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Microsoft Makes The DirectStorage API Officially Available

Phoronix - Tue, 03/15/2022 - 02:28
Microsoft in late 2020 announced DirectStorage as a new API in the DirectX family focused on delivering faster I/O performance for games to yield quicker game load times and more expansive virtual worlds. After being in a limited developer preview since last year, today Microsoft is making the DirectStorage API broadly available...

22 Raspberry Pi projects to try in 2022

opensource.com - Tue, 03/15/2022 - 02:00
22 Raspberry Pi projects to try in 2022 Opensource.com Mon, 03/14/2022 - 14:00 Up 1 reader likes this

The possibilities for Raspberry Pi projects continue to perpetuate this Pi Day! The beloved single-board computer recently turned ten years old. To celebrate, we put together a list of recent Raspberry Pi tutorials written by members of the Opensource.com community. 

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The Raspberry Pi is ripe for DIY projects for the home. Why risk your data with a proprietary home automation tool when you can take full control with a $35 computer? Opensource.com authors have shared how they've built thermostats, monitored their home climate, set parental controls, and much more in the following tutorials.

5 Raspberry Pi projects for productivity

You can be productive without a ton of fancy tools. Whether you want to host your personal blog or start crypto trading with a reduced carbon footprint, the Raspberry Pi has you covered.

7 Raspberry Pi projects just for fun!

The Raspberry Pi is probably most famous for its serious use case of fun! The Pi offers lots of options for tinkering with Linux, learning about computers, or celebrating your favorite holiday.

Go ahead and mark your calendar for trying out a few of these creative Raspberry Pi projects this year.

Celebrate Pi Day by checking out these creative and useful Raspberry Pi projects.

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Raspberry Pi What to read next Build a router with mobile connectivity using Raspberry Pi How I run my blog on a Raspberry Pi Control your Raspberry Pi remotely with your smartphone This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International License. 1 Comment Register or Login to post a comment. Jason Hibbets | March 15, 2022

This is a great resource, thanks for gathering all these cool projects!

Navi 10/14 GPUs On Linux Should Be More Reliable With Blanket ATS Disabling

Phoronix - Mon, 03/14/2022 - 21:27
Recently merged to the Linux 5.17 Git code as a fix and now working its way to stable kernel series as a back-port is blanket disabling of PCI ATS on all Navi 10 and 14 GPUs due to problematic vBIOS configurations...

OnLogic Factor 201 Announced As The Raspberry Pi CM4 Fitted For Industrial Use-Cases

Phoronix - Mon, 03/14/2022 - 19:28
The team at OnLogic is celebrating Pi Day today by announcing the Factor 201 as a Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 built for industrial IoT use-cases...

Intel Audio Driver Adding "AlderLake-PS" Support With Linux 5.18

Phoronix - Mon, 03/14/2022 - 19:04
The open-source Intel HDA audio driver for Linux already supports Alder Lake S, P, M, and N series of processors while now there is support being added for "AlderLake-PS" as a seemingly yet to be announced variant...

Bcachefs Continues Making Progress - Finishes Big Allocator Rewrite

Phoronix - Mon, 03/14/2022 - 17:39
Bcachefs as the next-generation Linux file-system born out of the kernel's block cache code is aiming to possibly go upstream in 2022 and as a result has been trying to work through its remaining invasive changes and other big ticket items before proceeding. Bcachefs lead developer Kent Overstreet has put out another status update on this open-source file-system effort...

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