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Linux 5.17 Is Bringing Big Improvements For AMD Hardware

Phoronix - Mon, 01/24/2022 - 22:20
Thanks to hiring more Linux developers and preparing to ramp up for next-generation hardware support, the in-development Linux 5.17 kernel is going to be another exciting step forward for AMD Linux customers...

UDP/IPv6 Optimization Patches Pending For ~5% Improvement In CPU Bound Test

Phoronix - Mon, 01/24/2022 - 19:51
Among the many new features in Linux 5.17 are several notable network optimizations. Optimizing network performance is a never-ending game and already for a future kernel are a new set of UDP/IPv6 optimizations being worked on...

New ASUS Sensor Driver For Linux Aims For Greater Flexibility & Faster Sensor Reading

Phoronix - Mon, 01/24/2022 - 18:50
It's just with the in-development Linux 5.17 kernel that the "asus_wmi_ec_sensors" is making its debut for greatly expanded sensor support for modern ASUS desktop motherboards. However, there is already a new driver that has been in development that ultimately aims to be superior to this still-new driver...

LLVM Clang Now Defaulting To The DWARFv5 Debug Format

Phoronix - Mon, 01/24/2022 - 18:09
Following GCC, the LLVM Clang C/C++ compiler front-end is now defaulting to using the DWARFv5 debugging data format...

Why choose Rocket.Chat for your open source chat tool

opensource.com - Mon, 01/24/2022 - 16:01

Created in 2015, Rocket.Chat is a fully open source and customizable communications platform designed for communities and organizations with high standards for data protection. Rocket.Chat enables communication through federation, and over 12 million people are using it for team chat, customer service, secure file sharing, and much more. Rocket.Chat is in many ways the world's most comprehensive open source communications platform.


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7 strategies for success when contributing to open source

opensource.com - Mon, 01/24/2022 - 16:00

Many people aspire to become contributors to open source projects. With a little effort, anyone can. This article shares how I got started with open source contributions and how doing so helped me land a job in an open source organization.


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LVFS Exploring Alternate, Open-Source Firmware For Capable End-Of-Life Devices

Phoronix - Mon, 01/24/2022 - 13:00
The Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS) with Fwupd for firmware updating on Linux could soon be making it easier to transition older, end-of-life devices off official firmware packages and onto the likes of open-source Coreboot for capable aging PC hardware. This not only would make the system run on more free software but would extend the life of the hardware with firmware updates where the vendor has ceased their support...

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