New High Quality GPU Compression Codec Going Open-Source In The Coming Days

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March 9, 2020

Compression experts Rich Geldreich and Stephanie Hurlburt with their Binomial consulting firm are about to release a high-quality open-source compression codec for GPUs.

Hurlburt began teasing this new open-source project over the weekend. She tweeted out that a high quality open-source codec will be opened up in the coming days for “high quality GPU performant images” and “we’re sending you literally 15+ years ahead in time.” While it may seem like a marketing gimmick and building up hype, we have continued to be amazed at the work done by Geldreich in terms of compression codecs and other software work over the years, so we are genuinely excited and eager to learn more.

[Source: Phoronix]

Basilisk: A Firefox Fork For The Classic Looks and Classic Extensions

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Swapnil Bhartiya

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March 9, 2020

Even though it is better to stick with the regular web browsers like Firefox or Chromium available for Linux – it doesn’t hurt to know about other browsers. Recently, I stumbled upon a Firefox fork, Basilisk web browser that features the classic Firefox user interface along with legacy add-ons support (just like Waterfox).

If you are in the dire need of using a legacy extensions or miss the classic look and feel of Firefox, the Basilisk web browser can save your day. The web browser is being maintained by the team behind Pale Moon browser.

If you’re looking for open-source Chrome alternatives, you may have a quick look at what Basilisk offers.

[Source: It’s FOSS]

Red Hat Summit Switches to Online-Only Over Coronavirus Concerns

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Swapnil Bhartiya

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March 9, 2020

Red Hat is the latest organization that decides to cancel one of its physical events, with the upcoming Red Hat Summit 2020 now moving to online-only due to coronavirus concerns. The event was projected to take place April 28-29, and Red Hat says the same content would be provided to those who connect to the live streaming, including keynotes, breakout sessions, and access to Red Hat experts.

Those who have already registered for the physical event will also be registered for the virtual event at no charge, with two options offered going forward: they can either use their passes during the next year’s summit or get a refund.

[Source: Softpedia News]

Zorin OS 15.2 Linux distribution is here, and you should switch from Windows immediately

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Swapnil Bhartiya

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March 9, 2020

Microsoft’s Windows 10 is hardly a new operating system anymore. In fact, it has been available to the public for damn near five years now. And yet, despite existing half a decade, it still feels very incomplete. The Control Panel still hasn’t been merged with Settings, for instance, and the user interface still feels like a work in progress. Hey, at least those terrible Live Tiles are seemingly on their way out.

Ultimately, using Windows 10 feels like you are in a constant state of beta. It shouldn’t be this way — Microsoft’s operating system should be much better than it is. After all, the company essentially has unlimited resources. Thankfully, Linux is here to save the day.

[Source: BetaNews]

How to Choose the Right Kubernetes Distribution

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Swapnil Bhartiya

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March 6, 2020

So, you want to use Kubernetes to orchestrate your containerized applications. Good for you. Kubernetes makes it easy to achieve enterprise-scale deployments. But before you actually go and install Kubernetes, there’s one thing you need to wrap your head around: Kubernetes distributions. In most cases, you wouldn’t install Kubernetes from source code. You’d instead use one of the various Kubernetes distributions that are offered from software companies and cloud vendors.

Here’s a primer on what a Kubernetes distribution is, and what the leading Kubernetes distros are today.

[Source: ITPro Today]

Ubuntu 20.04 Makes Picking The Right Graphics Driver (Mostly) Less Confusing

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Swapnil Bhartiya

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March 6, 2020

When it comes to graphics drivers, Canonical has been implementing small but notable quality-of-life updates to Ubuntu. Beginning with Ubuntu 19.04, Canonical added the ability to install the proprietary Nvidia driver during the OS installation (before that you had to dig around in the “Software and Updates” menu). Ubuntu 19.10 took it a step further, adding the proprietary Nvidia driver to the ISO itself. When Ubuntu 20.04 LTS arrives this April, another layer of confusion will be stripped out, and this is extremely welcome news…. Read more at Forbes.

[Source: Forbes]

Open Networking Foundation Launches Open Source Edge Cloud Platform

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Swapnil Bhartiya

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March 6, 2020

The Open Networking Foundation (ONF) has come up with its first open source platform called Aether for delivering Enterprise 5G/LTE-Edge-Cloud-as-a-Service.

Built on the CORD and ONOS platforms, Aether runs in a Kubernetes orchestrated environment. It provides mobile connectivity and edge cloud services for distributed enterprise networks, all provisioned and managed from a centralized cloud. It is easy to deploy, highly scalable and designed for rapid edge service onboarding in a multi-cloud environment.

[Source: TFiR]

How to run two different Firefox profiles at once on Linux

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Swapnil Bhartiya

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March 6, 2020

If you’re a Linux user, you’re accustomed to flexibility. You might also be a multitasking ninja—developing, admining, managing, or just general usage. Because of the nature of how you use Linux, you might wish you could run two different Firefox profiles at once. For example, say you’d like to use one profile for web development, one for remote work, and one for general browsing. Wouldn’t it be nice if this could happen?

It can. And on Linux, it’s actually quite easy. Check out how…

[Source: Tech Republic]

Communicating with other users on the Linux command line

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Swapnil Bhartiya

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March 6, 2020

Sending messages to other users on the Linux command line can be very easy, but there are a number of commands that you might want to consider. In this post, we’ll look at four commands and see how each of them works.

wall

The wall command (as in “write all”) allows you to send a message to all users who are currently logged into the system. This implies that the system is likely a server and that users are working on the command line. While the wall command is generally used by sysadmins to send out notices to users to let send out information (e.g., that the server is going down for maintenance), it can be used by any user.

[Source: Network World]

How to install Rust on Linux

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Swapnil Bhartiya

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March 5, 2020

Rust was developed by Mozilla in 2010, for highly concurrent and safe systems. The syntax is similar to C and C++, with blocks of code delineated by curly braces, as in:

fn main() {

println!(“Hello World!”);
}

Rust is employed in data centers by companies like Dropbox, Postmates, Stac, Wantedly, Doctolib, and QIWI, and emphasizes safety, control of memory layout, and concurrency. Rust is an incredibly important programming language for creating both system and backend software. Find out how to install Rust on Linux in a few quick steps.

[Source: TechRepublic]