today's leftovers

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 29, 2023

• Accelerate Your Performance Testing on Ubuntu with k6 and Postman-to-k6

  Performance testing is crucial to software development. It ensures your application can handle high traffic and usage without crashing or slowing down. Many tools are available for performance testing, but two popular ones are k6 and Postman.

• How to create a VSCode Linux remote environment [Ed: Canonical is shilling proprietary spyware of Microsoft instead of teaching people to use Free software not controlled by a company that attacks Linux from many angles]

  What’s the best way to get a Linux environment in VSCode?

• A history of robotic pets (and how to make your own)

  Humans have domesticated animals since the dawn of time. Dogs (our oldest furry friends) were owned by humans as far back as 30,000 years ago, and since then we’ve formed bonds with all kinds of different creatures. It was only in the last century, though, that we started to actually build our own pets.

• Hybrid work: Culture change required

  Hybrid work has set new standards in the workplace. But many companies have not realized the full potential of a hybrid environment, primarily because they are still operating in the mindset of traditional workplace practices.

  Technical infrastructure changes to support remote work will no longer suffice as employees return to the office for part of the week. Now, organizations must ensure employees have a consistent experience regardless of location.

  Ensuring that your company’s culture and technical infrastructure align is critical to improving efficiencies, remaining agile, providing a better customer experience, and enhancing employee satisfaction. This pays off with improved productivity, greater revenue, and talent retention.

  Achieving a cohesive company culture within a hybrid environment requires close collaboration between human resources (HR) and information technology (IT). Working together, these teams can ensure their company gets the most from its investments in employees and IT infrastructure, benefitting the company now and in the future.

  Transitioning from a traditional company culture to one that supports hybrid work is a three-part process:

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• Looking for an Office application on Linux

  Here we show you how easy it is to install either

  * libreoffice-still (stable) * libreoffice-fresh (cutting-edge)

  But there is more – follow in the coming years what office tools come and go and install them via pacman or an AUR helper like yay, paru, trizen and others.

• 317: Home Automation with Home Assistant Plus New Alternative to ChatGPT

• 317: Home Automation with Home Assistant Plus New Alternative to ChatGPT - Destination Linux - TuxDigital

  This week’s episode of Destination Linux, we will be discussing building an automated home, the open source way.