The F2FS file-system compression functionality is the main feature addition for this flash-optimized file-system coming with the Linux 5.6 kernel. This native LZO/LZ4 compression support is geared for optimizing the lifespan of SSDs/flash memory thanks to reducing disk writes…
Source: Phoronix – F2FS Experimental Compression Is Ready For Extending Flash Storage Life
Monthly Archives: January 2020
AMD Doesn’t Work Great for Gaming on Linux Desktop PCs
AMD on desktop PCs perform extremely lower on Linux than on Windows for gaming, and not just by a little bit, but by an extremely huge margin.
Source: LXer – AMD Doesn’t Work Great for Gaming on Linux Desktop PCs
FS/ft: Terminator Dark Fate Blu ray, Zombieland doubletap blu ray,Gemini Man blu ray disc
I got the following for sale, trade:
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FS/ft: Terminator Dark Fate Blu ray, Zombieland doubletap blu ray,Gemini Man blu ray disc
Source: [H]ardOCP – FS/ft: Terminator Dark Fate Blu ray, Zombieland doubletap blu ray,Gemini Man blu ray disc
New Forum Software Feedback
Please tell us any issues or problems you are seeing with the new forum software. Please be specific!
Source: [H]ardOCP – New Forum Software Feedback
NTT Building eSports Facility in Akihabara
By Talicia Marie Stewart
Akihabara News (Tokyo) — NTT group companies are coming together to build Japan’s first-ever multi-purpose esports facility, fittingly located right in the heart of Akihabara.
Six companies are involved in the project, NTT East, NTT West, NTT Advertising, NTT Urban Solutions, SKY Perfect JSAT, and Taito. They have already raiser over ¥300 million in capital for the project.
The new company launched today, which is named NTTe-Sports, will include high-tech systems like 5G ultrahigh-speed wireless communications networks and Artificial Intelligence in order to effectively run e-sport tournaments. Located in Akihabara UDX, NTTe-Sports is anticipating a high turn around and expects to achieve yearly sales of ¥4 billion yen by 2025.
NTTe-Sports will operate esports facilities and distribute video content. It will also be working with large industry players in order to expand interest in esports in Japan. The cosponsoring of events such as “Fighting Gods Festival 2020—World Championship of Arcade” is already on its agenda. They also plan to introduce, drive, and sustain esports development in educational institutions. They also seek overseas collaboration with partners who are making big waves in the industry.
Leveraging the NTT group’s communications technology and event managing expertise, NTTe-Sports aims to support local governments in fields like training personnel and organizing esports events and tournaments.
With esports viewership set to surpass even the NFL by 2021, and the use of landline telephones decreasing each year, NTT is looking in new directions. NTTe-Sports will start practical operations and streaming services in July.
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Source: Akihabara News – NTT Building eSports Facility in Akihabara
4 open source productivity tools on my wishlist
Last year, I brought you 19 days of new (to you) productivity tools for 2019. This year, I’m taking a different approach: building an environment that will allow you to be more productive in the new year, using tools you may or may not already be using.read more
Source: LXer – 4 open source productivity tools on my wishlist
Char/Misc Updates For Linux 5.6 Bring New Qualcomm Drivers, Intel Code Updates
While not as exciting as the USB4 support and staging code lightening for these areas managed by Linux’s second in command Greg Kroah-Hartman, he also sent out the char/misc updates this week with other hardware support improvements…
Source: Phoronix – Char/Misc Updates For Linux 5.6 Bring New Qualcomm Drivers, Intel Code Updates
FS: TP-Link C9, Noctua NH-U9S, TW 5gb
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Source: [H]ardOCP – FS: TP-Link C9, Noctua NH-U9S, TW 5gb
Musk: 'It won't be long' until the Model S goes 400 miles on a charge
“We’re rapidly approaching a 400-mile range for Model S,” Tesla chief Elon Musk has revealed during a conference call following the company’s Q4 2019 financial results announcement. “So, it won’t be long before Model S has a 400-mile range.” Musk mad…
Source: Engadget – Musk: ‘It won’t be long’ until the Model S goes 400 miles on a charge
Bash Select
The select construct allows you to generate menus.
Source: LXer – Bash Select
IBM Names Arvind Krishna CEO, Replacing Ginni Rometty
An anonymous reader writes: IBM named Arvind Krishna as chief executive officer, replacing longtime CEO Virginia Rometty. Krishna, 57, is currently the head of IBM’s cloud and cognitive software unit and was a principal architect of the company’s purchase of Red Hat, which was completed last year. Rometty, 62, will continue as executive chairman and serve through the end of the year, when she will retire after almost 40 years with the company, IBM said in a statement Thursday. The shares rose about 5% in extended trading.
