Microsoft has admitted it was wrong about open source, after the company battled it and Linux for years at the height of its desktop domination. Microsoft has certainly changed since the days of branding Linux a cancer. It is now the single largest contributor to open-source projects in the world.
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Microsoft will share its knowledge of coronavirus-related cyberthreats in a bid to help security teams identify and address new threats. The software giant has gathered a wealth of threat data, amounting to trillions of data points, via the Microsoft Threat Protection (MTP) service embedded in its security offering Microsoft Defender.
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NVIDIA Jetson Xavier NX developer kit is now available with cloud-native support. Delivering up to 21 TOPS of compute in a compact form factor with under 15W of power, Jetson Xavier NX is said to bring server-level performance and cloud-native workflows to edge AI devices and autonomous machines.
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Many modern Linux distributions, such as Ubuntu and its derivatives, now use netplan as it’s network configuration abstraction. Let’s walk you through the process of creating a bridge network, such that it can be used for your virtual machines.
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Remote work — all of a sudden with no time to plan for it — is disruptive. It’s unfamiliar. It’s stressful. It’s distracting, especially for those with school-aged children who are now themselves remote learners. Here are some of the ways open source communities mitigate the absence of physical human contact.
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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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