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Intel's Vulkan Linux Driver Enables GPL By Default While Hiding Mesh Shaders

Phoronix - Wed, 05/10/2023 - 18:18
Intel's open-source "ANV" Vulkan Linux driver within Mesa is now enabling graphics pipeline libraries (GPL) functionality by default but at the same time has demoted their Vulkan mesh shader functionality to being hidden behind an environment variable until some unexplained hangs can be sorted out...

8 Cut Command Examples [Cut Sections of Line in File]

Tecmint - Wed, 05/10/2023 - 18:14
The post 8 Cut Command Examples [Cut Sections of Line in File] first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

As Linux users, we interact with the text files on a regular basis. One of the common operations we perform on these files is

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D8VK v1.0 Released For Running Direct3D 8 Games Atop Vulkan

Phoronix - Wed, 05/10/2023 - 17:44
While DXVK is used by Steam Play for implementing Direct3D 9/10/11 APIs atop Vulkan and there is also VKD3D-Proton for Direct3D 12 on Vulkan, D8VK's aim is for the aging Microsoft Direct3D 8 API atop Vulkan for enhancing the experience of older games on Linux...

How to Install and Configure VNC Server in CentOS and RHEL

Tecmint - Wed, 05/10/2023 - 12:34
The post How to Install and Configure VNC Server in CentOS and RHEL first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

In this guide, we’ll explain how to install and configure VNC Remote Access in CentOS 7/8 and RHEL 9/8/7 desktop edition via the tigervnc-server

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Alpine Linux 3.18 Released - Powered By Linux 6.1 LTS, Musl Libc 1.2.4

Phoronix - Wed, 05/10/2023 - 07:03
Alpine Linux 3.18 is out today as the newest feature release for this lightweight Linux distribution built with musl libc and Busybox while being popular for embedded and container use-cases...

Corsair MP700: PCIe 5.0 NVMe SSD But Not Without Issues

Phoronix - Wed, 05/10/2023 - 01:39
Last week Corsair announced the MP700 series as their first PCIe 5.0 NVMe solid-state drives. While the performance is quite speedy for sequential reads and writes, in practice this drive struggled under Linux with real-world workloads. When not adding an after-market heatsink, the MP700 was quick to exhibit EXT4 file-system errors.

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