Since becoming IBM’s first female CEO in 2012, Rometty had bet the company’s future on the market for hybrid cloud, which allows businesses to store data on both private and public cloud networks run by rivals such as AmazonWebServices and Microsoft Corp.’s Azure. By then Big Blue, once the world leader in technology, had lagged behind competitors for years after largely missing the initial cloud revolution under her predecessor, Sam Palmisano. The announcement comes as a “welcome and overdue leadership change,” said Wedbush Securities analyst Moshe Katri. “At least that’s how we’re looking at it — and obviously the market seems to agree.” “Krishna, her successor, was the mastermind behind the Red Hat deal. He proposed the acquisition to Rometty and the board, suggesting hybrid cloud is the company’s best bet for future growth,” adds Bloomberg. “He has led the development of many of IBM’s newer technologies like artificial intelligence, cloud and quantum computing.”
“Prior to IBM adopting its hybrid multi-cloud strategy, the company had a walled-garden approach to cloud computing, largely focusing on its own services. Krishna spearheaded IBM’s shift toward hybrid, prompting the company to work with rival providers rather than compete against them.”
Slashdot reader celest adds: In case there were still any doubts that IBM is turning into Red Hat, not the other way around, Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst has just been named President of IBM. (Full disclosure: I’m the open-source strategy guy at IBM Canada).
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Source: Slashdot – IBM Names Arvind Krishna CEO, Replacing Ginni Rometty
Fox apps are abruptly disappearing from Roku before the Super Bowl
If you’re planning on watching Super Bowl LIV using a streaming app, then you might not be able to use Roku hardware. While the platform has had a number of Fox apps available for years, their distribution agreement is set to expire after tomorrow, a…
Source: Engadget – Fox apps are abruptly disappearing from Roku before the Super Bowl
Linux Mint 19.3 Cinnamon – Using Cinnamon Desktop 4.4 and Powered by Linux Kernel 5.0
Linux Mint 19.3 is the latest minor release of Linux Mint 19. The release available in the flavors Cinnamon, Mate and Xfce as usually, introduces several changes and new features, brings refinements, and bug fixes among other things.
Source: LXer – Linux Mint 19.3 Cinnamon – Using Cinnamon Desktop 4.4 and Powered by Linux Kernel 5.0
4x Samsung 970 EVO plus 500GB – price reduced!!
Almost new. Three haven’t even had data written, one had the OS installed.
Bought them to make a VROC setup with an ASUS hyper V2 card… turns out the EVO models arent supported for that. Threw…
Source: [H]ardOCP – 4x Samsung 970 EVO plus 500GB – price reduced!!
Top 14 Open Source Web Development Tools
Datamation: A GitLab report found that developers overwhelmingly prefer open source development tools
Source: Linux Today – Top 14 Open Source Web Development Tools
Is there a way to disable GeForce Experience only for specific apps?
I love the simplicity of it for capturing gaming stuff, but it became incompatible with a number of my work applications a few updates ago. Is it possible to disable Geforce Experience for only…
Is there a way to disable GeForce Experience only for specific apps?
Source: [H]ardOCP – Is there a way to disable GeForce Experience only for specific apps?
Nintendo Says No New Switch Models Planned For 2020
Despite already announcing and releasing a new Switch model in 2019, rumours that Nintendo would release another variant of its latest console—a beefier, fancier “Pro” version—have refused to go away. So Nintendo has come out and just flat out said it: there are no new Switch models coming. At least in 2020.
Source: Kotaku – Nintendo Says No New Switch Models Planned For 2020
NSA cloud advice, Facebook open source year in review, and more industry trends
As part of my role as a senior product marketing manager at an enterprise software company with an open source development model, I publish a regular update about open source community, market, and industry trends for product marketers, managers, and other influencers. Here are five of my and their favorite articles from that update.read more
Source: LXer – NSA cloud advice, Facebook open source year in review, and more industry trends
Geforce Now dropped major feature.
So a few months ago I realized that I could play my entire steam library on the Shield TV. I just had to “install” them on the cloud. Geforce Now cloud would give a message that the game was not…
Geforce Now dropped major feature.
Source: [H]ardOCP – Geforce Now dropped major feature.
Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku’s reader-run community: Top Albums Of 2018 • Psycho-Pass:
Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku’s reader-run community: Top Albums Of 2018 • Psycho-Pass: Sinners Of The System Trilogy Review (Scotland Loves Anime) • TAY Retro: Nintendo Entertainment System – Golgo 13: Top Secret Episode [TV Commercial, NA]
Source: Kotaku – Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku’s reader-run community: Top Albums Of 2018 • Psycho-Pass: