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How to Install Git and Create a Git Repository

Tecmint - Wed, 01/24/2024 - 12:31
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If you have spent any amount of time recently in the Linux world, then chances are that you have heard of GIT, which is a

The post How to Install Git and Create a Git Repository first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides.

AMD's Advanced Media Framework Adds Pro Vulkan & Experimental RADV Support

Phoronix - Wed, 01/24/2024 - 06:00
AMD's GPUOpen team today released version 1.4.33 of the Advanced Media Framework (AMF) SDK. The AMF SDK continues to be focused on delivering optimal access to AMD hardware for multimedia processing under both Windows and Linux...

Intel's Open-Source Vulkan Driver Wired Up To Support AMD's Radeon Memory Visualizer

Phoronix - Wed, 01/24/2024 - 04:40
While AMD's GPUOpen team developed the Radeon Memory Visualizer for their own Radeon graphics processors, thanks to the software working out well and being open-source and the profiling/dump format being public, the Intel open-source Vulkan Linux driver has added support for it. With the Intel ANV Mesa driver you can now generate Radeon Memory Visualizer (RMV) compatible dumps that can then be loaded into the GPUOpen software for analyzing the video memory behavior of Intel's integrated and discrete graphics...

Chrome 121 Adds New CSS & WebGPU Features

Phoronix - Wed, 01/24/2024 - 01:55
In addition to Firefox 122 making it to stable today, Google has also promoted their Chrome 121 web browser to its stable channel...

Real-Time Patches Updated Against The Linux 6.8 Kernel

Phoronix - Wed, 01/24/2024 - 01:38
It's 2024 and sadly the real-time (RT) patches still have yet to be mainlined for the Linux kernel. At least though the out-of-tree patches continue to be quickly re-based and decrease in size over time... Out today is the Linux v6.8-rc1-rt1 patches for bringing the real-time support against the in-development Linux 6.8 kernel...

Framework Laptop 16 Delivers Great Linux Support & Performance, Excellent Customizability

Phoronix - Tue, 01/23/2024 - 23:00
The review embargo has now expired on the Framework Laptop 16, the latest innovative and upgradeable laptop from this company that has made quite a name for itself with modular and user-upgradeable laptop designs for both AMD and Intel. The new Framework Laptop 16 offers even more customizability around the keyboard/touchpad and other options including over using a Radeon RX 7700S graphics module and more. Besides the immense customizability options and upgrades available with the Framework Laptop 16, the new model employs the AMD Ryzen 7040HS processor for even greater performance over the AMD Ryzen 7040U found with the latest Framework 13 model.

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