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Intel Compute-Runtime Updated With DG2/Alchemist Support

Phoronix - Sat, 11/27/2021 - 00:56
Intel's open-source engineers today released the Compute-Runtime 21.47.21710 as their latest update to this open-source compute stack for Linux systems enabling their graphics processors to enjoy performant OpenCL and oneAPI Level Zero support...

Getting Experimental Vulkan Within QEMU VMs Using Linux 5.16+ Paired With Mesa's Venus

Phoronix - Sat, 11/27/2021 - 00:28
When running on the very latest Linux 5.16 Git kernel paired with recent Mesa and various experimental components to the virtualization stack, it is possible getting at least basic Vulkan acceleration working within QEMU guest virtual machines that in turn is accelerated by the host...

Minecraft Now 30% Faster With Open-Source AMD Radeon Driver On Linux

Phoronix - Fri, 11/26/2021 - 20:06
Those using the open-source AMD Radeon OpenGL driver "RadeonSI" on Linux the performance within the popular Minecraft game is about to be a lot better...

Several Older NVIDIA Tegra Powered Tablets To Be Supported By Linux 5.17

Phoronix - Fri, 11/26/2021 - 18:57
For those that happen to have older ASUS Transformer tablets powered by a NVIDIA Tegra SoC, the Linux 5.17 kernel cycle early next year is enabling a number of them to work off the mainline kernel...

LLVM Prepares New ThreadSanitizer Runtime That Is Faster, Lower Memory Use

Phoronix - Fri, 11/26/2021 - 18:40
LLVM developers have been working recently to land their new ThreadSanitizer run-time. The TSan as a reminder is the compiler instrumentation with associated run-time library for being able to detect data races...

10 holiday gift ideas for open source enthusiasts

opensource.com - Fri, 11/26/2021 - 16:00

Are you looking for cool gifts for people on your holiday shopping list or ideas for your own wishlist? If so, consider one of the ten suggestions below. Each of these gift suggestions connects in some way to the open source ethos. From DIY projects to computers to books, this list provides gift suggestions that foster creativity, learning, and exploring.

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