis (OSSRA) report that nearly all (99%) of audited codebases contained at least one open-source component.
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What if you want to write a web application that will allow someone to access your Raspberry Pi’s hardware, its camera for example, from a web browser anywhere on the Internet? It’s pretty easy using Anvil, a Python web service that you can run locally.
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With just a few clicks, organizations can now index all of their internal data sources, make that data searchable, and allow users to get precise answers to natural language queries. AWS has announced the general availability of Amazon Kendra, an easy-to-use enterprise search service powered by machine learning.
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