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- Kernel: Linux Plumbers and New in Linux 5.9Linux Plumbers currently sold out Linux Plumbers is currently sold out of regular registration tickets. Although the conference is virtual this year our virtual platform cannot support an ... read more25 mins ago
- 5 of the Best Linux Laptops in 2020
If you’re shopping for a laptop and know you’re planning to run Linux, you can either get any laptop, reformat the hard drive and install your favorite Linux distro ... read more32 mins ago - Fearmongering Was Originally an IBM Thing, Not a Microsoft Thing
Microsoft learned from IBM, another strong proponent of — and leading lobbyist for — software patents FUD explained at Wikipedia Those Steve Ballmer quotes are ... read more1 hour ago - Fedora Infrastructure Status: All systems go
New status good: Everything seems to be working. for services: Ipsilon, Badges, Blockerbugs, Package Updates Manager, Fedora Infrastructure Cloud, COPR Build System, Documentation website, Fedora elections, Account System, Fedora ... read more2 hours ago - [Meme] People Get Fired for Being Bought by IBM (With a Crummy Severance Package)
Summary: IBM used to proudly provide job security and one could have a job there for decades (career ladders and worker benefits of all sorts are what ... read more2 hours ago - New FSF Video Makes the Case Against Microsoft GitHub (and Similar), So Why is the FSF’s Board Being Filled Up With Active GitHub Users?
Summary: The FSF makes a good point about “important values like autonomy, sharing, social responsibility, and collaboration” — the very things that are under attack by Microsoft’s GitHub, which ... read more3 hours ago - Techrights is Not Against Microsoft
4 hours ago - Charles Plessy: Thank you, VAIO
I use everyday a VAIO Pro mk2 that I bought 5 years ago with 3 years of warranty. It has been a few months that I was noticing that ... read more4 hours ago - An advanced guide to NLP analysis with Python and NLTKIn my previous article, I introduced natural language processing (NLP) and the Natural Language Toolkit (NLTK), the NLP toolkit created at the University of Pennsylvania. I demonstrated how to parse text ... read more4 hours ago
- Best Multimedia Linux distributionsWhen choosing the best Linux distribution for your needs, multimedia experts such as video editors and photographers will benefit most from a Linux distro that specializes in multimedia production. There ... read more4 hours ago
