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Mesa 21.2.6 Released As Likely The Last Of The Series

Phoronix - Thu, 11/25/2021 - 18:15
With Mesa 21.3 having released last week and its first point release due next week, Mesa 21.2.6 has been published as likely the last update to that N-1 series for these open-source OpenGL/Vulkan drivers...

The Phoronix Premium Thanksgiving / Black Friday 2021 Special

Phoronix - Thu, 11/25/2021 - 16:00
For those in the US, Happy Thanksgiving. As usual tradition for marking the US Thanksgiving and "Black Friday" / "Cyber Monday" start of the Christmas shopping season, I am once again running a Phoronix Premium special to help support site operations...

Tips for formatting when printing to console from C++

opensource.com - Thu, 11/25/2021 - 16:00

When I started writing, I did it primarily for the purpose of documenting for myself. When it comes to programming, I'm incredibly forgetful, so I began to write down useful code snippets, special characteristics, and common mistakes in the programming languages I use. This article perfectly fits the original idea as it covers common use cases of formatting when printing to console from C++.

[Download the C++ std::cout cheat sheet]


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What are you thankful for at work?

opensource.com - Thu, 11/25/2021 - 16:00

It's the time of year when we focus more intently on thanks and giving. Our community has shared what that means to them.


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How to Manage Zentyal PDC (Primary Domain Controller) from Windows System – Part 2

Tecmint - Thu, 11/25/2021 - 15:09
The post How to Manage Zentyal PDC (Primary Domain Controller) from Windows System – Part 2 first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

This tutorial will demonstrate how you can access and manage your Zentyal Server Development Edition as a Primary Domain Controller from a Windows Based System using remote software on a Windows Computer. Zentyal PDC

The post How to Manage Zentyal PDC (Primary Domain Controller) from Windows System – Part 2 first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides.

NVIDIA's Open-Source Image Scaling SDK 1.0 Released

Phoronix - Thu, 11/25/2021 - 13:00
Last week NVIDIA announced the Image Scaling SDK as an open-source, cross-platform GPU image upscaling implementation that with their own hardware makes use of DLSS. Following the brief exposure over the past week, NVIDIA Image Scaling SDK 1.0 has been formally christened...

Proton 6.3-8 Released With More Windows Games Playable, Support For Some BattlEye Games

Phoronix - Thu, 11/25/2021 - 08:25
It's been almost two months since Proton 6.3-7 released and two weeks since 6.3-8 RC while this evening that Proton 6.3-8 stable release is out for empowering Valve's Steam Play in running Windows games on Linux...

Intel Posts New Iteration Of Key Locker Support For Linux

Phoronix - Thu, 11/25/2021 - 04:46
With Intel Tiger Lake mobile processors introduced last year there has been good open-source support going back to launch, but a few of the more niche features have seen slower than normal handling for getting the features supported by the upstream Linux kernel. The latest patch series being revived now is for Intel Key Locker support...

Alpine Linux 3.15 Released - Builds Off Linux 5.15, Drops MIPS64, SimpleDRM For FB

Phoronix - Thu, 11/25/2021 - 02:38
Alpine Linux 3.15 is out today as the newest feature update to this lightweight/embedded/containers focused Linux distribution known for its musl+Busybox usage along with OpenRC as the init system...

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