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Imagination GPUs With PVR Vulkan + Zink Working Well For OpenGL 4.6

Phoronix - Thu, 07/06/2023 - 21:59
We've known since last year when Imagination published their open-source PowerVR Vulkan driver that they'd be focusing on a Vulkan hardware driver only and using the likes of the Zink compatibility layer for OpenGL support. Today Imagination formally announced OpenGL 4.6 for their GPUs via Zink...

Godot 4.1 Released With More Improvements To This Open-Source Game Engine

Phoronix - Thu, 07/06/2023 - 20:30
Following the release of Godot 4.0 earlier this year, Godot 4.1 has been released today as an incremental update to this incredibly powerful, open-source game engine...

Intel Posts Initial Granite Rapids D Support For GCC Compiler, Supports AMX-COMPLEX

Phoronix - Thu, 07/06/2023 - 18:32
Going back to last year Intel added Granite Rapids support to GCC 13 as part of their usual early bring-up of new product families into the GNU Compiler Collection. That initial Granite Rapids target premiered in the since-released GCC 13.1 alongside Emerald Rapids and Sierra Forest too. Hitting the GCC developers' mailing list today is initial support for Intel Granite Rapids D...

Steam Beta Brings Fix For Linux Gamers Running Openbox, NVIDIA Crash Fix

Phoronix - Thu, 07/06/2023 - 18:26
For Linux gamers running the lightweight Openbox X11 window manager, the newest Steam beta update brings a new option to fix problems with Steam's dropdown menus being unclickable...

Linux 6.1 To 6.5 Git Quietly Patched For "StackRot" Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Phoronix - Thu, 07/06/2023 - 18:03
It's now more clear why last week Linus Torvalds personally took to improving the Linux kernel's user-mode stack expansion code: it's necessary to address a now disclosed security vulnerability dubbed StackRot...

Fix You must put some ‘deb-src’ URIs in your sources.list Error

Tecmint - Thu, 07/06/2023 - 18:02
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When working with package management systems like apt or apt-get on Debian-based Linux distributions, you may encounter various errors. One common error is the “E:

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Tow-Boot Downstream Of U-Boot Updated After Long Hiatus

Phoronix - Thu, 07/06/2023 - 17:49
Tow-Boot has been a "user-friendly" distribution of U-Boot that was seeing regular updates but for nearly one year has been on hiatus without any new releases. That changed overnight with Tow-Boot 2022.07-006 being released and a call for new developers...

20 Useful ‘apt-get’ Commands for Ubuntu Package Management

Tecmint - Thu, 07/06/2023 - 15:40
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The apt-get command was the primary package management command used in Debian-based Linux distributions prior to the introduction of the apt command. With the apt-get

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6 Useful apt-cache Command Examples for Ubuntu

Tecmint - Thu, 07/06/2023 - 14:55
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In Debian-based distributions such as Ubuntu, package management plays a crucial role in installing, upgrading, and removing software packages. One of the fundamental components of

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