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AMD Expected To Complete Its Acquisition Of Xilinx Next Week

Phoronix - Thu, 02/10/2022 - 21:15
AMD just announced that it has received approval from all necessary regulators to proceed with its acquisition of Xilinx...

Intel PECI Code To Be Mainlined With Linux 5.18

Phoronix - Thu, 02/10/2022 - 21:00
Linux 5.18 is looking to be another very busy kernel cycle for Intel as in addition to Alder Lake N graphics, the Intel Hardware Feedback Interface (HFI), and integrating Software Defined Silicon (SDSi), Intel's PECI kernel code is finally being mainlined...

Radeon ROCm 5.0 Released With Some RDNA2 GPU Support

Phoronix - Thu, 02/10/2022 - 19:06
Overnight AMD quietly released ROCm 5.0 for improving the Radeon Open eCosystem. Most exciting with ROCm 5.0 is having some level of Navi 2x / RDNA2 GPU support!..

LoongArch CPU Support Begins Landing In LLVM

Phoronix - Thu, 02/10/2022 - 18:50
Hitting the LLVM 15.0 development tree this morning are the initial patches for China's LoongArch CPU architecture...

Radeon Software for Linux 21.50 Driver Prepared For Release

Phoronix - Thu, 02/10/2022 - 17:52
The Radeon Software for Linux packaged enterprise driver is preparing for its Q1'2022 update...

DirectFB2 Is Modernizing DirectFB With Meson, Modularizing The Sources

Phoronix - Thu, 02/10/2022 - 17:34
DirectFB2 is in development with work on it having started last year after the original DirectFB project ceased development a half-decade ago. While more embedded/mobile platforms have moved on from DirectFB and now targeting Wayland, DirectFB2 hopes to restore its viability for embedded systems...

Learn Perl in 2022

opensource.com - Thu, 02/10/2022 - 16:00

Released in early 1988, Perl is a postmodern programming language often considered a scripting language, but it is also capable of object-oriented programming. It is a mature language with tens of thousands of libraries, GUI frameworks, a spin-off language called Raku, and an active and passionate community. Its developers pride themselves on its flexibility: According to its creator Larry Wall, Perl doesn't enforce any particular programming style on its users, and there's more than one way to accomplish most things.


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GRUB 2.12 Planned For Release This Year, Continues Improving Boot Security

Phoronix - Thu, 02/10/2022 - 13:00
One of the recurring FOSDEM talks we have come to enjoy has been Oracle's Daniel Kiper providing an annual update on the GRUB bootloader development efforts. This past weekend at FOSDEM 2022 was the latest on this leading open-source bootloader with recent accomplishments and plans for this year...

Useful GUI Email Clients for Linux Desktop

Tecmint - Thu, 02/10/2022 - 12:00
The post Useful GUI Email Clients for Linux Desktop first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

For the most part, users typically access their emails from a web browser. It’s fast and convenient as you can easily get in touch with your emails across any device you are using. However,

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