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LuxCoreRender 2.6 Released For This Great Open-Source, Physically Based Renderer

Phoronix - Sun, 12/26/2021 - 13:00
Another open-source project releasing on Christmas is LuxCoreRender 2.6 as a sizable feature update incorporating the better part of a year's worth of improvements to this physically based rendering software...

KDE's Bug Fixes & Other Desktop Enhancements For Christmas

Phoronix - Sun, 12/26/2021 - 01:28
The latest KDE weekly development summary is out that notes all of the fixes and improvements made during Christmas week...

Ruby 3.1 Released With Speedy, Experimental In-Process JIT Compiler

Phoronix - Sat, 12/25/2021 - 23:00
Ruby 3.1 is out this Christmas day as a big feature release for this programming language while retaining compatibility with Ruby 3.0...

KiCad 6.0 Release Imminent As A Leading Open-Source Circuit Board CAD Program

Phoronix - Sat, 12/25/2021 - 19:40
KiCad 6.0 has been tagged as a major update to this leading open-source printed circuit board design program...

Etnaviv DRM Driver Will Now Work On IOMMU-Enabled Systems

Phoronix - Sat, 12/25/2021 - 18:25
It's been a while since last having anything major to report on the Etnaviv Linux driver stack reporting open-source support Vivante graphics IP. With Linux 5.17 is an important step forward with the driver now behaving properly for IOMMU-enabled systems...

AMD P-State v7 Driver Posted For Delivering Better Ryzen Efficiency In 2022

Phoronix - Sat, 12/25/2021 - 17:33
AMD on Christmas Eve posted their seventh iteration of the AMD P-State Linux driver as their new CPU frequency scaling solution for Zen 2+ to make use of ACPI CPPC for ultimately striving toward optimal power efficiency with a focus on mobile and desktop systems...

10 Raspberry Pi project ideas from 2021

opensource.com - Sat, 12/25/2021 - 16:01

The Raspberry Pi is one of the most popular brands of single-board computers. Part of the reason for this popularity is the massive number of unique and interesting projects that people have built using Raspberry Pi. Several Opensource.com authors have used Raspberry Pi in various projects and provided instructions so others can recreate their projects. Here are the ten most popular Raspberry Pi articles published by Opensource.com in 2021. I hope they inspire you as you tinker with your own Raspberry Pi.


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4 conscious steps to engage people in your open source community

opensource.com - Sat, 12/25/2021 - 16:00

Whether you celebrate Christmas or not (our family does, as it happens), this time of year is one where presents are often given and received. I thought it might be nice to think about what presents we could give in the spirit of open source.


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Make MIDI loops on Linux with this open source tool

opensource.com - Sat, 12/25/2021 - 16:00

There are many great synthesizers for Linux, and like synthesizers in real life, most of them can be controlled using the MIDI protocol.


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