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Etnaviv DRM Driver Will Now Work On IOMMU-Enabled Systems

Phoronix - Sat, 12/25/2021 - 18:25
It's been a while since last having anything major to report on the Etnaviv Linux driver stack reporting open-source support Vivante graphics IP. With Linux 5.17 is an important step forward with the driver now behaving properly for IOMMU-enabled systems...

AMD P-State v7 Driver Posted For Delivering Better Ryzen Efficiency In 2022

Phoronix - Sat, 12/25/2021 - 17:33
AMD on Christmas Eve posted their seventh iteration of the AMD P-State Linux driver as their new CPU frequency scaling solution for Zen 2+ to make use of ACPI CPPC for ultimately striving toward optimal power efficiency with a focus on mobile and desktop systems...

10 Raspberry Pi project ideas from 2021

opensource.com - Sat, 12/25/2021 - 16:01

The Raspberry Pi is one of the most popular brands of single-board computers. Part of the reason for this popularity is the massive number of unique and interesting projects that people have built using Raspberry Pi. Several Opensource.com authors have used Raspberry Pi in various projects and provided instructions so others can recreate their projects. Here are the ten most popular Raspberry Pi articles published by Opensource.com in 2021. I hope they inspire you as you tinker with your own Raspberry Pi.


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4 conscious steps to engage people in your open source community

opensource.com - Sat, 12/25/2021 - 16:00

Whether you celebrate Christmas or not (our family does, as it happens), this time of year is one where presents are often given and received. I thought it might be nice to think about what presents we could give in the spirit of open source.


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Make MIDI loops on Linux with this open source tool

opensource.com - Sat, 12/25/2021 - 16:00

There are many great synthesizers for Linux, and like synthesizers in real life, most of them can be controlled using the MIDI protocol.


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Linux 5.16 Has A Nice Performance Gift For AMD Ryzen Laptops With Radeon Graphics

Phoronix - Sat, 12/25/2021 - 04:32
For those making use of integrated Radeon Vega-based graphics with modern Ryzen laptops at least, the Linux 5.16 kernel is offering some nice performance gains noticed recently as part of the Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U benchmarking with the Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen2. Here is a look at the AMD Radeon Graphics performance for that Zen 3 laptop across varying Mesa and Linux kernel versions while then expanding the comparison to multiple devices given the Linux 5.16 performance boost.

Happy Holidays / Merry Christmas From Phoronix & Preparing For 2022

Phoronix - Fri, 12/24/2021 - 20:00
Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, and/or cheers to any end-of-year celebrations you may partake in. The daily original content on Phoronix will continue each day just as it has been for years without any single day interruption but there is also a holiday Phoronix Premium special for those wanting to help cap off 2021 and help ensure a successful 2022 for continued Linux benchmarking, performance testing, hardware reviews, and open-source news...

GNU Jami Taranis Released For Free Software Conferencing, Peer-To-Peer Communication

Phoronix - Fri, 12/24/2021 - 19:00
GNU Jami "Taranis" has been released as a major update to this free software project for peer-to-peer communication and SIP-based messaging. GNU Jami is what previously started out as SFLphone and then GNU Ring for initially being focused on softphones...

Another ASRock Sandy Bridge / Ivy Bridge Motherboard Ported To Open-Source Coreboot

Phoronix - Fri, 12/24/2021 - 18:29
Another aging Intel motherboard is now supported by Coreboot for those wanting to free your system down to the BIOS...

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