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Updated Rust Code For Linux Kernel Patches Posted

Phoronix - Mon, 12/06/2021 - 22:30
In 2022 we will very likely see the experimental Rust programming language support within the Linux kernel mainlined. Sent out this morning were the updated patches introducing the initial support and infrastructure around handling of Rust within the kernel...

Blender 3.0 Benchmarks - Performance Across 19 Different NVIDIA GPUs

Phoronix - Mon, 12/06/2021 - 22:00
Last week marked the debut of the highly anticipated Blender 3.0 open-source 3D modeling software. Since then I have been very busy putting Blender 3.0 through its paces with a lot of performance benchmarking across various CPUs and GPUs.

Firefox 95 Ready With RLBox Sandboxing Across All Platforms

Phoronix - Mon, 12/06/2021 - 21:00
Mozilla Firefox 95.0 is now available for download ahead of its official release tomorrow. Making this new version interesting is the RLBox integration...

AMD Makes Some Interesting SMCA Driver Changes For Future CPUs

Phoronix - Mon, 12/06/2021 - 19:30
AMD is preparing updates to their SMCA (Scalable Machine Check Architecture) driver code for future CPUs and points to processors having different bank layouts between CPU cores on the package...

Radeon RADV Driver Lands Vulkan Dynamic Rendering Support

Phoronix - Mon, 12/06/2021 - 16:00
Landing in Mesa 22.0 on Sunday night was the Radeon Vulkan driver "RADV" support for the recently introduced VK_KHR_dynamic_rendering extension...

5 surprising reasons I use Krita for photo editing on Linux

opensource.com - Mon, 12/06/2021 - 16:00

Krita is best known as a digital painting application, but in my experience, it's kind of a digital imaging powerhouse. Recently, a fork of GIMP called GLIMPSE had to pause its development, and because I like alternatives, it occurred to me that Krita could be a reasonable photo editor for at least some use cases. It isn't easy to measure the suitability of an application for a group of tasks because different people require or prefer different things. What's very common and indispensable to one person is an edge case for someone else.


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Sign and verify container images with this open source tool

opensource.com - Mon, 12/06/2021 - 16:00

Many open source software projects get used in software builds every day, which is critical for almost every organization. Open source software brings many benefits and helps software developers focus on innovation and efficiency rather than reinventing the wheel.


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How to Install Config Server Firewall (CSF) on Debian/Ubuntu

Tecmint - Mon, 12/06/2021 - 13:05
The post How to Install Config Server Firewall (CSF) on Debian/Ubuntu first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

ConfigServer and Security Firewall, abbreviated as CSF, is an open-source and advanced firewall designed for Linux systems. It not only provides the basic functionality of a firewall but also offers a wide array of

The post How to Install Config Server Firewall (CSF) on Debian/Ubuntu first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides.

GRVK 0.5 Gets Battlefield 4 Running With AMD's Mantle Over Vulkan API

Phoronix - Mon, 12/06/2021 - 13:00
It's been a number of months since GRVK 0.4 as the open-source project re-implementing AMD's defunct Mantle API over the modern Vulkan API that was originally based on the former. With Sunday's release of GRVK 0.5, this Mantle-on-Vulkan translation layer is now capable of correctly rendering Battlefield 4...

How customers and partners are meeting growing market demands with Red Hat OpenShift and learning resources

Red Hat News - Mon, 12/06/2021 - 13:00

Fom Europe to Southeast Asia, our customer success spotlights show how Red Hat helps customers focus on two critical components of success: people and technology. Learn more!

OpenSolaris/Illumos-Derived OpenIndiana 2021.10 Released With Better Hardware Support

Phoronix - Mon, 12/06/2021 - 13:00
OpenIndiana as the open-source operating system forked from what was Sun's OpenSolaris and now based on Illumos is out with its latest half-year update...

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