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Intel Continues Working On IAA Crypto Compression Driver For Linux

Phoronix - Wed, 06/21/2023 - 18:32
Introduced with 4th Gen Xeon Scalable "Sapphire Rapids" processors are various new accelerators available on select SKUs or via the Intel On Demand offering. One of the initial challenges there though is the early accelerator software support limitations and many upstream open-source (or even just widespread) software not yet enabled to make use of these new accelerators. One of the improvements on that front has been Intel engineers working on an IAA crypto compression driver for the kernel so that the In-Memory Analytics Accelerator can be transparently accessible to kernel features making use of the crypto API...

GCC Adopts A Code of Conduct

Phoronix - Wed, 06/21/2023 - 18:06
While a few years late compared to many other open-source projects adopting a Code of Conduct, the GCC Steering Committee has now adopted a Code of Conduct "CoC" for this open-source compiler project...

Valve Still Making RADV Driver Improvements To AMD GCN 1.0 Era Hardware

Phoronix - Wed, 06/21/2023 - 17:37
On a quest toward trying to get the game Halo Infinite running under Linux via Steam Play (Proton) with AMD GFX6 / GCN 1.0 era graphics processors, Valve's prolific open-source driver contributor Samuel Pitoiset has added VK_NV_device_generated_commands support for these original Radeon GCN GPUs...

LLVM Clang 17 Now Defaulting To OpenMP 5.1

Phoronix - Wed, 06/21/2023 - 17:28
The LLVM Clang 17 C/C++ compiler when shipping later this year will now use OpenMP 5.1 as the default version of this multi-processing programming API...

Top 4 Google Docs Alternatives for Linux in 2023

Tecmint - Wed, 06/21/2023 - 12:33
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Google Docs is probably one of the most widely used office suites in the world. Its set of editing tools and high usability make life

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​​Red Hat bringing open hybrid cloud to Red Hat IT provides key learnings for others

Red Hat News - Wed, 06/21/2023 - 08:00
Here at Red Hat, we do things because they are the right things to do for our business, our future and our customers. But it never hurts to be acknowledged for them and to spread the word that what works at Red Hat can work for our current and future customers, too. I’m pleased to note that CNBC has recognized Red Hat for bringing open hybrid cloud to Red Hat IT as part of its annual review of award-winning initiatives. This acknowledgment springs from our work to move off legacy data centers, retire old and unused applications and architect a hybrid cloud infrastructure with distinct

SDL2 Now Transitioning To Maintenance Mode

Phoronix - Wed, 06/21/2023 - 03:08
With today's release of SDL 2.28 it also marks the SDL2 library entering maintenance mode for this open-source software that's relied upon by Valve and many cross-platform games...

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