Is it time to replace GitHub in our workflow? We git into it. Plus, our favorite features in the new Linux 7.0 release.
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- Linux 7.0: Btrfs β A translation layer of logical block addresses that allows changes without moving or rewriting blocks for relocation
- Linux 7.0: XFS β Autonomous self-healing; delivers live filesystem health events to userspace for automatic repairs
- Linux 7.0: EXT4 β Improves write performance for concurrent direct I/O writes
- Linux 7.0: IO-uring β Adds support for BPF filtering to IO_uring for high performance async I/O
- Linux 7.0: Scheduler β Scheduler updates land with time slice extension, performance and scalability work for high core count systems
- Linux 7.0: Rust β Formally concluding the 'Rust experiment'; Rust for the Linux kernel is here to stay
- Linux 7.1: i486 β Begins phasing out Intel 486 CPU support; no known Linux distributions still ship with i486 support
- Give Up GitHub β We realize this is not an easy task; GitHub is ubiquitous. Through their effective marketing, GitHub has convinced FOSS developers that GitHub is the best (and even the only) place for FOSS development.
- opengist β Self-hosted pastebin powered by Git, open-source alternative to Github Gist.
- Forgejo on Codeberg β Beyond coding. We forge.
- Forgejo β Self-hosted alternative to GitHub; liberate your software from proprietary shackles with a familiar environment
- NixOS Wiki: Forgejo β Lightweight software forge; completely free software and a fork of Gitea
- Forgejo Actions β Reusable pieces of code for CI workflows; compatible with GitHub Actions
- NixOS Forgejo Actions Runner β NixOS configuration for turnkey deployment of Forgejo Actions runners
- Forgejo Federation (PR #10453) β Work-in-progress for federated repositories; enabling decentralized software development
- Forgejo Snippets (Issue #1069) β Create a shareable piece of text, be it code or plain text, publicly or privately
- Git Novice Guide β Free interactive tutorial; learn version control with Git from scratch
- Pick: sshroute β Network-aware SSH router - routes connections to different IPs/ports/keys/jump hosts based on active VPN or network
- Pick: rendercv β Resume builder for academics and engineers
- Pick: ESPHome Starter Kit β DIY sensor kit for Home Assistant with ESPHome; build your own smart home devices