The Linux command line provides a great deal of flexibility. Whether you are managing a server or launching a terminal window on a desktop system, the command line brings with it an extensive toolkit to update files, tweak system performance, and manage processes. The command line is where it[he]#039[/he]s at. Testifying to the command line[he]#039[/he]s popularity, Opensource.com publishes many excellent ... Read More »
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Super Productivity: A Super Cool Open Source To-Do List App with GitHub Integration
Super Productivity is an awesome open-source to-do app that helps you manage tasks, track tickets, and manage time. Read More »
Mesa 21.0 is now working with Haiku for software OpenGL rendering
A number of patches worked on for Haiku OS back for Mesa 20.x were freshened up and with some extra tweaking and code cleaning those patches have now been merged for Mesa 21.0. This includes factoring out a lot of the OpenGL legacy dispatch code and a lot of cleanups around the Softpipe driver handling. With Mesa 21.0-devel as of ... Read More »
The confusing world of USB
For decades, my perception of USB was that of a technology both simple and reliable. You plug it and it works. The two first iterations freed PCs from a badly fragmented connector world made of RJ-45 (Ethernet), DA-15 (Joystick), DE-9 (Serial), DIN (PS/2), and DB-25 (Parallel). When USB-3.0 came out, USB-IF had the good idea to color code its ports. ... Read More »
Steam’s login method is kinda interesting
How do you send a password over the internet? You acquire a SSL certificate and let TLS do the job of securely transporting the password from client to server. Of course it’s not as cut-and-dry as I’m making it out to be, but the gist of it holds true and stood the test of time. This hasn’t always been this ... Read More »